Capacity Planning Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Capacity Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Capacity Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 91 108
Rank change year-on-year -14 +17 +3
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 5 15 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.34% 1.00% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.10% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 12
10th Percentile £427 £323 -
25th Percentile £442 - £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +31.29% -36.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £504 £400 £575
90th Percentile £567 £456 -
South East median daily rate £460 £508 £538
% change year-on-year -9.46% -5.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 £61.87 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £63.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.62% - -
75th Percentile £21.00 £65.62 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £63.75 -
% change year-on-year -68.62% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Capacity Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,308 1,360 1,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.20% 90.67% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 755 960
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% -0.15%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.50 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £47.51 £54.39
% change year-on-year -53.14% -12.64% +45.03%

Capacity Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Capacity Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Capacity Planning job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Capacity Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Capacity Planning in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Capacity Planning in Berkshire

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Capacity Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Capacity Planning

Capacity Planning
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Reading +16 4 £460 +18.96%
Capacity Planning
South East

Capacity Planning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (40.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco ICM
1 1 (20.00%) CTI
1 1 (20.00%) DWDM
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) NGN
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (20.00%) SDH
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) DBA
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Database Tuning
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (40.00%) SOA
1 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
1 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ICM Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Spectrum Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Perl
1 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE Collaboration
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cramer
1 2 (40.00%) Nokia
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Avaya
2 1 (20.00%) Ciena
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Genesys