Customer Requirements Contracts in the Thames Valley

Customer Requirements
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Customer Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 84 138
Rank change year-on-year -24 +54 -51
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 30 62 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.14% 2.18% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.39% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 40 14
10th Percentile - £57 £252
25th Percentile £205 £213 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year -47.50% -7.25% +1.47%
75th Percentile £488 £437 £473
90th Percentile £498 £469 £500
South East median daily rate £475 £422 £463
% change year-on-year +12.69% -8.86% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile - £26.55 £12.25
25th Percentile - £29.63 £12.63
Median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.57% +169.23% +0.15%
75th Percentile - £40.13 -
90th Percentile - £43.05 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £61.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -68.85% +369.23% -76.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Customer Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,281 2,590 3,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.96% 91.07% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,781 2,145
10th Percentile £213 £316 £233
25th Percentile £373 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +7.22%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £501 £500
% change year-on-year +0.10% +0.10% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 65 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.95 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +208.82% -19.24%
75th Percentile £62.55 £70.00 £24.38
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.42
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the Thames Valley

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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 0 27 £210 -50.59% 12
Buckinghamshire -9 3 - - 9
Customer Requirements
South East

Customer Requirements
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 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (46.67%) LAN
2 3 (10.00%) VPN
3 2 (6.67%) BGP
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (6.67%) MPLS
3 2 (6.67%) SSL
3 2 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (3.33%) 3G
4 1 (3.33%) 4G
4 1 (3.33%) 5G
4 1 (3.33%) Broadband
4 1 (3.33%) DSL
General
1 19 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Break Fix Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Informatica Developer
4 2 (6.67%) Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Network Architect
4 2 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Network Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (46.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) PMI
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (56.67%) Windows
1 17 (56.67%) Windows 7
2 14 (46.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Customer Service
2 15 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (46.67%) ITIL
3 14 (46.67%) Service Delivery
3 14 (46.67%) Software Deployment
3 14 (46.67%) Software Testing
4 6 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 6 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 6 (20.00%) Data Governance
4 6 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 6 (20.00%) Information Management
4 6 (20.00%) Master Data Management
4 6 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (20.00%) Product Information Management
5 5 (16.67%) Business Strategy
5 5 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (13.33%) Information Security
7 3 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
7 3 (10.00%) Project Management
7 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Security Cleared
2 15 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 14 (46.67%) Degree
4 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) PgMP
5 2 (6.67%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.33%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (46.67%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (46.67%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) Endace
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (46.67%) HP
3 6 (20.00%) Informatica
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco
5 2 (6.67%) F5
5 2 (6.67%) Juniper
6 1 (3.33%) Computacenter