PaperCut Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PaperCut skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PaperCut 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.16% - 0.076%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.04% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £455 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - £525
75th Percentile £462 - £538
90th Percentile £464 - -
South East median daily rate £459 - £525

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

PaperCut falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 289 295 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.16% 13.68% 13.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 218 259
10th Percentile £255 £311 £205
25th Percentile £363 £390 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £650
90th Percentile £611 £662 £700
South East median daily rate £483 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -3.50% -6.98% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile £18.44 £19.20 £24.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £28.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £34.00 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% -29.75% -12.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £36.75 £54.46
90th Percentile £84.33 £37.50 £68.63
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £34.00 £49.73
% change year-on-year -26.47% -31.63% +3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PaperCut job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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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 PaperCut within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £459 - 2
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South East

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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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft