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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 105 132
Rank change year-on-year -47 +27 -
Contract jobs citing TM Forum 1 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% 0.62% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.091% 1.82% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 1
10th Percentile - £345 -
25th Percentile - - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% -
75th Percentile - £378 £550
90th Percentile - £402 -
South East median daily rate - £350 £500
% change year-on-year - -30.00% -

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 1,101 548 785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.49% 33.91% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 674 318 455
10th Percentile £304 £300 £205
25th Percentile £400 £395 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.91%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £608
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 39 58
10th Percentile £18.44 £13.25 £11.79
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.13 £18.91
Median hourly rate £81.50 £45.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.11% +63.64% -53.19%
75th Percentile £88.00 £70.75 £59.36
90th Percentile - £88.87 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £55.00
% change year-on-year +77.07% -38.39% +7.32%

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 8 July 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 -34 1 - -
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BMC
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow