Event-Driven Architecture Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire citing Event-Driven Architecture skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	42	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture	7	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire	1.56%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.96%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	£718	-	-
25^th Percentile	£756	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£800	-	-
75^th Percentile	£834	-	-
90^th Percentile	£838	-	-
South East median daily rate	£525	£600	£444
% change year-on-year	-12.50%	+35.21%	-19.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Event-Driven Architecture 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 Oxfordshire.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	358	141	107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire	79.73%	88.13%	78.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	180	81	73
10^th Percentile	£226	£176	£210
25^th Percentile	£374	£250	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£445	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+12.36%	-6.32%	+5.56%
75^th Percentile	£675	£550	£538
90^th Percentile	£803	£600	£638
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£510
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.01%	-1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted	79	24	4
10^th Percentile	£12.84	£18.87	£14.91
25^th Percentile	£15.36	£19.37	£19.79
Median hourly rate	£29.07	£25.15	£25.50
Median % change year-on-year	+15.59%	-1.35%	-21.12%
75^th Percentile	£55.00	£25.68	£37.50
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£87.64	£55.50
South East median hourly rate	£38.80	£20.71	£58.30
% change year-on-year	+87.35%	-64.48%	+11.47%

Event-Driven Architecture Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Event-Driven Architecture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Event-Driven Architecture Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Event-Driven Architecture.

Event-Driven Architecture Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Event-Driven Architecture in Oxfordshire

Event-Driven Architecture Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Event-Driven Architecture within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Oxford	-	1	£690	-	1
Event-Driven Architecture South East

Event-Driven Architecture Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Event-Driven Architecture also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region citing Event-Driven Architecture.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Event-Driven	100.0%	7
2	SOA	85.7%	6
3	Technical Debt	71.4%	5
4	Agile	57.1%	4
4	Integration Patterns	57.1%	4
4	Java	57.1%	4
4	Microservices	57.1%	4
8	Configuration Management	42.9%	3
8	Data Modelling	42.9%	3
8	DevOps	42.9%	3
8	Metadata	42.9%	3
8	Roadmaps	42.9%	3
8	Software Engineering	42.9%	3
8	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
8	Test Automation	42.9%	3
16	Architectural Patterns	28.6%	2
16	BPSS Clearance	28.6%	2
16	Continuous Delivery	28.6%	2
16	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
16	Data Management	28.6%	2
16	Enterprise Architecture	28.6%	2
16	GraphQL	28.6%	2
16	Integration Testing	28.6%	2
16	Operational Resilience	28.6%	2
16	Software Delivery	28.6%	2
16	Technical Architecture	28.6%	2
16	Technical Leadership	28.6%	2
16	Technology Roadmap	28.6%	2
16	Test Strategy	28.6%	2
30	Actionable Insight	14.3%	1

Event-Driven Architecture Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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	Event-Driven	100.0%	7
2	SOA	85.7%	6
3	Technical Debt	71.4%	5
4	Agile	57.1%	4
4	Integration Patterns	57.1%	4
4	Microservices	57.1%	4
7	Configuration Management	42.9%	3
7	Data Modelling	42.9%	3
7	DevOps	42.9%	3
7	Roadmaps	42.9%	3
7	Software Engineering	42.9%	3
7	Stakeholder Management	42.9%	3
7	Test Automation	42.9%	3
14	Architectural Patterns	28.6%	2
14	Continuous Delivery	28.6%	2
14	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
14	Data Management	28.6%	2
14	Enterprise Architecture	28.6%	2
14	Integration Testing	28.6%	2
14	Operational Resilience	28.6%	2