Principle of Least Privilege Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Principle of Least Privilege
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Principle of Least Privilege skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Principle of Least Privilege 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.042% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.049% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £700 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Principle of Least Privilege falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,055 1,550 2,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.55% 92.65% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,348 910 1,483
10th Percentile £270 £263 £213
25th Percentile £394 £402 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £614 £600
90th Percentile £650 £660 £686
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 44 152
10th Percentile £15.83 £20.49 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.09 £41.25 £20.17
Median hourly rate £29.61 £58.25 £46.36
Median % change year-on-year -49.17% +25.66% +15.28%
75th Percentile £82.25 £64.73 £63.00
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.16 £82.78
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.35% -9.73% +5.56%

Principle of Least Privilege
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Principle of Least Privilege job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Principle of Least Privilege
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 Principle of Least Privilege within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 February 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 £700 -
Principle of Least Privilege
South East

Principle of Least Privilege
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IAM Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On