Data Categorisation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Categorization
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Categorisation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Categorisation 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 2 0 0
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £373 - -
90th Percentile £377 - -
South East median daily rate £365 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Categorisation 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 1,530 1,907 2,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.29% 84.83% 90.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 919 1,086 1,702
10th Percentile £293 £279 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £524
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.72% +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% +2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 98 83
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.28
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.09 £25.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £58.34 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.86% +16.68% +170.27%
75th Percentile £38.42 £70.06 £66.00
90th Percentile £76.30 £86.49 £74.96
South East median hourly rate £22.29 £57.35 £51.76
% change year-on-year -61.14% +10.80% +86.66%

Data Categorisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Categorisation in the Thames Valley

Data Categorisation
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 Data Categorisation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £365 -
Data Categorisation
South East

Data Categorisation
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Business Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving