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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 101 136
Rank change year-on-year -52 +35 +9
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.065% 0.067% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.072% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £875
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £950
75th Percentile - - £1,025
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £505 - £950

All Process & 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 2,491 1,387 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.88% 93.21% 85.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,606 847 1,241
10th Percentile £306 £300 £225
25th Percentile £407 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 76 173
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £30.94 £14.75 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £24.33 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +234.98% -48.78% -9.52%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.50 £83.53 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +118.75% -52.00% -4.76%

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
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 19 June 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 -35 2 £480 - 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler