Objectives and Key Results Contract Job Trends in the South East

Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Objectives and Key Results skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 161 195
Rank change year-on-year -22 +34 +37
Contract jobs citing Objectives and Key Results 2 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.045% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.22% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 6
10th Percentile £456 £353 £408
25th Percentile £466 £384 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £386 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.30% -22.80% -5.75%
75th Percentile £516 £450 £544
90th Percentile £529 £500 £594
England median daily rate £538 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -10.42% +20.00% -13.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Objectives and Key Results 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,723 3,180 4,398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.46% 88.48% 89.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,447 1,981 2,819
10th Percentile £225 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -1.45% +1.57%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £615
90th Percentile £684 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 119 237
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.84 £19.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.13 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.00 £66.44
90th Percentile £75.50 £74.89 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%

Objectives and Key Results
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Objectives and Key Results relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Objectives and Key Results job vacancy trend in the South East

Objectives and Key Results
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Objectives and Key Results.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Objectives and Key Results

Objectives and Key Results
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Objectives and Key Results within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Thames Valley -20 1 £525 +33.59% 29
Oxfordshire - 1 £525 - 8
Surrey - 1 £450 - 7
Objectives and Key Results
England

Objectives and Key Results
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Manager
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Review
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP