Communities of Practice (CoP)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Community of Practice skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Community of Practice over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 93 | 79 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -14 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing Community of Practice | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | - | 0.087% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.097% | 0.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £585 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £575 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £625 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £715 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | - | £600 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading
Community of Practice 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 | 551 | 1,036 | 887 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 92.29% | 89.85% | 89.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 337 | 564 | 593 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £213 | £364 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £417 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £533 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.19% | -3.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £619 | £651 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £721 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 46 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.82 | £18.83 | £45.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.05 | £52.90 | £55.91 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.10 | £61.60 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.81% | -5.95% | +133.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.14 | £82.55 | £74.59 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.37 | £87.50 | £79.19 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £61.50 | £60.07 | £58.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.37% | +2.25% | +179.43% |
Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Community of Practice as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Community of Practice
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Community of Practice in Reading.