Microsoft BitLocker
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring BitLocker skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BitLocker over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 138 | 135 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -3 | +22 |
| Contract jobs citing BitLocker | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | 0.076% | 0.49% |
| As % of the System Software category | - | 0.59% | 3.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £137 | £246 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £143 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £155 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -65.56% | +46.34% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £166 | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £171 | £500 |
| South East median daily rate | £575 | £155 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +270.97% | -65.56% | +109.30% |
All System Software Skills
Thames Valley
BitLocker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in the Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills | 184 | 339 | 352 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 12.39% | 12.84% | 12.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 120 | 244 | 263 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £177 | £230 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £314 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £480 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +14.58% | +6.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £608 | £574 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £650 | £675 |
| South East median daily rate | £513 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.25 | £33.75 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £46.25 | £48.40 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £50.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +243.75% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65.00 | £71.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £78.56 |
| South East median hourly rate | £57.50 | £53.19 | £54.56 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.11% | -2.52% | +172.80% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing BitLocker as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised 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 BitLocker 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 BitLocker in the Thames Valley.