Qualys
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Qualys products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualys over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Qualys, Inc.
| 6 months to 14 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 124 | 115 | 139 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -9 | +24 | +38 |
| Contract jobs citing Qualys | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley | 0.19% | 0.25% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.33% | 0.50% | 0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £674 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £691 | £825 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £700 | £850 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -17.65% | +52.81% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £700 | £875 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £701 | - |
| South East median daily rate | £520 | £475 | £460 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.47% | +3.26% | +18.71% |
All Vendors
Thames Valley
Qualys falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 1,198 | 1,007 | 1,326 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 57.96% | 49.80% | 53.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 818 | 655 | 860 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £300 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £415 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £700 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £517 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +1.55% | +3.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 71 | 22 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.54 | £18.53 | £16.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.36 | £22.75 | £24.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.08 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.84% | -32.58% | +216.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.50 | £59.37 | £63.29 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.63 | £67.31 | £72.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £20.79 | £36.17 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.51% | -34.25% | +129.17% |
Qualys
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Qualys relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Qualys.
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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 Qualys within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | -6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Buckinghamshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Qualys 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: