Infrastructure Transformation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Transformation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Infrastructure Transformation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 121 144
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 +30
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.35% 0.14% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.16% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £875 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £950 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% - -
75th Percentile £688 £1,025 -
90th Percentile £740 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £950 -
% change year-on-year -36.84% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Infrastructure Transformation 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 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Infrastructure Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Infrastructure Transformation job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Infrastructure Transformation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Infrastructure Transformation

Infrastructure Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Transformation in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Transformation
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 Infrastructure Transformation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 0 4 - -
Oxfordshire - 2 £600 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £750 - 1
Infrastructure Transformation
South East

Infrastructure Transformation
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (14.29%) iSCSI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Migration Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Business Case
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery Management
2 3 (42.86%) Service Design
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Use Case
2 3 (42.86%) Zero Trust
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (28.57%) RBAC
3 2 (28.57%) Runbook
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware NSX
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
2 3 (42.86%) Palo Alto
2 3 (42.86%) Zscaler
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Sophos
4 1 (14.29%) Commvault
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp