Zachman Framework Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Zachman Framework
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Zachman Framework skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 91 144
Rank change year-on-year -44 +53 +3
Contract jobs citing Zachman Framework 6 14 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.90% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.97% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 1
10th Percentile - £604 -
25th Percentile £613 £628 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £631 £630 £613
Median % change year-on-year +0.20% +2.86% -14.66%
75th Percentile £641 £743 £619
90th Percentile £643 - -
South East median daily rate £725 £630 £675
% change year-on-year +15.08% -6.67% -5.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Zachman Framework 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 2,245 1,445 2,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.53% 93.41% 88.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,469 872 1,446
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £498
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.76% -0.50%
75th Percentile £588 £621 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £671
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +1.70% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 53 170
10th Percentile £15.91 £17.50 £15.85
25th Percentile £19.47 £24.66 £20.04
Median hourly rate £55.50 £48.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +12.94% -18.27%
75th Percentile £85.47 £63.00 £62.47
90th Percentile £95.00 £76.85 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.40% -6.67% -16.67%

Zachman Framework
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Zachman Framework job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Zachman Framework
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Zachman Framework
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 Zachman Framework within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 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 - 4 £625 -
Buckinghamshire -27 2 £640 +1.59%
Zachman Framework
South East

Zachman Framework
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 3 (50.00%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (16.67%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Boomi
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) RFID
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle Solutions Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (66.67%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Assortment Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (33.33%) Microservices
5 2 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (16.67%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) COBIT
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) VMware