Focus Group Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Focus Groups
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Focus Group skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 - 124
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.25% - 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £537 - -
90th Percentile £567 - -
South East median daily rate £520 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £60.50
Median hourly rate - - £61.00
75th Percentile - - £61.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £61.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Focus Group 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 1,364 1,196 1,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.22% 92.21% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 649 1,000
10th Percentile £293 £280 £210
25th Percentile £401 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £607
90th Percentile £650 £670 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 37 96
10th Percentile £16.39 £26.15 £20.50
25th Percentile £20.79 £42.88 £43.12
Median hourly rate £58.75 £61.50 £60.57
Median % change year-on-year -4.46% +1.53% -6.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £65.62 £70.50
90th Percentile £106.00 £76.18 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Focus Group job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Focus Group
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Focus Group.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Focus Group

Focus Group
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Focus Group.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Focus Group

Focus Group
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 Focus Group within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 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
Reading - 3 £519 - 1
Wokingham - 1 £575 -
Focus Group
South East

Focus Group
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 3 (75.00%) Viva Engage
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft