IFS Contract Job Trends in the South West

IFS
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IFS 13 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.64% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £248 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £668 - -
England median daily rate £575 £498 £575
% change year-on-year +15.58% -13.48% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75.00 - -
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
75th Percentile £85.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Vendors
South West

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 874 1,114 1,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.35% 45.10% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 642 868
10th Percentile £220 £252 £275
25th Percentile £361 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -
75th Percentile £622 £637 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 87 115
10th Percentile £15.00 £25.26 £19.17
25th Percentile £18.87 £61.25 £46.59
Median hourly rate £22.63 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.67% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £42.18 - £65.98
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +80.56%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

IFS job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IFS in the South West over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IFS in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 IFS within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Bristol - 7 - - 6
Gloucestershire - 5 £325 - 3
Somerset - 1 £620 - 1
IFS
England

IFS
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) assyst
2 2 (15.38%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Developer
1 4 (30.77%) IFS Developer
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Service Desk Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Service Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Project Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) ERP
2 5 (38.46%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) Business Case
3 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Service Management
4 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (23.08%) Financial Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (23.08%) Planning and Forecasting
4 3 (23.08%) Problem Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft