AI Agents Contract Job Trends in Reading
AI Agents (Agentic AI)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term AI Agents in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AI Agents over the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 88 | 70 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -18 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing AI Agents | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Reading | 0.59% | 0.32% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 1.72% | 0.98% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £565 | - | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £525 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £86.75 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £87.50 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £90.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £92.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £93.25 | - | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £90.00 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Reading
AI Agents falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing generic IT skills in Reading.
| 6 months to 30 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills | 407 | 205 | 346 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 34.32% | 32.33% | 32.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 216 | 133 | 173 |
| 10th Percentile | £369 | £342 | £317 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £423 | £422 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £558 | £525 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.19% | -7.08% | +13.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £600 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £729 | £650 | £700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.54% | +7.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 80 | 7 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £61.74 | £33.65 | £35.98 |
| 25th Percentile | £71.19 | £48.75 | £52.81 |
| Median hourly rate | £87.33 | £58.00 | £59.05 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.57% | -1.78% | -8.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £88.00 | - | £63.22 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | - | £71.24 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £82.41 | £55.00 | £57.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +49.84% | -4.35% | -7.44% |
AI Agents Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI Agents relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.
AI Agents Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing AI Agents.
AI Agents Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autonomous Agent | 28.6% | 2 |
| 1 | Clustering | 28.6% | 2 |
| 1 | Distributed Applications | 28.6% | 2 |
| 1 | Product Ownership | 28.6% | 2 |
| 5 | Cloud Native | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Data Protection Act | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Low-Code | 14.3% | 1 |