Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Site Reliability Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Site Reliability Engineering 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 | 86 | 125 | 143 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | +18 | -3 |
| Contract jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering | 16 | 20 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 1.06% | 0.74% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.14% | 0.85% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 14 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £403 | £338 | £559 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £411 | £569 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £492 | £620 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.44% | -20.67% | +12.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £500 | £715 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £507 | £751 |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £491 | £623 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.19% | -21.18% | +13.18% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Site Reliability Engineering 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 | 1,403 | 2,340 | 2,682 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 92.85% | 87.12% | 91.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 851 | 1,306 | 1,860 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £213 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £369 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £508 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.53% | +1.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 58 | 170 | 62 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £15.30 | £18.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.54 | £19.48 | £24.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £45.00 | £51.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.78% | -12.20% | +192.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.44 | £64.57 | £66.21 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.03 | £85.65 | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -5.00% | +122.22% |
Site Reliability Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Site Reliability Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Site Reliability Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering in the Thames Valley.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Site Reliability Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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 Site Reliability Engineering 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 | +27 | 16 | £470 | -4.44% | 14 |
| Site Reliability Engineering South East |
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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: