Conversational UI Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Conversational User Interfaces
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Conversational UI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 87 116
Rank change year-on-year -25 +29 -6
Contract jobs citing Conversational UI 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.22% 0.35% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.38% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £452 £216 -
25th Percentile £455 £266 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £350 £800
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -56.25% +48.84%
75th Percentile £481 £375 -
90th Percentile £493 £390 -
South East median daily rate £469 £425 £800
% change year-on-year +10.29% -46.88% +60.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Conversational UI 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 1,514 1,050 1,708
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.19% 92.92% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 643 876
10th Percentile £304 £314 £235
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 25 102
10th Percentile £30.69 £21.81 £17.05
25th Percentile £72.20 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +1.98% +4.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £71.75
90th Percentile £106.90 £88.32 £87.41
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.82 £47.50
% change year-on-year +103.35% -45.65% -5.00%

Conversational UI
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Conversational UI job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Conversational UI
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Conversational UI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Conversational UI

Conversational UI
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 Conversational UI within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 May 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
Windsor +3 3 £463 - 1
Reading -28 1 £500 +42.86%
Conversational UI
South East

Conversational UI
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Chatbot
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior QA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) AI Agents
1 3 (75.00%) IVR
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) Conversational AI
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Chat Support
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Understanding
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Web Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow