Regular Expression Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Regular Expressions (Regex)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Regular Expression skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 102 147
Rank change year-on-year - +45 -1
Contract jobs citing Regular Expression 0 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 1.03% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £425 £303
25th Percentile - £453 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £398
Median % change year-on-year - +25.79% -20.82%
75th Percentile - £563 £500
90th Percentile - £600 £680
South East median daily rate - £500 £395
% change year-on-year - +26.58% -19.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

Regular Expression falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 439 290 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.46% 18.32% 15.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 202 229
10th Percentile £363 £381 £325
25th Percentile £425 £427 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £591 £638 £625
90th Percentile £648 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 16
10th Percentile £56.01 £37.12 £56.50
25th Percentile £73.25 £52.15 £56.65
Median hourly rate £81.00 £77.19 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% +25.31% -21.53%
75th Percentile - £84.85 £64.00
90th Percentile £81.50 £89.44 £90.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +0.81% -4.62%

Regular Expression
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Regular Expression job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Regular Expression
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Regular Expression
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regular Expression.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Regular Expression