Data Strategy Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Strategy
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Data Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Data Strategy 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.25% - 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £343 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - -
75th Percentile £448 - -
90th Percentile £479 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £633 £688 £900
% change year-on-year -7.93% -23.61% +63.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Data Strategy 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 696 748 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.33% 93.03% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 401 636
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% -0.52%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £615
90th Percentile £664 £670 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 7 35
10th Percentile £18.55 £27.90 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £35.75 £54.70
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.76 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.96% +0.19% -5.16%
75th Percentile £97.50 £69.80 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.80 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.75 £61.50 £60.57
% change year-on-year -4.46% +1.53% -6.35%

Data Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Data Strategy job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Data Strategy

Data Strategy
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Strategy in Reading over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Strategy in Reading

Data Strategy
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Metadata Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft