Request for Comments: 2544 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring RFC 2544 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited RFC 2544 over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 84 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing RFC 2544 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.53% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 2.52% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £230 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £275 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £302 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £305 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £300 | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Berkshire
RFC 2544 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 | 238 | 291 | 310 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 21.12% | 15.13% | 17.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 163 | 192 | 224 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £325 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £530 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.30% | -3.64% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £623 | £629 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £674 | £705 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 17 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £39.64 | £56.59 | £52.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £53.72 | £56.65 | £75.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £77.19 | £61.60 | £78.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.31% | -21.78% | +28.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £84.85 | - | £80.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.44 | £61.76 | £80.48 |
| South East median hourly rate | £54.94 | £61.60 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.82% | -8.74% | +50.00% |
RFC 2544
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing RFC 2544 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
RFC 2544
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing RFC 2544 in Berkshire.
RFC 2544
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 RFC 2544 within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 | - | 2 | £250 | - | 1 |
| RFC 2544 South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: