Demand Forecasting Contract Job Trends in Reading

Demand Forecasting
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Demand Forecasting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Demand Forecasting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.087% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £325 -
% change year-on-year +38.46% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Demand Forecasting 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 967 554 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.72% 92.49% 86.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 353 528
10th Percentile £355 £350 £331
25th Percentile £456 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £580
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -7.33% +5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £733 £700 £713
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £504 £550
% change year-on-year +4.27% -8.45% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 17 36
10th Percentile £57.50 - £14.50
25th Percentile £80.75 £14.75 £52.55
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.75 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +309.64% -66.31% -6.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £38.42 £79.61
90th Percentile £106.85 £60.50 £87.48
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.60
% change year-on-year +125.32% -39.48% +9.08%

Demand Forecasting
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Demand Forecasting job vacancy trend in Reading

Demand Forecasting
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Demand Forecasting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Demand Forecasting

Demand Forecasting
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Product Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google