Feasibility Study Contract Job Trends in the South West

Feasibility Studies
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Feasibility Study skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 134 146
Rank change year-on-year +22 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing Feasibility Study 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.15% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.31% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £411 - £593
25th Percentile £427 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £481 - £675
90th Percentile £497 - £688
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £73.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.25 - £30.73
% change year-on-year - - -59.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Feasibility Study 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 2,226 2,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.48% 83.72% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,328 1,938
10th Percentile £220 £263 £310
25th Percentile £368 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £701 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 214 252
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.18 £20.28
25th Percentile £18.51 £48.50 £44.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.57
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +4.53% +11.05%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £74.06
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Feasibility Study
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Feasibility Study in the South West

Feasibility Study
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Feasibility Study.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Feasibility Study.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Feasibility Study

Feasibility Study
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 Feasibility Study within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Devon - 2 £454 - 11
Bristol - 1 - - 6
Feasibility Study
England

Feasibility Study
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Simulink
1 1 (33.33%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (33.33%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 2 (66.67%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) BPR
1 2 (66.67%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Physics
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Ada
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) Fortran
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) MathWorks