Benchmarking Contracts in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Benchmarking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Benchmarking over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 143 159
Rank change year-on-year +8 +16 -27
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 6 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.22% 0.44% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.48% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 5
10th Percentile £313 £450 £558
25th Percentile £363 £513 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.81% -19.23% +62.50%
75th Percentile £548 £713 £688
90th Percentile £602 £858 £695
South East median daily rate £450 £525 £588
% change year-on-year -14.29% -10.64% +42.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.52 - -
Median hourly rate £53.03 - -
75th Percentile £54.55 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £53.03 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Benchmarking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,374 2,706 3,104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.47% 91.98% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 1,876 2,095
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £363 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 63 86
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.70 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £25.23 £12.10
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.11 £25.55
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.88
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%

Benchmarking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Benchmarking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Benchmarking in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Benchmarking in the Thames Valley

Benchmarking
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 Benchmarking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 -11 3 - - 7
Oxfordshire - 2 £280 - 10
Buckinghamshire +30 1 £625 +19.05% 7
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South East

Benchmarking
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Business Development
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Critical Success Factor
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) User Research
3 1 (16.67%) UX Research
3 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared