BMC Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

BMC
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of BMC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BMC over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BMC Software, Inc.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 121 142
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 +29
Contract jobs citing BMC 6 3 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.51% 0.29% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £460
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £385 - -
South East median daily rate £325 £525 £675
% change year-on-year -38.10% -22.22% +16.13%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

BMC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,182 1,045 1,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 58.43% 49.62% 53.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 789 678 881
10th Percentile £263 £305 £205
25th Percentile £410 £418 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £620
90th Percentile £656 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £517
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.55% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 23 59
10th Percentile £14.54 £18.55 £16.37
25th Percentile £16.48 £23.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £38.00 £56.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.26% -32.22% +216.37%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.76 £64.15
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.20 £72.07
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £42.50 £54.50
% change year-on-year -51.08% -22.02% +121.77%

BMC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

BMC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

BMC
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

BMC
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

BMC
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 BMC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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 +3 5 £325 - 10
Buckinghamshire +2 1 £400 -
BMC
South East

BMC
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Change and Release Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Change Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Proactive Management
3 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Task Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Release Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy
1 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow