Batch Processing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Batch Processing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Batch Processing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing Batch Processing 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% - 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% - 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £485
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.02%
75th Percentile - - £503
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £438 - £568
% change year-on-year - - -9.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Batch Processing 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,820 1,780 2,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.50% 89.04% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,193 1,046 1,460
10th Percentile £267 £276 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £686 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 51 103
10th Percentile £15.23 £19.30 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.00 £30.50 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £49.73
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +14.11% +136.81%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.00 £63.90
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.00 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £22.38 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -53.16% -10.69% +42.67%

Batch Processing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Batch Processing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Batch Processing job vacancy trend 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 Batch Processing.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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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 Batch Processing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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
Berkshire - 1 £450 - 1
Batch Processing
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Workday