Q-Pulse Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Ideagen Q-Pulse
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Q-Pulse skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Q-Pulse 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 2.77% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 - -
75th Percentile £54,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,000 £59,000 -
% change year-on-year -11.86% - -

All Business Application Skills
Thames Valley

Q-Pulse falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 325 153 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.47% 3.13% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 88 75 100
10th Percentile £29,750 £43,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £46,250 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £54,125 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% -9.79% +11.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £77,500
South East median annual salary £46,250 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.91% -4.35% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Q-Pulse in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Q-Pulse.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Q-Pulse

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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 Q-Pulse within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Oxfordshire - 7 - - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £52,000 -
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South East

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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:

General
1 7 (77.78%) Aerospace
1 7 (77.78%) Aviation
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
1 7 (77.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) e-Learning
1 7 (77.78%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Requirements
1 7 (77.78%) Data Analysis
1 7 (77.78%) Innovative Thinking
1 7 (77.78%) Migration
1 7 (77.78%) Regression Testing
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) PL/SQL
1 7 (77.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe