Demand Forecasting Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Demand Forecasting
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing Demand Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	149	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Demand Forecasting	7	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley	0.23%	-	-
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.27%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	6	0	0
10^th Percentile	£506	-	-
25^th Percentile	£572	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median daily rate	£588	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Demand Forecasting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

	6 months to 4 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,612	1,649	1,851
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	84.18%	89.04%	86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,483	1,044	1,063
10^th Percentile	£325	£269	£300
25^th Percentile	£431	£406	£409
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£545	£500	£510
Median % change year-on-year	+8.93%	-1.96%	+2.00%
75^th Percentile	£613	£588	£625
90^th Percentile	£738	£650	£675
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£510
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.01%	-2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted	376	123	68
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£14.75	£18.74
25^th Percentile	£17.50	£15.91	£29.44
Median hourly rate	£57.88	£25.15	£57.77
Median % change year-on-year	+130.12%	-56.47%	+15.55%
75^th Percentile	£88.00	£38.42	£62.77
90^th Percentile	£96.75	£74.40	£71.24
South East median hourly rate	£38.80	£20.71	£58.30
% change year-on-year	+87.35%	-64.48%	+11.47%

Demand Forecasting Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Demand Forecasting Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Demand Forecasting Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Demand Forecasting in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Demand Forecasting in the Thames Valley

Demand Forecasting 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 Demand Forecasting within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Berkshire	-	7	£600	-	3
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Demand Forecasting Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Demand Forecasting also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region citing Demand Forecasting.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	71.4%	5
2	Business Intelligence	42.9%	3
2	Power BI	42.9%	3
2	Power Platform	42.9%	3
5	Capacity Planning	28.6%	2
5	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
5	Service Delivery	28.6%	2
5	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	2
9	Agile	14.3%	1
9	AWS	14.3%	1
9	Azure	14.3%	1
9	Backlog Management	14.3%	1
9	Commercial Awareness	14.3%	1
9	Customer Experience	14.3%	1
9	Cybersecurity	14.3%	1
9	GCP	14.3%	1
9	Google	14.3%	1
9	Incident Response	14.3%	1
9	ITIL	14.3%	1
9	ITSM	14.3%	1
9	Performance Management	14.3%	1
9	Planning and Forecasting	14.3%	1
9	Problem-Solving	14.3%	1
9	SC Cleared	14.3%	1
9	Security Cleared	14.3%	1
9	Security Operations	14.3%	1
9	Service Catalogue	14.3%	1
9	Service Management	14.3%	1
9	ServiceNow	14.3%	1
9	SIAM	14.3%	1

Demand Forecasting Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Intelligence	42.9%	3
2	Capacity Planning	28.6%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
2	Service Delivery	28.6%	2
2	Stakeholder Management	28.6%	2
6	Agile	14.3%	1
6	Backlog Management	14.3%	1
6	Commercial Awareness	14.3%	1
6	Customer Experience	14.3%	1
6	Cybersecurity	14.3%	1
6	Incident Response	14.3%	1
6	ITIL	14.3%	1
6	ITSM	14.3%	1
6	Performance Management	14.3%	1
6	Planning and Forecasting	14.3%	1
6	Problem-Solving	14.3%	1
6	Security Operations	14.3%	1
6	Service Catalogue	14.3%	1
6	Service Management	14.3%	1
6	SIAM	14.3%	1