Technology Transformation Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Technology Transformation
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 122 137
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 +34
Contract jobs citing Technology Transformation 12 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.65% 0.28% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.32% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £545 £683 £548
25th Percentile £575 £806 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £950 £650
Median % change year-on-year -35.53% +46.15% +25.30%
75th Percentile £650 £1,025 £686
90th Percentile £725 - £758
South East median daily rate £550 £950 £600
% change year-on-year -42.11% +58.33% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Technology Transformation 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 1,659 1,860 2,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.19% 87.04% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 1,069 1,543
10th Percentile £269 £300 £240
25th Percentile £405 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £520
% change year-on-year -2.19% -1.70% +1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 68 100
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.74 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £29.44 £24.46
Median hourly rate £25.00 £57.77 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.73% +15.55% +163.16%
75th Percentile £35.37 £62.77 £66.64
90th Percentile £73.20 £71.24 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +40.00%

Technology Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Technology Transformation job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Technology Transformation
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Technology Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technology Transformation in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technology Transformation in the Thames Valley

Technology Transformation
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 Technology Transformation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 +12 8 £575 -39.47% 39
Buckinghamshire - 4 £631 - 5
Technology Transformation
South East

Technology Transformation
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (8.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Back Office
3 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Transformation Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Change Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Design Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Service Transition Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Transition Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) AI
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM
3 2 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 2 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (16.67%) Service Design
3 2 (16.67%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) APMG
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) HP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft