Distributed Ledger Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT, Shared Ledger)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Distributed Ledger skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Distributed Ledger 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.047% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £503 - -

All Business Application Skills
Thames Valley

Distributed Ledger falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 208 114 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.87% 6.44% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 75 96
10th Percentile £403 £513 £395
25th Percentile £544 £570 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +12.68%
75th Percentile £648 £650 £688
90th Percentile £723 £675 £750
South East median daily rate £590 £585 £550
% change year-on-year +0.85% +6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 15
10th Percentile £29.87 £54.40 £52.75
25th Percentile £54.93 £59.13 £59.41
Median hourly rate £81.00 £67.50 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +9.25% -
75th Percentile - £75.45 £66.89
90th Percentile £87.89 £76.49 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £35.00 £61.62
% change year-on-year +131.43% -43.20% -8.37%

Distributed Ledger
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Distributed Ledger job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Distributed Ledger
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 Distributed Ledger within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 January 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 - 1 £500 - 3
Distributed Ledger
South East

Distributed Ledger
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 (100.00%) Ethereum
1 1 (100.00%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) R3 Corda
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 1 (100.00%) KYC
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership