ATL Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Active Template Library (ATL)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ATL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 123 139
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 -
Contract jobs citing ATL 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.061% 0.090% 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.32% 0.52% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £626 £250
Median % change year-on-year - +150.20% -
South East median daily rate - £626 £250
% change year-on-year - +150.20% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

ATL falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 311 385 408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.00% 17.30% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 265 298
10th Percentile £325 £363 £313
25th Percentile £380 £430 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +4.76% -0.97%
75th Percentile £561 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £661 £702
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile - £50.87 £36.74
25th Percentile £13.25 - -
Median hourly rate £17.70 £61.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.27% +23.20% -18.70%
75th Percentile £25.29 - £53.03
90th Percentile £29.50 £64.25 £65.31
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.05 £60.00
% change year-on-year -19.42% +3.42% -3.23%

ATL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for ATL in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ATL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ATL

ATL
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ATL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ATL

ATL
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 ATL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 September 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
Berkshire +15 1 - - 2
ATL
South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) X++
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft