Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in the South West

Digital Innovation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 143 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.039% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.046% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £164 - -
25th Percentile £191 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% - -
75th Percentile £494 - -
90th Percentile £603 - -
England median daily rate £450 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -15.29% -3.41% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Digital Innovation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,787 2,175 2,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.62% 84.04% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,030 1,274 1,959
10th Percentile £213 £300 £312
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £707 £723 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 208 256
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.70 £21.50
25th Percentile £18.78 £48.00 £46.14
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.75
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +7.57% +4.58%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.94% +51.21%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in the South West

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Innovation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Digital Innovation in the South West over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Digital Innovation in the South West

Digital Innovation
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Innovation within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 2 £463 - 1
Bristol +9 1 - - 4
Devon - 1 £160 - 1
Digital Innovation
England

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Games
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Innovation Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Innovation Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Hackathon
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP