Applications Support Contracts in Reading

Application Support
Berkshire > Reading

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Application Support daily rate in Reading.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 84 86
Rank change year-on-year +25 +2 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 0.59% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.63% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £145 -
25th Percentile - £159 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -17.65% -
75th Percentile - £500 £438
90th Percentile - £500 -
Berkshire median daily rate £225 £350 £425
% change year-on-year -35.71% -17.65% -10.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in Reading

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in Reading

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in Reading

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Octopus Deploy
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Octopus Deploy
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection