Source to Pay Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Source to Pay (S2P)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Source to Pay skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Source to Pay 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.22% - 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £619 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £613 £250 -
% change year-on-year +145.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.69
Median hourly rate - - £58.38
75th Percentile - - £60.06
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £21.39 £58.38
% change year-on-year - -63.36% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Source to Pay 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 2,551 1,507 1,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.17% 91.39% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,620 901 1,084
10th Percentile £325 £300 £269
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -1.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.66% +0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 109 102
10th Percentile £14.43 £14.20 £12.70
25th Percentile £21.78 £15.12 £23.37
Median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.51% -56.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £87.16 £46.30 £67.38
90th Percentile £103.53 £78.00 £85.61
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +118.75% -58.15% +14.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Source to Pay job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Source to Pay.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Source to Pay

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Source to Pay in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Source to Pay in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Source to Pay.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Source to Pay

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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 Source to Pay within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 August 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 - 7 £550 - 5
Source to Pay
South East

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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 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Fieldglass
2 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Service Manager
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow Manager
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) ERP Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Business Case
3 3 (42.86%) ERP
3 3 (42.86%) Portfolio Management
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Supplier Management
4 2 (28.57%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Re-Platforming
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Transformation
4 2 (28.57%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) Development Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) IAG
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ariba
1 4 (57.14%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) ServiceNow