Capacity Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

Capacity Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Capacity Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 68 85
Rank change year-on-year -16 +17 0
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 4 2 10
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.40% 0.30% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.32% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £486
25th Percentile - £425 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +18.89% -28.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile - £475 £650
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £359 £450 £625
% change year-on-year -20.22% -28.00% +92.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Capacity Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 881 624 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.57% 94.12% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 364 613
10th Percentile £310 £307 £213
25th Percentile £416 £431 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £509
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.02% -7.45%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £615
90th Percentile £681 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -4.58% +4.80% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 4 41
10th Percentile £57.40 £27.08 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 £28.31 £52.90
Median hourly rate £84.00 £45.38 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +85.10% -26.56% -8.46%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £71.75
90th Percentile £105.65 £72.56 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.14
% change year-on-year +34.97% +2.25% +2.37%

Capacity Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Capacity Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Capacity Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Capacity Management

Capacity Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Head of Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) Head of IT
1 3 (75.00%) Head of IT Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
1 4 (100.00%) Coaching
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (75.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle