DKIM Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring DKIM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing DKIM 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.065% - 0.045%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.56% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
South East median daily rate £450 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

DKIM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 355 250 359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.49% 15.44% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 143 176
10th Percentile £313 £246 £300
25th Percentile £400 £350 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £590 £538 £608
90th Percentile £638 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 8 13
10th Percentile £16.16 - £56.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.20 £71.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £66.00 £83.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.76% -20.96% +20.29%
75th Percentile £63.51 £89.63 £87.46
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.68% -4.10% -4.42%

DKIM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

DKIM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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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 DKIM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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 - 2 £450 - 3
DKIM
South East

DKIM
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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DMARC
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk