Contract Negotiation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Contract Negotiation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Contract Negotiation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 120 124
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +51
Contract jobs citing Contract Negotiation 5 6 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.29% 0.28% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.32% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile £458 - £394
25th Percentile £544 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £673 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +41.58% -17.39% +91.67%
75th Percentile £769 £538 £650
90th Percentile £803 - £659
South East median daily rate £575 £533 £500
% change year-on-year +7.98% +6.50% +66.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £58.38 -
South East median hourly rate - £58.38 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Contract Negotiation 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 1,567 1,875 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.37% 86.69% 90.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 976 1,071 1,618
10th Percentile £268 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 71 98
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £53.24
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +8.00% +176.58%
75th Percentile £42.67 £62.85 £67.63
90th Percentile £74.70 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £53.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +8.97% +50.87%

Contract Negotiation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Contract Negotiation job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Contract Negotiation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contract Negotiation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Contract Negotiation in the Thames Valley

Contract Negotiation
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Contract Negotiation
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 Contract Negotiation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 +16 2 £673 +28.10% 34
Buckinghamshire +4 2 £400 -5.88% 16
Oxfordshire -10 1 £800 +88.24% 3
Contract Negotiation
South East

Contract Negotiation
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 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) DTS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Presales Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Procurement Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Presales Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Pricing Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory