PQQ Contract Job Trends in the South West

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PQQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 128 136
Rank change year-on-year - +8 -
Contract jobs citing PQQ 0 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South West - 0.047% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.054% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 11
10th Percentile - - £663
25th Percentile - - £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £800
England median daily rate £560 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.13 -
England median hourly rate - £27.13 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

PQQ 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 1,945 1,839 2,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.73% 86.83% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,143 1,134 1,716
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £412 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £729 £719
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 127 268
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.15 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.75 £45.75
Median hourly rate £31.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

PQQ
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PQQ job vacancy trend in the South West

PQQ
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

PQQ
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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