IFS Contracts in the Thames Valley

IFS
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 135 146
Rank change year-on-year +37 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing IFS 4 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.37% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.50% 0.78% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile - - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.45%
75th Percentile - - £825
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £625 - £800
% change year-on-year - - +52.38%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 794 1,287 1,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.55% 47.92% 48.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 799 975
10th Percentile £350 £205 £300
25th Percentile £441 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £627 £600 £619
90th Percentile £695 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 71 47
10th Percentile - £16.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £14.20 £22.59 £23.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £52.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.03% +7.14% +276.92%
75th Percentile £46.30 £61.60 £66.21
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IFS in the Thames Valley

IFS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for IFS in the Thames Valley

IFS
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 IFS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +25 4 - - 2
IFS
South East

IFS
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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Commercial Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Commercial Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Financial Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (75.00%) Budgeting
1 3 (75.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 3 (75.00%) Contract Management
1 3 (75.00%) Financial Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Financial Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ACCA
1 3 (75.00%) CIMA
2 1 (25.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) P3O