Internet Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Internet
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Internet skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 100 104
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Internet 7 10 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.56% 0.61% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.24% 3.41% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile - £209 £313
25th Percentile £513 £277 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £625
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -26.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £497 £638
90th Percentile - £500 £681
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £413
% change year-on-year +5.00% +21.21% -17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
75th Percentile - £19.50 £25.00
90th Percentile - - £25.30
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year - +15.15% -26.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 216 293 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.42% 17.91% 24.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 131 245
10th Percentile £223 £250 £205
25th Percentile £319 £395 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -1.10%
75th Percentile £537 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.97% +0.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 19
10th Percentile £17.08 £29.83 £17.60
25th Percentile £18.31 £46.81 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%
75th Percentile £64.69 £62.87 £75.89
90th Percentile £82.13 £70.29 £83.61
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +33.33%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Internet job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Internet

Internet
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 Internet within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Bracknell - 4 £538 -
Wokingham - 2 - -
Reading +23 1 - - 13
Internet
South East

Internet
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Intranet
2 2 (28.57%) IPv6
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VPN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Juniper Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Network Integration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Insider Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Open Source
3 1 (14.29%) OSINT
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) JNCIA
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) CCDA
2 3 (42.86%) CCDP
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) CCNP
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Juniper
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Intel
3 1 (14.29%) WatchGuard