TM Forum Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

TM Forum
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term TM Forum in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TM Forum over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 116 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 4 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.20% 0.33% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 1.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £393 £460 -
25th Percentile £419 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £481 £525 -
90th Percentile £485 £540 -
South East median daily rate £475 £500 -
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

TM Forum falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 721 676 827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.48% 31.80% 32.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 368 520
10th Percentile £257 £264 £205
25th Percentile £400 £409 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £625
90th Percentile £670 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £491 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -4.20% +2.50% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 23 36
10th Percentile £15.75 £18.55 £21.25
25th Percentile £20.79 £23.37 £24.26
Median hourly rate £55.00 £42.88 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -10.91% +140.66%
75th Percentile £80.00 £59.16 £63.29
90th Percentile £95.00 £62.24 £69.88
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +48.25%

TM Forum
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

TM Forum job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

TM Forum
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

TM Forum
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 TM Forum within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -4 3 £475 -5.00% 3
Buckinghamshire - 1 £375 -
TM Forum
South East

TM Forum
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) NaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Billing
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) OpenAPI
1 2 (50.00%) RESTful
1 2 (50.00%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Order Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) BPMN
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Presales
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Juniper
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce