Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring OLTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OLTP over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 137 | 145 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +8 | - |
| Contract jobs citing OLTP | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | 0.038% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | - | 0.30% | 0.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £463 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £475 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £488 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | £475 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -13.64% | - |
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Thames Valley
OLTP 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 | 238 | 330 | 412 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 15.87% | 12.68% | 14.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 159 | 188 | 280 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £313 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £417 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £482 | £504 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.73% | -4.27% | +0.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £623 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £675 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £484 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.41% | -7.02% | +4.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 16 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.09 | £19.74 | £22.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.50 | £22.61 | £26.08 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.91 | £61.30 | £32.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -51.22% | +89.78% | +115.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.33 | £61.60 | £75.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.62 | £65.00 | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £32.05 | £58.91 | £56.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.59% | +4.72% | +150.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing OLTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OLTP in the Thames Valley.