IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring QRadar skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited QRadar over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 98 | - | 150 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing QRadar | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.26% | - | 0.034% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 2.19% | - | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +45.45% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £396 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.26% | -36.64% | +100.00% |
All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley
QRadar 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 | 183 | 321 | 362 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 12.11% | 11.95% | 12.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 127 | 243 | 273 |
| 10th Percentile | £318 | £205 | £303 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £300 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +2.44% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £578 | £608 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £650 | £725 |
| South East median daily rate | £501 | £475 | £543 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.37% | -12.52% | +8.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.34 | £48.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £28.41 | £54.69 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £38.75 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -41.29% | +5.60% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £52.81 | £75.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £66.50 | £81.37 |
| South East median hourly rate | £23.99 | £47.50 | £61.38 |
| % change year-on-year | -49.51% | -22.61% | +182.18% |
QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing QRadar as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
QRadar
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing QRadar in the Thames Valley.
QRadar
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 QRadar within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 | - | 2 | £500 | - | 2 |
| Buckinghamshire | - | 2 | £500 | - | |
| QRadar South East |
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QRadar
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: