MoSCoW Contract Job Trends in the South West

MoSCoW Method
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring MoSCoW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MoSCoW 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.069% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.086% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £385 - -
25th Percentile £399 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 - -
75th Percentile £458 - -
90th Percentile £465 - -
England median daily rate £435 £200 £408
% change year-on-year +117.92% -51.04% +0.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

MoSCoW 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 2,323 1,503 2,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.19% 90.38% 84.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 991 1,762
10th Percentile £305 £230 £263
25th Percentile £410 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 419 105 342
10th Percentile £16.62 £20.69 £14.03
25th Percentile £23.50 £55.00 £26.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -20.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £66.77
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.66 £77.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -9.72%

MoSCoW
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

MoSCoW job vacancy trend in the South West

MoSCoW
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

MoSCoW
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 MoSCoW within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Somerset - 2 £435 -
MoSCoW
England

MoSCoW
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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Healthcare Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Healthcare Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Health Informatics
2 1 (50.00%) Informatics
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CBAP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) HL7
2 1 (50.00%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft