Digital Engineering Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Digital Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 28 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.91% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £526 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £596 - -
South East median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
75th Percentile £84.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Digital Engineering 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 2,480 1,504 1,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.18% 91.21% 84.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,575 905 1,091
10th Percentile £325 £293 £280
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.19% -1.70%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 101 98
10th Percentile £13.45 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.56 £15.12 £26.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.00 £58.34
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -58.86% +16.68%
75th Percentile £85.00 £38.42 £70.06
90th Percentile £103.70 £77.50 £86.49
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £22.07 £57.35
% change year-on-year +137.88% -61.52% +10.08%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Digital Engineering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Digital Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Digital Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
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 Digital Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 28 £575 - 27
Digital Engineering
South East

Digital Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Kinematics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 9 (32.14%) Manufacturing
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (75.00%) Delivery Manager
2 14 (50.00%) Product Delivery Manager
2 14 (50.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Security Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Product Architect
3 3 (10.71%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Environment Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.57%) Products Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Virtual Team
2 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Agile
1 16 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (53.57%) Roadmaps
3 14 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 13 (46.43%) Computer Science
4 13 (46.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 12 (42.86%) ITIL
6 11 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (35.71%) Service Management
8 8 (28.57%) Change Management
9 7 (25.00%) Configuration Management
9 7 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
9 7 (25.00%) Validation
10 6 (21.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 6 (21.43%) Digital Enablement
10 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (17.86%) Ergonomics
11 5 (17.86%) Human Factors
11 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
11 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 27 (96.43%) Security Cleared
2 23 (82.14%) Degree
3 16 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (10.71%) NIST
1 3 (10.71%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.57%) ARP4761
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) DO-160
2 1 (3.57%) DO-254
2 1 (3.57%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.57%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) MOM
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) EMC
2 1 (3.57%) IBM