Data Collection Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Collection
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Collection skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 108 109
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Collection 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.41% 0.12% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.14% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £410 - £143
25th Percentile £425 - £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £165
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.92%
75th Percentile £475 - £193
90th Percentile £490 - £203
South East median daily rate £600 £850 £545
% change year-on-year -29.41% +55.96% +11.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Collection 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 1,103 1,473 1,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.08% 87.42% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 763 994
10th Percentile £316 £325 £280
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 67 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.45 £44.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £37.28 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.38% +2.49% +18.81%
75th Percentile £59.44 £69.93 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.43 £86.08 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.82 £57.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -62.05% +9.52% +68.54%

Data Collection
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Collection in Berkshire

Data Collection
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Collection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Collection

Data Collection
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Collection.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Collection

Data Collection
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 Data Collection within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 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 +30 3 £400 - 3
Wokingham - 2 £500 - 1
Data Collection
South East

Data Collection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (20.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure App Service
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (20.00%) Twilio
1 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) 802.11
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) SMS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (20.00%) Express.js
2 1 (20.00%) FastAPI
2 1 (20.00%) FHIR
2 1 (20.00%) GraphQL
2 1 (20.00%) LangChain
2 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (40.00%) Network Design
1 2 (40.00%) Optimization Problems
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (20.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) LLM
2 1 (20.00%) MLOps
2 1 (20.00%) Observability
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Research
2 1 (20.00%) Physics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bicep
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) HL7
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) AirMagnet
1 2 (40.00%) Aruba
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Ekahau
1 2 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki