Knowledge Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Knowledge Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Knowledge Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 121 125
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +50
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 8 6 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.48% 0.27% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.31% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 18
10th Percentile £251 £430 -
25th Percentile £293 £456 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +100.00% -58.33%
75th Percentile £401 £597 £554
90th Percentile £410 £654 £570
South East median daily rate £375 £513 £495
% change year-on-year -26.83% +3.54% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.39 -
South East median hourly rate - £70.39 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Knowledge 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 1,501 1,924 2,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.97% 85.28% 90.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 907 1,080 1,681
10th Percentile £293 £281 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 89 90
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.84 £16.39
25th Percentile £15.12 £32.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +20.91% +166.67%
75th Percentile £44.68 £70.39 £66.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £87.46 £74.81
South East median hourly rate £21.82 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.95% +9.24% +61.54%

Knowledge Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Knowledge Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Knowledge Management in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Knowledge Management 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 Knowledge Management.

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

Knowledge 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 Knowledge Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 September 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
Oxfordshire - 5 - -
Buckinghamshire +5 3 £375 -18.92% 2
Knowledge Management
South East

Knowledge Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business IT Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Business Systems Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support
2 5 (62.50%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Support Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Support
2 5 (62.50%) Systems Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Information Management
2 5 (62.50%) Analytics
2 5 (62.50%) Application Security
2 5 (62.50%) Business Continuity
2 5 (62.50%) Change Control
2 5 (62.50%) Customer-Centricity
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (62.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Release Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft