Digital Twin Contract Job Trends in the South West

Digital Twin
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Digital Twin skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 106 119
Rank change year-on-year -46 +13 +29
Contract jobs citing Digital Twin 5 2 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.13% 0.10% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.11% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.38%
75th Percentile £388 - £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £631 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +1.00% +4.17% -2.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -18.75%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Digital Twin 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 2,892 1,758 2,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.78% 90.39% 83.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,635 1,012 1,333
10th Percentile £325 £220 £276
25th Percentile £429 £373 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £706 £701
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 235 216
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.90 £16.56
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £49.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -63.42% +7.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 £61.88 £72.50
90th Percentile £78.73 £69.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%

Digital Twin
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Digital Twin relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Digital Twin job vacancy trend in the South West

Digital Twin
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Digital Twin
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Twin.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Digital Twin

Digital Twin
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 Twin within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
Bristol -17 4 - - 7
Devon - 1 £375 - 4
Digital Twin
England

Digital Twin
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (80.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (80.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (80.00%) TDD
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Verification and Validation
1 4 (80.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft