Value Proposition Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Value Proposition
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Value Proposition skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 101 139
Rank change year-on-year -42 +38 +4
Contract jobs citing Value Proposition 2 4 12
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.075% 0.26% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.28% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £365 £533 £304
25th Percentile £369 £544 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -33.65% +35.29% -12.82%
75th Percentile £388 £588 £475
90th Percentile £388 - -
South East median daily rate £425 £563 £425
% change year-on-year -24.44% +32.35% -27.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Value Proposition 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 2,262 1,452 2,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.50% 93.62% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 871 1,442
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 53 169
10th Percentile £15.91 £17.50 £15.85
25th Percentile £19.54 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £58.00 £52.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +23.53% -18.27%
75th Percentile £85.50 £63.00 £62.47
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.85 £73.82
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £42.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -29.41% +13.33% -16.67%

Value Proposition
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Value Proposition job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Value Proposition
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Value Proposition
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Value Proposition
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 Value Proposition within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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 -26 2 £382 -33.65% 6
Value Proposition
South East

Value Proposition
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Concur
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Workday
1 1 (50.00%) Zoho