Systems Thinking Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Systems Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Systems Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 130 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Contract jobs citing Systems Thinking 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.35% 0.046% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.054% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £222 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £470 - -
90th Percentile £575 - -
South East median daily rate £225 - £688
% change year-on-year - - +19.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Systems Thinking 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 1,544 1,866 2,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.93% 85.52% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 1,039 1,637
10th Percentile £257 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £677 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.49% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 81 84
10th Percentile £14.60 £18.70 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.59 £30.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -57.00% +14.57% +158.48%
75th Percentile £42.67 £67.00 £66.11
90th Percentile £79.25 £76.99 £74.94
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -61.72% +7.37% +86.77%

Systems Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Systems Thinking job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Systems Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Systems Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Systems Thinking

Systems Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Systems Thinking in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Systems Thinking in the Thames Valley

Systems Thinking
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 Systems Thinking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Oxfordshire - 4 £225 - 1
Berkshire - 2 £575 - 1
Systems Thinking
South East

Systems Thinking
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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 4 (66.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (100.00%) Local Government
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Accountant
1 4 (66.67%) Financial Accountant
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Accountant
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Systems Accountant
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Accountant
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (66.67%) Data Management
3 4 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
4 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) R
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft