Lean Thinking Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Lean Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Lean Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Lean Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
South East median daily rate £555 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Lean Thinking 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 2,542 1,463 2,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 81.19% 92.95% 85.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,629 873 1,227
10th Percentile £306 £296 £232
25th Percentile £412 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £695 £675 £687
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 94 170
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.12 £19.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £24.91 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.24% -47.57% -5.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £57.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £104.50 £79.25 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £47.78
% change year-on-year +125.00% -49.77% -4.44%

Lean Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Lean Thinking job vacancy trend 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 Lean Thinking.

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

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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 Lean Thinking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £610 -
Lean Thinking
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%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Service Management
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow