Trade-off Analysis Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Trade-off Analysis
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Trade-off Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Trade-off Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £700 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Trade-off Analysis 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 1,737 1,843 2,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 89.21% 86.73% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,069 1,535
10th Percentile £268 £306 £219
25th Percentile £404 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £630 £623
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 65 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.33 £16.58
25th Percentile £16.08 £32.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.05 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -56.67% +13.69% +143.12%
75th Percentile £56.50 £63.00 £66.44
90th Percentile £86.50 £72.80 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £58.05 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.18% +10.56% +19.37%

Trade-off Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Trade-off Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Trade-off Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Trade-off Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Trade-off Analysis

Trade-off Analysis
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 Trade-off Analysis within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 1 £700 - 2
Trade-off Analysis
South East

Trade-off Analysis
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware