COSO Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring COSO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - 145
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing COSO 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.055% - 0.038%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £484 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 - £675
75th Percentile £551 - £688
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £517 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

COSO falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 351 273 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.23% 12.75% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 123 235
10th Percentile £306 £256 £149
25th Percentile £408 £376 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 32
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.22 £18.55
25th Percentile £15.13 £48.17 £24.46
Median hourly rate £18.15 £61.71 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.58% +23.41% +138.10%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.08 £70.87
90th Percentile £88.92 £64.73 £79.41
South East median hourly rate £17.70 £54.36 £51.06
% change year-on-year -67.44% +6.47% +129.46%

COSO
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

COSO job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

COSO
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

COSO
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 COSO within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 November 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 - 1 £517 -
COSO
South East

COSO
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley