DAMA Contracts in the Thames Valley

DAMA International
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DAMA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DAMA over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DAMA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £584 - -
90th Percentile £654 - -
South East median daily rate £463 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

DAMA 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 1,526 1,904 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.32% 84.92% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 917 1,088 1,704
10th Percentile £293 £266 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £524
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.24% +4.85%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.87% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 97 84
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.03 £24.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.30 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.83% +16.60% +163.16%
75th Percentile £38.42 £70.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £76.30 £86.63 £74.94
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £57.35 £51.42
% change year-on-year -60.33% +11.53% +85.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for DAMA in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DAMA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DAMA in the Thames Valley

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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 DAMA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 £463 - 3
DAMA
South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Reference Data Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Reference Data
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Lineage
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Reference Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree