Prototyping Contracts in the Thames Valley

Prototyping
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 107 149
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 -43
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 35 39 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.31% 1.36% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 15
10th Percentile £506 £370 £518
25th Percentile £550 £438 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -5.98% +192.50%
75th Percentile £672 £585 £698
90th Percentile £688 £588 £763
South East median daily rate £650 £570 £625
% change year-on-year +14.04% -8.80% +47.06%
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 £77.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +34.78% +4.55% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Prototyping 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,287 2,610 3,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.37% 90.69% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,256 1,774 2,168
10th Percentile £220 £313 £250
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £695 £650
South East median daily rate £508 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% +0.10% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 70 89
10th Percentile £14.50 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.05 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% +193.05% -17.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.39
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.64% -12.00%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 25 £675 +20.00% 3
Buckinghamshire +13 10 £550 -1.57% 2
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 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) InVision
1 2 (5.71%) OmniGraffle
1 2 (5.71%) Sketch
1 2 (5.71%) UXPin
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) AWS
1 1 (2.86%) Azure
1 1 (2.86%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) Ethernet
2 9 (25.71%) SAN
2 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 16 (45.71%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (5.71%) Axure RP
2 2 (5.71%) Balsamiq
General
1 16 (45.71%) Electronics
2 2 (5.71%) Retail
2 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Automotive
3 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Consultant
2 14 (40.00%) Developer
3 9 (25.71%) Python Developer
4 4 (11.43%) Backend Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Designer
5 3 (8.57%) Developer Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Linux Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Programmer
5 3 (8.57%) Python Programmer
5 3 (8.57%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.71%) UX Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Product Designer
7 1 (2.86%) Senior
7 1 (2.86%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) CSS
1 3 (8.57%) HTML
2 2 (5.71%) CSS3
2 2 (5.71%) Framer.js
2 2 (5.71%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 21 (60.00%) Robotics
2 16 (45.71%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (2.86%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Debian
1 9 (25.71%) Linux
1 9 (25.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Requirements Management
2 15 (42.86%) Design for Manufacturing
2 15 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
3 14 (40.00%) Agile
4 11 (31.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (28.57%) Data Modelling
6 9 (25.71%) Configuration Management
6 9 (25.71%) Data Engineering
6 9 (25.71%) ITIL
7 7 (20.00%) User Experience
8 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (17.14%) Customer Service
8 6 (17.14%) Matrix Organization
8 6 (17.14%) Software Engineering
9 5 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (14.29%) DevOps
10 2 (5.71%) Heuristic Analysis
10 2 (5.71%) Responsive Web Design
10 2 (5.71%) User Stories
10 2 (5.71%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) Python
2 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.86%) Java
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
1 9 (25.71%) Red Hat
1 9 (25.71%) VMware
2 1 (2.86%) SAP
2 1 (2.86%) Workday