Line Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Line Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Line Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 112 113
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +22
Contract jobs citing Line Management 6 14 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.36% 0.64% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.75% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 16
10th Percentile £465 £240 £247
25th Percentile £488 £366 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £468
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +24.06% -1.58%
75th Percentile £613 £791 £577
90th Percentile £815 £917 £669
South East median daily rate £488 £563 £463
% change year-on-year -13.33% +21.62% -19.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - - £48.38
25th Percentile - £71.75 £55.94
Median hourly rate - £73.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.36% +170.27%
75th Percentile - £76.12 -
90th Percentile - £76.64 £72.59
South East median hourly rate £81.00 £83.50 £61.44
% change year-on-year -2.99% +35.89% +151.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Line 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 1,524 1,872 2,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.04% 85.56% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 1,044 1,666
10th Percentile £261 £300 £269
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -2.49% +4.60%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.39% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 78 86
10th Percentile £14.35 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.10 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.47 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +16.50% +155.25%
75th Percentile £44.68 £67.38 £66.33
90th Percentile £79.50 £79.72 £75.13
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.43 £53.94
% change year-on-year -62.02% +8.34% +73.15%

Line Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Line 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 Line Management.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Line Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Line 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 Line Management.

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

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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 Line Management within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +5 3 £500 -13.79% 15
Oxfordshire - 3 £900 - 14
Line Management
South East

Line 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Health and Safety Manager
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Change Management
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Data Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR