Virgin Media Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Virgin Media
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Virgin Media products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virgin Media over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Virgin Media.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 119 111
Rank change year-on-year +37 -8 +59
Contract jobs citing Virgin Media 36 4 28
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 2.06% 0.19% 1.06%
As % of the Vendors category 3.50% 0.38% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 3 11
10th Percentile £451 £490 £425
25th Percentile £525 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £563 £581
90th Percentile £688 £570 £650
South East median daily rate £600 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Virgin Media falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,030 1,050 1,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 58.92% 48.84% 51.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 620 915
10th Percentile £255 £298 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% +3.50%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £694
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £513
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 52
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.50 £14.23
25th Percentile £14.75 £20.75 £18.84
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £52.81
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +7.46% +222.00%
75th Percentile £32.31 £61.60 £65.55
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.60 £74.96
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £57.25 £51.06
% change year-on-year -65.07% +12.13% +129.46%

Virgin Media
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Virgin Media job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Virgin Media
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Virgin Media
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virgin Media in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virgin Media in the Thames Valley

Virgin Media
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 Virgin Media within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 October 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 +44 36 £600 +6.67% 2
Virgin Media
South East

Virgin Media
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 3 (8.33%) Umbraco
2 2 (5.56%) CMS
2 2 (5.56%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 4 (11.11%) GCP
3 4 (11.11%) GitHub
3 4 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.78%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.78%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.78%) Finance
2 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Architect
2 10 (27.78%) Developer
3 7 (19.44%) Python Developer
4 6 (16.67%) React Developer
5 5 (13.89%) Salesforce Architect
5 5 (13.89%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 5 (13.89%) Security Architect
5 5 (13.89%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (11.11%) Cloud Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Senior
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 4 (11.11%) Senior Python Developer
7 3 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (8.33%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 2 (5.56%) Content Editor
8 2 (5.56%) Data Architect
8 2 (5.56%) Designer
8 2 (5.56%) Web Content Editor
8 2 (5.56%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (19.44%) FastAPI
2 4 (11.11%) React
2 4 (11.11%) RESTful
3 2 (5.56%) CSS
3 2 (5.56%) HTML
3 2 (5.56%) Jest
3 2 (5.56%) REST
3 2 (5.56%) Sass
4 1 (2.78%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 30 (83.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.78%) CCTV
2 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) AI
2 8 (22.22%) Generative AI
3 7 (19.44%) CI/CD
4 6 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 6 (16.67%) DevOps
5 4 (11.11%) CQRS
6 3 (8.33%) Agile
6 3 (8.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 3 (8.33%) Front End Development
6 3 (8.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (8.33%) OOP
7 2 (5.56%) Analytics
7 2 (5.56%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
7 2 (5.56%) SOLID
7 2 (5.56%) TDD
7 2 (5.56%) User Stories
7 2 (5.56%) Validation
8 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.78%) Security Operations
8 1 (2.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) ISO 19650
1 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.78%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Databricks
2 7 (19.44%) Salesforce
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 2 (5.56%) Sitecore
5 1 (2.78%) Palantir
5 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow