Engineering Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Engineering Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £501 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 141 161
Rank change year-on-year +9 +20 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Manager 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.10% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.11% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £426 -
25th Percentile - £466 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £538 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.79% - -
75th Percentile £663 £616 -
90th Percentile £760 £659 -
South East median daily rate £576 £700 £588
% change year-on-year -17.79% +19.15% +38.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £67.81 - -
South East median hourly rate £67.81 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,493 2,734 3,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 94.50% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,900 2,298
10th Percentile £208 £313 £193
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £494
% change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 75 102
10th Percentile £15.70 £17.27 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £12.44
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.41 £79.19 £57.14
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Engineering Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Engineering Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Engineering Manager in the Thames Valley

Engineering Manager
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 Engineering Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 4 £501 -6.79% 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 3
Engineering Manager
South East

Engineering Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Engineering Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Engineering Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) APMP
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) R
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring

Engineering Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Statistics
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) R
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) APMP
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft