Prototyping Contracts in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Prototyping skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Prototyping over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 115 155
Rank change year-on-year +14 +40 -63
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 39 36 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.45% 1.23% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 1.34% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 31 15
10th Percentile £506 £400 £518
25th Percentile - £422 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year - -5.98% +192.50%
75th Percentile £643 £580 £698
90th Percentile £688 £588 £763
South East median daily rate £650 £570 £600
% change year-on-year +14.04% -5.00% +88.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.13
Median hourly rate - - £57.25
75th Percentile - - £57.38
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £57.50 £67.80
% change year-on-year +8.70% -15.19% +35.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Prototyping is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,337 2,689 3,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.10% 91.56% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,302 1,867 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £321 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 87
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.72% -18.36%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Prototyping in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Prototyping in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Prototyping in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Berkshire +6 24 £675 +22.73% 5
Buckinghamshire +20 15 £550 +2.33% 8
Prototyping
South East

Prototyping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (41.03%) Ethernet
2 13 (33.33%) SAN
2 13 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (41.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 16 (41.03%) Electronics
2 2 (5.13%) Retail
2 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Automotive
3 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Developer
2 16 (41.03%) Consultant
3 13 (33.33%) Python Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Backend Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Developer Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Linux Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Programmer
5 3 (7.69%) Python Programmer
5 3 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Architect
6 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 2 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.56%) Lead
7 1 (2.56%) Product Designer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior Product Designer
7 1 (2.56%) Senior VMware Architect
7 1 (2.56%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) CSS
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (53.85%) Robotics
2 16 (41.03%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (2.56%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Debian
1 13 (33.33%) Linux
1 13 (33.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Agile
2 16 (41.03%) Requirements Management
3 15 (38.46%) Design for Manufacturing
3 15 (38.46%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (35.90%) Data Modelling
4 14 (35.90%) ITIL
5 13 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 13 (33.33%) Data Engineering
5 13 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 11 (28.21%) Matrix Organization
7 10 (25.64%) Customer Service
8 7 (17.95%) Software Engineering
9 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (15.38%) DevOps
9 6 (15.38%) User Experience
10 5 (12.82%) Artificial Intelligence
11 2 (5.13%) E-Commerce
11 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Architecture
11 2 (5.13%) Migration
12 1 (2.56%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) SC Cleared
1 16 (41.03%) Security Cleared
2 10 (25.64%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) CCNP
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.56%) MCSE
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) GDPR
1 1 (2.56%) NCSC
1 1 (2.56%) NIST
1 1 (2.56%) PMO
Vendors
1 14 (35.90%) VMware
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.56%) Workday