YANG Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

YANG
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring YANG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 106 117
Rank change year-on-year -39 +11 -
Contract jobs citing YANG 10 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.31% 0.36% 0.31%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.02% 1.81% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £314 - £397
25th Percentile £316 £724 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £748 £550
Median % change year-on-year -56.52% +35.91% -
75th Percentile £334 £771 £565
90th Percentile £336 - -
South East median daily rate £325 £748 £550
% change year-on-year -56.52% +35.91% -8.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

YANG falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 495 332 391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.36% 19.99% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 208 275
10th Percentile £363 £324 £363
25th Percentile £443 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £617 £575 £634
90th Percentile £675 £638 £663
South East median daily rate £530 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +11.58% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 10
10th Percentile £29.07 £13.25 £53.76
25th Percentile £61.74 £15.15 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £26.70 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +165.92% -56.66% +23.20%
75th Percentile £82.37 £32.64 -
90th Percentile £87.16 £62.63 £62.93
South East median hourly rate £69.11 £50.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +38.22% -18.83% +4.85%

YANG
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

YANG job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

YANG
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

YANG
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

YANG
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 YANG within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 August 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 -20 10 £325 -56.52% 1
YANG
South East

YANG
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 8 (80.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) BGP
1 10 (100.00%) MPLS
2 9 (90.00%) WAN
3 7 (70.00%) LAN
4 4 (40.00%) SNMP
4 4 (40.00%) TACACS
4 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (10.00%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (10.00%) IPv4
6 1 (10.00%) IPv6
6 1 (10.00%) VXLAN
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Architect
1 8 (80.00%) Network Architect
2 5 (50.00%) IP Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) IP Network Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) IP Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Network Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) NETCONF
2 6 (60.00%) REST
3 5 (50.00%) OpenConfig
4 4 (40.00%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (20.00%) Private Cloud
4 2 (20.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (10.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Network Design
2 6 (60.00%) Network Architecture
2 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 6 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (50.00%) DevOps
3 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (50.00%) Microservices
3 5 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
3 5 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Product Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CCIE
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (100.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE Service Provider
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) F5
2 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (40.00%) Juniper
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) VMware