PERC Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PERC)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 117 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing PERC 2 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.098% 0.28% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 1.93% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
South East median daily rate £525 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

PERC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 381 311 476
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.75% 14.63% 18.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 146 259
10th Percentile £299 £261 £148
25th Percentile £410 £398 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £694 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £495 £524
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.49% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 24
10th Percentile £15.13 £15.55 £24.28
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.31 £28.75
Median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +21.71% +140.61%
75th Percentile £82.00 £63.75 £70.87
90th Percentile £89.63 £64.73 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £52.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -30.77% -5.07% +160.86%

PERC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PERC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PERC
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

PERC
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 PERC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 -
PERC
South East

PERC
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPT
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Case Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) EU AI Act
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS