SIAM Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SIAM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 105 144
Rank change year-on-year -23 +39 +16
Contract jobs citing SIAM 7 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.24% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.26% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £350 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - -
75th Percentile £459 £588 -
90th Percentile £558 £648 -
South East median daily rate £519 £475 -
% change year-on-year +9.21% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

SIAM 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 1,962 1,537 2,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.23% 92.26% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 897 1,491
10th Percentile £270 £262 £213
25th Percentile £395 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £615 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £509
% change year-on-year - -1.77% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 42 150
10th Percentile £15.65 £24.79 £16.24
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.60 £20.17
Median hourly rate £26.44 £60.25 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -56.11% +33.26% +55.90%
75th Percentile £68.50 £64.73 £62.54
90th Percentile £97.50 £79.72 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £25.04 £42.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -41.61% -9.73% +5.56%

SIAM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SIAM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SIAM
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

SIAM
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in the Thames Valley

SIAM
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 SIAM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 6 £369 - 1
Buckinghamshire -9 1 £375 -21.05%
SIAM
South East

SIAM
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 4 (57.14%) Service Transition Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Procurement Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Procurement Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) Business Case
3 4 (57.14%) Release Management
3 4 (57.14%) Service Design
3 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
4 3 (42.86%) Problem Management
5 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 2 (28.57%) ITSM
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Storytelling
5 2 (28.57%) Strategic Management
6 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
6 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Remedy
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 1 (14.29%) TIBCO
1 1 (14.29%) webMethods