Grid Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Grid Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

As of 27 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Grid Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Grid Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,999 1,545 2,246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 92.35% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 933 1,268
10th Percentile £314 £291 £255
25th Percentile £415 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.57% +1.60%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.31% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 104 149
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.24 £15.13 £20.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £55.08
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -54.33% +25.89%
75th Percentile £85.50 £64.69 £69.69
90th Percentile £103.30 £87.19 £87.47
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.23 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.13% -56.02% +14.70%

Grid Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Grid Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Grid Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Grid Engineer
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 Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Berkshire - 1 - -
Grid Engineer
South East

Grid Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, Grid Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Grid Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Grid Engineer Skill Set
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle