NCDA Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for NCDA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCDA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.041% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £492 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 - -
75th Percentile £496 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £494 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

NCDA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,096 579 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 45.18% 35.50% 42.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 325 669
10th Percentile £260 £220 £205
25th Percentile £358 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -2.34% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £615
90th Percentile £638 £681 £675
South East median daily rate £502 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.48% -2.78% +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 33 99
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.89 £18.00
25th Percentile £19.38 £42.88 £42.00
Median hourly rate £29.61 £61.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +5.48% +4.21%
75th Percentile £83.00 £65.62 £68.22
90th Percentile £95.00 £84.86 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £57.87 £58.30
% change year-on-year -52.48% -0.73% +29.56%

NCDA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

NCDA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

NCDA
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

NCDA
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 NCDA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 February 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 £494 - 1
NCDA
South East

NCDA
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%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Storage Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam