MACH Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microservices based, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS and Headless (MACH)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring MACH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 86 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing MACH 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.11% 0.17% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.67% 0.87% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £688 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £725 -
75th Percentile £738 £763 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £725 £725 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

MACH falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 300 229 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.42% 19.86% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 147 176
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile £50.15 £39.64 £56.56
25th Percentile £63.34 £53.72 £56.65
Median hourly rate £76.17 £77.19 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +25.31% -21.78%
75th Percentile £81.25 £84.85 -
90th Percentile £81.70 £89.44 £61.84
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +9.09% -10.71% -4.50%

MACH
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

MACH job vacancy trend in Berkshire

MACH
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing MACH

MACH
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management