OpenConfig Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

OpenConfig
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring OpenConfig skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenConfig 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.074% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - £663

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire

OpenConfig 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 284 344 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 21.01% 21.33% 15.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 230 145
10th Percentile £325 £385 £306
25th Percentile £413 £435 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £578 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +15.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £591 £638 £619
90th Percentile £638 £653 £675
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £42.05 £39.31 £35.70
25th Percentile £56.66 £56.65 £54.94
Median hourly rate £81.00 £61.60 £72.28
Median % change year-on-year +31.49% -14.78% +5.33%
75th Percentile - - £90.25
90th Percentile - £69.56 -
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%

OpenConfig
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 OpenConfig within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 1 - -
OpenConfig
South East

OpenConfig
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) RESTCONF
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft