Technical Design Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technical Design Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Design Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,007 1,545 2,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 92.35% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,873 933 1,266
10th Percentile £317 £291 £256
25th Percentile £415 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.28% +1.30%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 104 152
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.63 £15.13 £20.42
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £55.44
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -54.63% +23.19%
75th Percentile £85.50 £64.69 £70.23
90th Percentile £103.70 £87.19 £87.50
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.30 £57.35
% change year-on-year +107.51% -55.88% +14.70%

Technical Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Design Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Technical Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technical Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Design Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Design Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Technical Design Engineer
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 Technical Design Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 - 1 £500 -
Technical Design Engineer
South East

Technical Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, Technical Design Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Technical Design Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Technical Design Engineer Skill Set
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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft