SFIA Contract Job Trends in the South West

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring SFIA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Contract jobs citing SFIA 5 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% - 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile £490 - £578
25th Percentile £503 - £582
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £658
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.68%
75th Percentile £588 - £740
90th Percentile £595 - £749
England median daily rate £515 £481 £525
% change year-on-year +7.01% -8.33% -6.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

SFIA 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 2,863 1,703 2,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 80.20% 89.77% 83.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,590 1,000 1,531
10th Percentile £325 £220 £263
25th Percentile £419 £363 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £630
90th Percentile £705 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 201 306
10th Percentile £15.61 £15.25 £14.41
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.51 £40.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £78.85 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SFIA 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 SFIA.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SFIA in the South West over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SFIA 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 SFIA.

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

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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 SFIA within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Wiltshire - 3 £600 -
Devon - 1 £488 - 1
Somerset - 1 £550 -
SFIA
England

SFIA
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Military
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ArchiMate
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (80.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (80.00%) Technology Strategy
1 4 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) RIBA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BiZZdesign
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft