MS Access Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Access
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 100 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs citing MS Access 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.034% 0.33% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.28% 2.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
South East median daily rate £450 £375 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.76 -
South East median hourly rate - £27.76 -

All Database & BI Skills
Thames Valley

MS Access falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 363 220 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.33% 14.70% 12.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 146 192
10th Percentile £310 £325 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.25% -2.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 15
10th Percentile £25.72 £22.97 £19.59
25th Percentile £30.38 £23.50 £22.61
Median hourly rate £47.54 £32.05 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% -45.68% +7.27%
75th Percentile £82.25 £53.75 £61.60
90th Percentile - £65.62 £65.50
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £32.05 £58.91
% change year-on-year +15.44% -45.59% +7.10%

MS Access
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

MS Access job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

MS Access
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MS Access.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MS Access

MS Access
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

MS Access
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 MS Access within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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 -28 1 £450 -
MS Access
South East

MS Access
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%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft