IVR Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term IVR in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IVR over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IVR 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.20% - 0.076%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
South East median daily rate £438 £375 -
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

IVR falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 999 511 774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.09% 35.07% 29.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 313 467
10th Percentile £300 £300 £205
25th Percentile £389 £400 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £594 £588 £600
90th Percentile £676 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 26 58
10th Percentile £19.23 £13.16 £11.79
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.13 £21.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 £38.53 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.55% +32.84% -50.64%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.06 £59.64
90th Percentile - £88.87 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £47.81 £48.75
% change year-on-year +41.20% -1.94% -2.50%

IVR
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

IVR job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

IVR
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

IVR
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

IVR
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 IVR within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 May 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 - 6 £450 - 1
IVR
South East

IVR
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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Billing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) AI Agents
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Experience
2 4 (66.67%) AI
2 4 (66.67%) Conversational UI
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Conversational AI
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (33.33%) User Stories
5 1 (16.67%) A/B Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Chat Support
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Scrum
5 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Virgin Media