OSS Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

OSS Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median OSS Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OSS Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.061% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,515 2,480 2,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 92.57% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 1,358 1,946
10th Percentile £268 £219 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.83%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £605
90th Percentile £675 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 196 90
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £18.75
Median hourly rate £25.90 £48.18 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year -46.24% +3.17% +168.08%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.25 £66.21
90th Percentile £83.53 £87.46 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -44.00% - +138.10%

OSS Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured OSS Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OSS Engineer in the Thames Valley

OSS Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSS Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OSS Engineer in the Thames Valley

OSS Engineer
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 OSS Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 July 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 - 1 £325 - 1
OSS Engineer
South East

OSS Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 July 2025, OSS Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring OSS Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre

OSS Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared