Statistics Contracts in the Thames Valley

Statistics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 107 137
Rank change year-on-year +5 +30 +31
Contract jobs citing Statistics 12 16 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.71% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.83% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 9
10th Percentile - £240 £280
25th Percentile £425 £243 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £255 £495
Median % change year-on-year +88.24% -48.48% +50.00%
75th Percentile £495 £371 £561
90th Percentile £512 £419 £575
South East median daily rate £465 £360 £325
% change year-on-year +29.17% +10.77% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.15 - -
Median hourly rate £25.30 - -
75th Percentile £25.45 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £25.30 £30.00 £19.49
% change year-on-year -15.67% +53.93% -13.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Statistics 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 1,550 1,917 2,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.99% 84.56% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 929 1,090 1,706
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £678 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 109 85
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.10 £14.90
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £55.80 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.99% +11.60% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £67.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £85.33 £75.15
South East median hourly rate £21.74 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.10% +14.70% +100.00%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Statistics in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Statistics in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Statistics in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Statistics in the Thames Valley

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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 Statistics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 August 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 +11 10 £465 +82.35% 5
Buckinghamshire +2 1 £535 - 3
Oxfordshire -11 1 - - 5
Statistics
South East

Statistics
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Apache Spark
2 1 (8.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Broadband
2 1 (8.33%) SAN
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Big Data
1 2 (16.67%) Hadoop
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Scrum Master
3 2 (16.67%) Agile Scrum Master
3 2 (16.67%) Data Scientist
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Python Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Python Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Site Manager
4 1 (8.33%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) NumPy
1 1 (8.33%) Pandas
1 1 (8.33%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Debian
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Ubuntu
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Coaching
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (25.00%) Backlog Management
3 3 (25.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
3 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Kanban
3 3 (25.00%) Product Backlog
3 3 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (25.00%) Service Management
3 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (25.00%) SWOT Analysis
4 2 (16.67%) Data Engineering
4 2 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (16.67%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (8.33%) BT
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) VMware