Postman Contract Job Trends in the South West

Postman
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Postman skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 117 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +35 +18
Contract jobs citing Postman 12 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.57% 0.50% 0.095%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.24% 3.67% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 1
10th Percentile £490 £466 -
25th Percentile £508 £485 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% - +13.51%
75th Percentile £549 £566 £538
90th Percentile £554 £595 -
England median daily rate £457 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -3.84% -13.64% +10.00%

All Development Application Skills
South West

Postman falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 283 327 408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.47% 13.51% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 162 289
10th Percentile £325 £407 £392
25th Percentile £450 £469 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 42 59
10th Percentile £15.61 £62.00 £48.03
25th Percentile £17.01 £65.00 £53.25
Median hourly rate £64.07 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £73.75 - £70.00
90th Percentile - £74.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.00%

Postman
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Postman job vacancy trend in the South West

Postman
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Postman
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 Postman within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 November 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 +3 10 £529 +0.67% 8
Devon - 2 - -
Postman
England

Postman
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 12 (100.00%) Cypress.io
2 10 (83.33%) REST Assured
2 10 (83.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Lead
1 8 (66.67%) QA Leader
2 6 (50.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) QA Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 10 (83.33%) Software Testing
2 10 (83.33%) Test Scripting
2 10 (83.33%) Test Strategy
3 6 (50.00%) AI
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) API Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Minimum Viable Product
5 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
5 2 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Load Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
6 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (83.33%) QA