The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Cucumber skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cucumber over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
Rank |
48 |
66 |
77 |
Rank change year-on-year |
+18 |
+11 |
+17 |
Contract jobs citing Cucumber |
12 |
25 |
10 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading |
2.01% |
2.10% |
0.96% |
As % of the Development Applications category |
13.79% |
17.12% |
6.76% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
0 |
15 |
10 |
10th Percentile |
- |
£571 |
£398 |
25th Percentile |
- |
£613 |
£454 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
- |
£650 |
£488 |
Median % change year-on-year |
- |
+33.33% |
+5.41% |
75th Percentile |
- |
£688 |
£537 |
90th Percentile |
- |
£720 |
£568 |
Berkshire median daily rate |
£501 |
£650 |
£489 |
% change year-on-year |
-23.00% |
+32.99% |
+22.19% |
Cucumber falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in Reading.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills |
87 |
146 |
148 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading |
14.57% |
12.25% |
14.22% |
Number of daily rates quoted |
41 |
96 |
103 |
10th Percentile |
£409 |
£419 |
£400 |
25th Percentile |
£477 |
£501 |
£467 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£575 |
£613 |
£530 |
Median % change year-on-year |
-6.12% |
+15.57% |
+17.78% |
75th Percentile |
£638 |
£675 |
£623 |
90th Percentile |
- |
£688 |
£700 |
Berkshire median daily rate |
£500 |
£588 |
£525 |
% change year-on-year |
-14.97% |
+12.00% |
+13.51% |
Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Median hourly rate |
- |
- |
£70.00 |
Berkshire median hourly rate |
£61.50 |
- |
£70.00 |
% change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+6.87% |