Enterprise Software Contracts in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Application Software
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 128 136
Rank change year-on-year +26 +8 +30
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 6 7 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.17% 0.91% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile £303 £497 £446
25th Percentile £381 £530 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +6.36% -
75th Percentile £588 £618 £719
90th Percentile £678 £637 £725
South East median daily rate £575 £605 £525
% change year-on-year -4.96% +15.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £52.90 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £55.80 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - +148.00% -
75th Percentile - £58.70 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £55.80 £22.50
% change year-on-year -49.82% +148.00% -48.17%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Enterprise Software 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 514 772 940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.27% 28.98% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 449 627
10th Percentile £300 £205 £313
25th Percentile £400 £350 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 62 26
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.79 £18.08
25th Percentile £15.13 £20.50 £19.13
Median hourly rate £46.50 £27.75 £50.63
Median % change year-on-year +67.57% -45.19% +153.13%
75th Percentile £72.50 £59.36 £72.69
90th Percentile £88.87 £65.00 £76.72
South East median hourly rate £33.89 £54.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.25% +2.86% +153.68%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Enterprise Software as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Software
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Software
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Enterprise Software in the Thames Valley

Enterprise Software
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 Enterprise Software within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Buckinghamshire +18 4 £525 - 27
Berkshire +22 2 £250 -59.51% 85
Enterprise Software
South East

Enterprise Software
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 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) Anypoint
2 1 (16.67%) Smallworld
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) GPON
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) BizTalk Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) BizTalk Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (16.67%) GIS Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Senior
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Python Developer
1 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
4 1 (16.67%) CentOS
4 1 (16.67%) Debian
4 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Unix
4 1 (16.67%) VMS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 1 (16.67%) API Management
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Kanban
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Magik
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Dynatrace
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) BiZZdesign
3 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (16.67%) Sparx