JTAG Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring JTAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JTAG 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.033% - 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% - 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
South East median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

JTAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 525 298 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.56% 20.27% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 164 230
10th Percentile £321 £300 £189
25th Percentile £413 £400 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £575
90th Percentile £695 £668 £600
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 17 24
10th Percentile £22.68 £15.13 £18.15
25th Percentile £41.25 £18.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +90.91% +19.57%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.62 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.80 £75.50 £69.38
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £46.30 £27.50
% change year-on-year +18.79% +68.36% +12.24%

JTAG
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

JTAG job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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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 JTAG within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 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 - 1 - - 2
JTAG
South East

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL