Qualitative Analysis Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Qualitative Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Qualitative Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing Qualitative Analysis 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Qualitative Analysis 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 1,582 1,864 2,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.58% 87.02% 90.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 988 1,069 1,603
10th Percentile £270 £300 £247
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £501
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +0.90% +0.10%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 69 97
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.00 £16.34
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.75 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +159.74%
75th Percentile £38.42 £63.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.75 £74.97 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.05 £52.10
% change year-on-year -64.32% +11.41% +43.47%

Qualitative Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Qualitative Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Qualitative Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Qualitative Analysis
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 Qualitative Analysis within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 October 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 - 2 - - 2
Qualitative Analysis
South East

Qualitative Analysis
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow