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Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 63 | 80 | 83 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +3 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing C | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.68% | 0.55% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.27% | 2.41% | 3.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | - | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £396 | £613 | £424 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £445 | £625 | £649 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.80% | -3.66% | +58.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £496 | £669 | £704 |
| 90th Percentile | £521 | £688 | £706 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £445 | £625 | £688 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.80% | -9.09% | +59.88% |
All Programming Languages
Reading
C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 176 | 249 | 281 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 29.78% | 22.66% | 24.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 110 | 178 | 215 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £394 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £506 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £605 | £563 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +7.56% | +17.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £663 | £700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £580 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.79% | +5.45% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £71.31 | £79.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.95% | - |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £31.50 | £65.49 | £57.41 |
| % change year-on-year | -51.90% | +14.08% | -33.44% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing C.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing C in Reading over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing C.
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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: