Taxonomies Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Taxonomy
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Taxonomies in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Taxonomies over the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 106 145
Rank change year-on-year -34 +39 +12
Contract jobs citing Taxonomies 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 0.18% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.04% -9.86%
75th Percentile £538 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £525 £475 £380
% change year-on-year +10.53% +25.00% -36.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.53
Median hourly rate - - £51.06
75th Percentile - - £51.58
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £51.06

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Taxonomies falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 941 559 888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.90% 35.99% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 590 319 498
10th Percentile £263 £302 £205
25th Percentile £375 £431 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +6.28% -1.20%
75th Percentile £595 £623 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £665
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 19 67
10th Percentile £16.58 £17.42 £11.79
25th Percentile £24.60 £24.08 £22.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £52.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.24% +75.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £59.55
90th Percentile - £88.14 £63.97
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £32.50 £35.25
% change year-on-year +107.69% -7.80% -25.79%

Taxonomies
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Taxonomies job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Taxonomies
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Taxonomies
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Taxonomies
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 Taxonomies within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 March 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 - 4 £525 -
Taxonomies
South East

Taxonomies
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Delivery Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Engineering Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Requirements Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) PLM
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Requirements Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) IBM