NEC Housing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring NEC Housing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NEC Housing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.42% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £413 -
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Business Application Skills
Thames Valley

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 236 137 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.25% 8.27% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 73 131
10th Percentile £409 £463 £425
25th Percentile £500 £515 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £598 £613
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -2.37% +2.94%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £715
90th Percentile £782 £670 £765
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 3 19
10th Percentile £28.13 £39.85 £26.03
25th Percentile £45.75 £51.16 £48.18
Median hourly rate £83.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.57% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £105.25 £78.53 -
90th Percentile £113.90 £83.64 £62.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £55.50 £48.18
% change year-on-year -14.41% +15.19% -22.91%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

NEC Housing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

NEC Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

NEC Housing
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 NEC Housing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
NEC Housing
South East

NEC Housing
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NEC