Swim Lanes Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Swim Lane Diagrams
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Swim Lanes skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Swim Lanes 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.034% - 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.37%
75th Percentile £538 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £528 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -20.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Swim Lanes 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 2,431 1,387 2,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.91% 92.84% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,605 837 1,297
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £401 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.50% -0.10% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 59 171
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £15.48
25th Percentile £22.89 £14.78 £19.71
Median hourly rate £78.38 £32.05 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.56% -28.78% -12.20%
75th Percentile £85.47 £62.37 £65.00
90th Percentile £95.00 £77.75 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £28.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +87.50% -41.05% -5.00%

Swim Lanes
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Swim Lanes job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Swim Lanes
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swim Lanes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Swim Lanes

Swim Lanes
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 Swim Lanes within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £525 -
Swim Lanes
South East

Swim Lanes
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Process Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft