Social Housing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Social Housing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Social Housing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.065% - -
As % of the General category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
South East median daily rate £650 - -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

Social Housing falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,614 1,009 1,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.25% 62.32% 53.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 924 629 587
10th Percentile £325 £234 £235
25th Percentile £425 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -1.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £725 £675 £687
South East median daily rate £525 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 61 70
10th Percentile £15.14 £14.20 £18.68
25th Percentile £20.25 £14.75 £41.13
Median hourly rate £52.00 £25.15 £61.55
Median % change year-on-year +106.76% -59.14% +82.85%
75th Percentile £86.56 £58.00 £71.85
90th Percentile £104.50 £87.50 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £38.13 £18.82 £57.35
% change year-on-year +102.58% -67.18% +9.24%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Social Housing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Social Housing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Social Housing
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 Social Housing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 - 1 £650 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 3
Social Housing
South East

Social Housing
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 (50.00%) NEC Housing
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Applications Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NEC