Fault Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South West

Fault Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Fault Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - 150
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Fault Analysis 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% - 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £433 - £405
25th Percentile £444 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £425
75th Percentile £493 - £438
90th Percentile £496 - £445
England median daily rate £463 - £325
% change year-on-year - - +19.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Fault Analysis 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 2,357 1,537 2,674
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 79.74% 89.99% 83.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,279 1,013 1,744
10th Percentile £312 £245 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £713
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 109 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £13.88
25th Percentile £23.50 £50.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.83
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +35.90% -22.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
% change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%

Fault Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Fault Analysis job vacancy trend in the South West

Fault Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fault Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fault Analysis

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fault Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Fault Analysis

Fault Analysis
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 Fault Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 March 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 - 4 £475 - 4
Fault Analysis
England

Fault Analysis
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 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) OSS Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) OSS Architect
3 1 (25.00%) OSS Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (100.00%) Huawei
1 4 (100.00%) Qualys