Economics Jobs in the Thames Valley

Economics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Economics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Economics over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 232 218
Rank change year-on-year +57 -14 +42
Permanent jobs citing Economics 2 11 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.059% 0.16% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.19% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 2
10th Percentile £50,200 £38,000 £54,150
25th Percentile £50,500 - £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £46,293 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.89% -31.92% +94.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £76,875
90th Percentile - - £79,050
South East median annual salary £55,000 £46,293 £52,392
% change year-on-year +18.81% -11.64% +16.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Economics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,181 5,690 5,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.92% 84.77% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 3,912 3,101
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,625 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -

Economics
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Economics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Economics in the Thames Valley

Economics
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Economics in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Economics in the Thames Valley

Economics
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Economics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +37 1 £55,000 +37.50% 7
Oxfordshire +26 1 £56,000 +20.97% 2
Economics
South East

Economics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Credit Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree