Enterprise Software Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Enterprise Application Software
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 99 107
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Software 12 4 20
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.82% 0.26% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 0.83% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile £394 £331 £458
25th Percentile £430 £378 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £584 £553 £528
90th Percentile £663 £604 £600
South East median daily rate £461 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -19.83% +15.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £61.38
25th Percentile - - £62.38
Median hourly rate - - £63.29
75th Percentile - - £64.27
90th Percentile - - £66.25
South East median hourly rate £13.00 - £63.29

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Enterprise Software 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 556 481 556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 37.80% 31.67% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 240 329
10th Percentile £293 £294 £205
25th Percentile £406 £406 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £539 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.19% +7.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £666 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £493 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.19% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 14 25
10th Percentile £20.73 £18.94 £28.61
25th Percentile £20.79 £28.06 £45.21
Median hourly rate £58.00 £42.69 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +35.86% -30.75% +84.01%
75th Percentile £81.00 £61.37 £66.44
90th Percentile £98.00 £62.24 £78.67
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +60.61%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in Berkshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Enterprise Software in Berkshire

Enterprise Software
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Enterprise Software.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
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 Enterprise Software within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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 +14 5 £613 +32.43% 4
Wokingham - 5 £460 - 2
Enterprise Software
South East

Enterprise Software
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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 9 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (41.67%) AWS
4 4 (33.33%) GCP
5 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) GitHub
5 1 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (8.33%) IaaS
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Test Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Test Strategist
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support
4 1 (8.33%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) NestJS
1 1 (8.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (25.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Agile Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (41.67%) ERP
3 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Resilience Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (41.67%) Test Management
3 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
3 5 (41.67%) Validation
4 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 4 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
1 5 (41.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (25.00%) CCSP
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (25.00%) CISSP
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) GDPR
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
1 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
1 4 (33.33%) PSD2
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Docker
2 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (41.67%) Workday
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.33%) Databricks