Broadband Contract Job Trends in Reading

Broadband
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Broadband skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 77 65
Rank change year-on-year +5 -12 +25
Contract jobs citing Broadband 4 14 21
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.57% 1.29% 2.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.85% 6.28% 9.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile £583 - £292
25th Percentile £607 - £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.00% +11.11% -25.21%
75th Percentile - - £691
90th Percentile - - £700
Berkshire median daily rate £585 £500 £425
% change year-on-year +17.00% +17.65% -15.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

Broadband falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 104 223 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.81% 20.61% 20.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 95 145
10th Percentile £255 £300 £205
25th Percentile £333 £400 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £426
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +17.44% -16.52%
75th Percentile £594 £608 £575
90th Percentile £630 £650 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £59.50 - £65.68
25th Percentile £66.25 £56.25 £66.69
Median hourly rate £79.50 £57.50 £69.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.26% -16.97% -
75th Percentile £87.94 £58.75 £72.69
90th Percentile £91.43 - £74.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £71.07
% change year-on-year +13.04% -19.09% +215.84%

Broadband
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Broadband job vacancy trend in Reading

Broadband
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Broadband.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Broadband

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Broadband.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Broadband

Broadband
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Compliance Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Compliance Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Supplier Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft