Developer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Developer daily rate in Reading is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 11 23
Rank change year-on-year -16 +12 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 44 141 86
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 6.64% 13.07% 8.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.09% 14.46% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 101 67
10th Percentile £362 £400 £350
25th Percentile £443 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -1.04%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £575
90th Percentile - £650 £663
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £450
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -8.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 621 975 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 90.36% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 427 533 641
10th Percentile £325 £335 £213
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +10.10% +1.71%
75th Percentile £604 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £691
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 25 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £48.18 £59.58
25th Percentile £15.39 £56.25 £61.04
Median hourly rate £66.25 £63.15 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -0.22% +19.42%
75th Percentile £91.81 £100.00 £67.09
90th Percentile £97.25 - £75.15
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -34.01% -0.83% +49.99%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Developer job vacancy trend in Reading

Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Reading

Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Developer in Reading over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Developer in Reading

Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Reading

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 14 (31.82%) Oracle
2 13 (29.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 12 (27.27%) Python
4 11 (25.00%) Azure
4 11 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 11 (25.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 11 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (22.73%) Virgin Media
6 9 (20.45%) Data Modelling
6 9 (20.45%) DevOps
6 9 (20.45%) REST
6 9 (20.45%) SQL
7 7 (15.91%) AI
7 7 (15.91%) AWS
7 7 (15.91%) Databricks
7 7 (15.91%) Design Patterns
7 7 (15.91%) Java
7 7 (15.91%) JavaScript
7 7 (15.91%) React
7 7 (15.91%) RESTful
8 6 (13.64%) FastAPI
8 6 (13.64%) GCP
8 6 (13.64%) Generative AI
8 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
9 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
9 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (11.36%) GitHub
9 5 (11.36%) OCI

Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) nginx
1 2 (4.55%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.27%) CMS
2 1 (2.27%) Gunicorn
2 1 (2.27%) Smallworld
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Maximo
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) AWS
3 6 (13.64%) GCP
4 5 (11.36%) GitHub
4 5 (11.36%) OCI
5 4 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (4.55%) Serverless
7 1 (2.27%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.27%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (2.27%) BGP
2 1 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 11 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (6.82%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.82%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.27%) GIS
4 1 (2.27%) MySQL
4 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.27%) Redis
4 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.27%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Git
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
1 2 (4.55%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.27%) GitLab
General
1 12 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
4 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (29.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (20.45%) REST
3 7 (15.91%) React
3 7 (15.91%) RESTful
4 6 (13.64%) FastAPI
5 4 (9.09%) CSS
5 4 (9.09%) HTML
5 4 (9.09%) Node.js
5 4 (9.09%) SOAP
5 4 (9.09%) Web Services
6 3 (6.82%) .NET
6 3 (6.82%) AngularJS
6 3 (6.82%) jQuery
6 3 (6.82%) JSON
7 2 (4.55%) Jest
7 2 (4.55%) Middleware
7 2 (4.55%) Sass
7 2 (4.55%) XML
8 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.27%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Data Structures
1 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Windows
3 2 (4.55%) Android
3 2 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) CentOS
4 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (20.45%) Data Modelling
2 9 (20.45%) DevOps
3 7 (15.91%) AI
3 7 (15.91%) Design Patterns
4 6 (13.64%) Generative AI
5 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
5 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.09%) Agile
6 4 (9.09%) CQRS
7 3 (6.82%) Data Protection
7 3 (6.82%) Microservices
7 3 (6.82%) SDLC
7 3 (6.82%) SIEM
7 3 (6.82%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) Python
2 9 (20.45%) SQL
3 7 (15.91%) Java
3 7 (15.91%) JavaScript
4 4 (9.09%) C#
5 3 (6.82%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.55%) Ada
6 2 (4.55%) Assembly Language
6 2 (4.55%) C
6 2 (4.55%) Jython
6 2 (4.55%) MATLAB
7 1 (2.27%) Apex Code
7 1 (2.27%) Bash
7 1 (2.27%) Magik
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) CEH
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.55%) ECSA
3 2 (4.55%) GCFA
3 2 (4.55%) GCIA
3 2 (4.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) COBIT
1 2 (4.55%) GDPR
1 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.55%) NIST
1 2 (4.55%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (31.82%) Oracle
2 10 (22.73%) Virgin Media
3 7 (15.91%) Databricks
4 3 (6.82%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.82%) Splunk
5 2 (4.55%) IBM
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco
6 1 (2.27%) Pega
6 1 (2.27%) SAP
6 1 (2.27%) Siemens