PTC Contract Job Trends in the South West

PTC
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of PTC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PTC over the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, 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 the Parametric Technology Corporation.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 117 139
Rank change year-on-year -38 +22 +15
Contract jobs citing PTC 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.080% 0.10% 0.040%
As % of the Vendors category 0.24% 0.24% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £325
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £496 - £438
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Vendors
South West

PTC 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 1,225 840 1,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.69% 42.90% 45.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 703 485 661
10th Percentile £311 £213 £225
25th Percentile £419 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £619 £633
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
England median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 117 92
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.42 £26.03
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.51 £61.25
Median hourly rate £26.14 £22.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -67.86% +23.92%
75th Percentile £55.31 £60.00 -
90th Percentile £76.40 £70.00 £74.40
England median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.16%

PTC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PTC job vacancy trend in the South West

PTC
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

PTC
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

PTC
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 PTC within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Gloucestershire - 2 £340 - 1
Bristol - 1 - - 1
PTC
England

PTC
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Windchill
2 1 (33.33%) PTC Creo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 1 (33.33%) RS-232
1 1 (33.33%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Ada Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Ada Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Development
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) PDM
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Ada
1 1 (33.33%) Ada 95
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) MIL-STD-1553
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Green Hills
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle