Impact Assessments Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Impact Assessments
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Impact Assessments skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 92 120
Rank change year-on-year -4 +28 -19
Contract jobs citing Impact Assessments 20 33 24
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.18% 1.52% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.78% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 17
10th Percentile £391 £263 £315
25th Percentile £500 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -10.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £614 £500 £688
90th Percentile £620 £522 £700
South East median daily rate £568 £563 £540
% change year-on-year +0.89% +4.17% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £65.00 £79.19
% change year-on-year - -17.92% +4.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Impact Assessments falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,535 1,854 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.61% 85.48% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 949 1,045 1,635
10th Percentile £266 £293 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £681 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 78 89
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.83 £28.31 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% +11.12% +165.82%
75th Percentile £44.68 £64.40 £67.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £78.60 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.38 £54.38
% change year-on-year -61.99% +7.35% +80.48%

Impact Assessments
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Impact Assessments relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Impact Assessments job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Impact Assessments
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Impact Assessments.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Impact Assessments

Impact Assessments
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Impact Assessments in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Impact Assessments in the Thames Valley

Impact Assessments
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Impact Assessments.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Impact Assessments

Impact Assessments
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 Impact Assessments within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 +11 20 £568 +13.50% 3
Impact Assessments
South East

Impact Assessments
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) GeoServer
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (15.00%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle CX
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Broadband
2 1 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (15.00%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (15.00%) GIS
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (15.00%) QGIS
2 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 9 (45.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Change Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Compliance Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) GIS Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Supplier Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Telecoms Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) ERP Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Lead Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Programme Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Oracle Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (15.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Replication
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Validation
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
3 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Waterfall
5 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (20.00%) DevOps
7 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (15.00%) Data Governance
7 3 (15.00%) Data Stewardship
7 3 (15.00%) Data Transformation
7 3 (15.00%) High Availability
7 3 (15.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (15.00%) Migration
7 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) System Integration Testing
7 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CFCE
4 1 (5.00%) CISSP
4 1 (5.00%) GCFA
4 1 (5.00%) GCIA
4 1 (5.00%) GCIH
4 1 (5.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) GDPR
2 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (15.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
3 1 (5.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Oracle
2 3 (15.00%) ESRI
2 3 (15.00%) Intergraph
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (5.00%) LogRhythm
4 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (5.00%) Splunk