Grid Computing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Grid Computing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Grid Computing in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Grid Computing over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 147 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Grid Computing 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.075% 0.034% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46.63 - -
25th Percentile £47.19 - -
Median hourly rate £48.75 - -
75th Percentile £49.69 - -
90th Percentile £49.88 - -
South East median hourly rate £48.75 - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Grid Computing is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 795 939 1,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.75% 31.96% 31.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 618 696
10th Percentile £205 £280 £200
25th Percentile £280 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 24 30
10th Percentile £11.79 £18.08 £17.42
25th Percentile £22.50 £19.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +143.75% -21.57%
75th Percentile £59.97 £70.90 £26.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £77.93 £67.57
South East median hourly rate £47.19 £51.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.93% +138.37% -33.85%

Grid Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Grid Computing in the Thames Valley

Grid Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Grid Computing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Grid Computing in the Thames Valley

Grid Computing
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 Grid Computing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Oxfordshire +4 2 - - 2
Grid Computing
South East

Grid Computing
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) InfiniBand
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) CFEngine
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Puppet