E-business Contracts in the Thames Valley

Electronic Business (eBusiness)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring E-business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited E-business over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 130 138
Rank change year-on-year +46 +8 +26
Contract jobs citing E-business 18 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.19% 0.56% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.64% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 13
10th Percentile £513 £510 £520
25th Percentile £563 £591 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% +4.17% +15.38%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £675
90th Percentile £650 - -
South East median daily rate £601 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -3.92% +4.17% +27.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

E-business 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 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

E-business
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing E-business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for E-business in the Thames Valley

E-business
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing E-business in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for E-business in the Thames Valley

E-business
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing E-business in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for E-business in the Thames Valley

E-business
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing E-business in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for E-business in the Thames Valley

E-business
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 E-business within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +34 18 £600 -3.96% 1
E-business
South East

E-business
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) SAS
Business Applications
1 15 (83.33%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (83.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (22.22%) Maximo
2 4 (22.22%) Oracle ASCP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Consultant
1 14 (77.78%) Oracle Consultant
2 13 (72.22%) Functional Consultant
2 13 (72.22%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Logistics Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Procurement Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Procurement Officer
4 2 (11.11%) HR Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Logistics Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Procurement Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Logistics
4 3 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (5.56%) GAP Analysis
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Oracle