Taxonomies Contract Job Trends in the South East

Taxonomy
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Taxonomies in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Taxonomies over the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 176 202
Rank change year-on-year +12 +26 +54
Contract jobs citing Taxonomies 6 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.12% 0.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £329 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £369
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +28.90% -38.58%
75th Percentile £458 £488 £444
90th Percentile - - £458
England median daily rate £500 £525 £469
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.00% -17.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £52.67
25th Percentile - - £55.90
Median hourly rate - - £61.53
75th Percentile - - £66.90
90th Percentile - - £69.96
England median hourly rate £44.75 - £50.28
% change year-on-year - - -14.06%

All Generic Skills
South East

Taxonomies falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,134 1,287 1,761
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 30.92% 30.54% 31.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 732 1,170
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £361 £379 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 75 107
10th Percentile £12.88 £14.04 £16.40
25th Percentile £16.31 £26.63 £22.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +94.40%
75th Percentile £52.00 £74.93 £63.15
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.16 £78.00
England median hourly rate £27.53 £51.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -46.28% +15.17% +66.85%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Taxonomies job vacancy trend in the South East

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Taxonomies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Taxonomies

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Taxonomies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Taxonomies

Taxonomies
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 Taxonomies within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 October 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 +14 5 £384 -19.26% 2
Buckinghamshire +3 4 £384 -19.26%
Berkshire +9 1 - - 2
Hampshire - 1 £455 -
Taxonomies
England

Taxonomies
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 3 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Information Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Knowledge Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Information Management
1 4 (66.67%) Records Management
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) Content Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Data Science
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft