GFS2 Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley
Red Hat Global File System 2 (GFS2)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing GFS2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 161 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing GFS2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley | 0.032% | - | - |
| As % of the System Software category | 0.28% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £100.00 | - | - |
| South East median hourly rate | £100.00 | - | - |
All System Software Skills
Thames Valley
GFS2 falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing system software skills in the Thames Valley.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing system software skills | 356 | 228 | 325 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 11.31% | 12.15% | 15.17% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 230 | 136 | 213 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £200 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £255 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £475 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -8.65% | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £610 | £538 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £611 | £656 |
| South East median daily rate | £538 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.50% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 29 | 2 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.15 | £72.86 | £47.76 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.70 | £75.66 | £55.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £67.00 | £83.32 | £56.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.58% | +46.82% | +125.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | £87.97 | £58.49 |
| 90th Percentile | £97.50 | £88.97 | £62.97 |
| South East median hourly rate | £60.00 | £81.00 | £60.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.93% | +33.90% | +6.22% |
GFS2 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 GFS2 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| GFS2 South East |
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GFS2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
System Software
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veritas Cluster Server | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Veritas File System | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Veritas Volume Manager | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | VMware Infrastructure | 100.0% | 1 |