Software Deployment Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Software Deployment
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 98 123
Rank change year-on-year -29 +25 +49
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 1 26 22
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.049% 1.23% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 1.40% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 17 22
10th Percentile - £293 -
25th Percentile - £330 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £350 £210
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +66.67% -40.00%
75th Percentile - - £215
90th Percentile - £380 -
South East median daily rate £325 £350 £210
% change year-on-year -7.14% +66.67% -45.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Software Deployment 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 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Software Deployment
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Software Deployment
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 Deployment within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -26 1 £325 -7.14%
Software Deployment
South East

Software Deployment
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support
1 1 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) FireEye
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Tanium