Software Delivery Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Software Delivery
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 106 143
Rank change year-on-year -13 +37 +5
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 6 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.27% 0.36% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.39% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £462 £430 £373
25th Percentile £480 - £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +8.64% -15.63%
75th Percentile £609 £600 £650
90th Percentile £679 - £673
South East median daily rate £490 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -14.78% +15.00% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.19 -
South East median hourly rate - £77.19 £65.00
% change year-on-year - +18.75% +21.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Software Delivery 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 1,863 1,533 2,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.95% 91.30% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 886 1,497
10th Percentile £268 £250 £213
25th Percentile £381 £401 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +0.90% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 43 152
10th Percentile £15.62 £24.93 £16.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.37% +24.21% +68.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.17 £63.00
90th Percentile £95.50 £75.48 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +5.56%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in the Thames Valley

Software Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
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 Software Delivery within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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 -18 5 £500 -9.09% 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Software Delivery
South East

Software Delivery
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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Contentstack
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Web Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) React
2 1 (16.67%) ARM Templates
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Observability
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens