Junior Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Junior
South East > Berkshire

The median Junior daily rate in Berkshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 100 115
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 9 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.69% 0.56% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.62% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 2
10th Percentile £200 £146 £333
25th Percentile £275 £175 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £300 £406
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -26.15% -
75th Percentile £475 £375 £455
90th Percentile £520 £450 £474
South East median daily rate £180 £300 £313
% change year-on-year -40.05% -3.92% +56.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.40
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £28.00
75th Percentile - - £31.50
90th Percentile - - £33.60
South East median hourly rate - £27.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +54.29% +337.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,191 1,461 1,677
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.40% 91.03% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 790 792 1,031
10th Percentile £306 £315 £220
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £620
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £503
% change year-on-year -1.48% +0.89% +0.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 58 72
10th Percentile £14.75 £37.82 £19.16
25th Percentile £16.72 £55.78 £45.21
Median hourly rate £28.50 £61.28 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year -53.49% -0.71% +29.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.75 £72.33
90th Percentile £81.00 £100.00 £76.90
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.00
% change year-on-year -63.86% +15.04% +48.30%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Junior job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Junior
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Berkshire

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in Berkshire

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Berkshire

Junior
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 Junior within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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 +22 7 £450 +49.75% 3
Slough - 1 £150 - 19
Junior
South East

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
2 5 (55.56%) Demand Management
2 5 (55.56%) IFS
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (55.56%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) ADO
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 1 (11.11%) DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) GCP
4 1 (11.11%) Go
4 1 (11.11%) Google
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
4 1 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) OCI
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle CX

Junior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle CX
General
1 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) ADO
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
1 5 (55.56%) Demand Management
1 5 (55.56%) Portfolio Management
1 5 (55.56%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Presales
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Release Management
3 1 (11.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Go
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IFS
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle