Contracts Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Contract Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Contract Manager daily rate in Reading is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 61 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Contracts Manager 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.40% 0.17% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.18% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £338 - -
25th Percentile £380 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - -
75th Percentile £500 - -
90th Percentile £530 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £449 £598 -
% change year-on-year -24.92% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £84.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 937 561 1,070
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.14% 93.03% 92.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 350 618
10th Percentile £310 £313 £213
25th Percentile £443 £450 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £547
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.83% -0.55%
75th Percentile £626 £638 £624
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £504 £513
% change year-on-year -0.70% -1.76% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 5 49
10th Percentile £30.15 £53.50 £32.03
25th Percentile £80.50 - £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.50 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +19.29% +13.64% -5.95%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £76.99
90th Percentile £104.00 £74.31 £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £58.30
% change year-on-year +30.97% +8.70% +0.83%

Contracts Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Contracts Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Contracts Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Contracts Manager job vacancies in Reading

Contracts Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Contracts Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Contracts Manager in Reading

Contracts Manager Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, Contracts Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Contracts Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management

Contracts Manager Skill Set
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 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft