SFIA Contracts in the Thames Valley

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SFIA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SFIA over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 138 166
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 -21
Contract jobs citing SFIA 1 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.038% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.23% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £333 £356
25th Percentile - - £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £360 £365
Median % change year-on-year -22.23% -1.37% -38.66%
75th Percentile - £740 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £327 £360 £433
% change year-on-year -9.03% -16.76% -31.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

SFIA 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 2,282 2,588 3,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.87% 90.93% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,260 1,775 2,140
10th Percentile £213 £314 £235
25th Percentile £374 £413 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.04% +7.83%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £502 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.30% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 67 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.00 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.10 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.63% +206.47% -19.24%
75th Percentile £62.55 £68.11 £24.38
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SFIA in the Thames Valley

SFIA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for SFIA in the Thames Valley

SFIA
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 SFIA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 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
Buckinghamshire +24 1 £280 -22.23%
SFIA
South East

SFIA
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) NVQ Level 3
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow