Key Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Key Management
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Contract jobs citing Key Management 6 0 20
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.21% - 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.20%
75th Percentile £750 - £588
90th Percentile - - £700
South East median daily rate £700 £664 £625
% change year-on-year +5.50% +6.16% +21.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.75 - -
Median hourly rate £81.50 - -
75th Percentile £82.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £81.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Key Management 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 2,411 1,403 2,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.97% 92.67% 87.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,595 846 1,342
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £401 £412 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £601 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 57 174
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.20 £15.59
25th Percentile £20.79 £15.25 £20.04
Median hourly rate £78.38 £32.05 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.56% -28.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £85.47 £62.24 £64.57
90th Percentile £95.00 £78.31 £85.53
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -9.09%

Key Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Key Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Key Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Key Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Key Management
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 Key Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 April 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 £700 - 3
Key Management
South East

Key Management
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 5 (83.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Product Delivery Manager
1 4 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Budget Management
2 5 (83.33%) Change Control
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) Cryptography
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Programme Delivery
2 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
2 5 (83.33%) SBOM
2 5 (83.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 5 (83.33%) Systems Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Validation
2 5 (83.33%) Verification and Validation
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) RBAC
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) RMADS