Subject Matter Expert Contracts in the South West

Subject Matter Expert
England > South West

The median Subject Matter Expert daily rate in the South West is £638 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 - 170
Rank change year-on-year - - -31
Contract jobs requiring a Subject Matter Expert 4 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% - 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £489 - -
25th Percentile £585 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +60.00%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -20.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,947 3,209 3,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 92.48% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,874 2,397 2,514
10th Percentile £213 £275 £220
25th Percentile £400 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 251 215
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% +8.24%
75th Percentile £71.25 £72.98 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £69.05
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

Subject Matter Expert
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Subject Matter Expert in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Subject Matter Expert in the South West

Subject Matter Expert
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Subject Matter Expert in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Subject Matter Expert in the South West

Subject Matter Expert
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Subject Matter Expert in the South West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Subject Matter Expert in the South West

Subject Matter Expert
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 Subject Matter Expert within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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 - 3 £638 -
Devon - 1 £450 - 1
Subject Matter Expert
England

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Subject Matter Expert contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Subject Matter Expert in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SAP
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Payroll
1 3 (75.00%) CIPD
1 3 (75.00%) SAP ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Matrix Management
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (75.00%) SuccessFactors
1 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (50.00%) OpenText
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Linux

Subject Matter Expert Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) SAP ERP
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Matrix Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CIPD
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) OpenText
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Splunk