Educational Technology Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Educational Technology (Edtech)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Educational Technology 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.048% - 0.042%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - £263

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Educational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 728 584 787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.58% 32.96% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 311 499
10th Percentile £259 £261 £205
25th Percentile £380 £408 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £530 £490
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% +8.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £592 £631 £608
90th Percentile £654 £671 £689
South East median daily rate £485 £525 £496
% change year-on-year -7.62% +5.90% -4.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 40
10th Percentile £16.72 £26.87 £22.45
25th Percentile £20.79 £38.00 £24.26
Median hourly rate £40.44 £49.87 £47.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% +4.76% +111.58%
75th Percentile £80.50 £62.24 £62.63
90th Percentile £97.50 £68.56 £66.99
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £51.03
% change year-on-year -35.71% -31.41% +36.07%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Educational Technology job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Educational Technology
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Educational Technology
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Educational Technology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
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 Educational Technology within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £500 - 2
Educational Technology
South East

Educational Technology
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%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree