Systems Thinking Contract Job Trends in the South West

Systems Thinking
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Systems Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing Systems Thinking 8 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.34% - 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% - 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £719 - £520
25th Percentile £803 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £946 - £590
75th Percentile £1,038 - £642
90th Percentile - - £669
England median daily rate £525 £485 £575
% change year-on-year +8.25% -15.65% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Median hourly rate - - £56.49
England median hourly rate £52.50 £42.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +23.53% -24.77% +32.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Systems Thinking 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 1,826 2,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.44% 87.20% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,120 1,700
10th Percentile £263 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £418 £417
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 £734 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 121 269
10th Percentile £15.25 £19.83 £20.50
25th Percentile £19.64 £48.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +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% +19.85%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Systems Thinking 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 Systems Thinking.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking in the South West over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Thinking 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 Systems Thinking.

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

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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 Systems Thinking within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Wiltshire - 5 £992 -
Devon - 2 - -
Gloucestershire - 1 £675 -
Systems Thinking
England

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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:

Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) System Verification Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Business Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Business Improvement Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) AI
1 5 (62.50%) Analytics
1 5 (62.50%) Coaching
1 5 (62.50%) Creative Thinking
1 5 (62.50%) Critical Thinking
1 5 (62.50%) Data Analytics
1 5 (62.50%) Data Governance
1 5 (62.50%) Data Management
1 5 (62.50%) Data Science
1 5 (62.50%) Data Strategy
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Storytelling
1 5 (62.50%) Strategic Thinking
1 5 (62.50%) Thought Leadership
2 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 2 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) SAP