Community of Practice Contracts in the Thames Valley

Communities of Practice (CoP)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Community of Practice skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Community of Practice over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 142 158
Rank change year-on-year +4 +16 -19
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 8 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £578 £585 £509
25th Percentile £581 £600 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £609
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.82% +7.22%
75th Percentile £619 £700 £638
90th Percentile £623 £715 £641
South East median daily rate £540 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -16.92% +13.04% +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.83 - -
Median hourly rate £68.67 - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £68.67 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Community of Practice 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 2,340 2,676 3,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.09% 91.58% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,857 2,096
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £390
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 170 62 87
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.48 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -18.18%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Community of Practice in the Thames Valley

Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Community of Practice in the Thames Valley

Community of Practice
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 Community of Practice within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 -8 8 £600 -7.69%
Community of Practice
South East

Community of Practice
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP MII
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PP
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Lead
1 6 (75.00%) Project Leader
2 1 (12.50%) SAP PP Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (75.00%) Programme Management
1 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
2 5 (62.50%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Backlog Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Kanban
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
3 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba
2 1 (12.50%) Concur
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft