Technical Debt Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire
Technical Debt
South East > Buckinghamshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire citing Technical Debt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 72 | 43 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -29 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Technical Debt | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire | 0.39% | 0.54% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.47% | 0.61% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £418 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £418 | £313 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £325 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +34.62% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £547 | £338 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £601 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £575 | £700 | £765 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.86% | -8.50% | +44.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire
Technical Debt falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 640 | 330 | 324 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 83.88% | 88.71% | 82.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 406 | 195 | 230 |
| 10th Percentile | £353 | £224 | £245 |
| 25th Percentile | £436 | £332 | £402 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £548 | £438 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.16% | -7.89% | -8.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £540 | £558 |
| 90th Percentile | £649 | £640 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -2.44% | -1.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 74 | 42 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.84 | £15.12 | £14.58 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.46 | £15.25 | £18.70 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.75 | £18.00 | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.94% | -40.00% | +46.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £33.75 | £25.15 | £36.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.25 | £29.61 | £41.15 |
| South East median hourly rate | £40.78 | £20.71 | £57.52 |
| % change year-on-year | +96.91% | -64.00% | +9.56% |
Technical Debt Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.
Technical Debt Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Technical Debt.
Technical Debt Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Debt in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Technical Debt Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Debt within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 8 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | -26 | 2 | £530 | +63.08% | 2 |
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Technical Debt Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyber Resilience | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Observability | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Vulnerability Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Vulnerability Remediation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Analytics | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Backlog Prioritisation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Business Transformation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Coaching | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Data Governance | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Data Strategy | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Infrastructure Transformation | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Matrix Organization | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Operational Resilience | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Performance Management | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Platform Engineering | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Problem-Solving | 33.3% | 1 |
| 7 | Product Roadmap | 33.3% | 1 |