Developer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Developer daily rate in Reading is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 9 21
Rank change year-on-year -34 +12 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 41 117 106
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 4.48% 15.50% 9.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 16.76% 9.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 81 84
10th Percentile £363 £385 £350
25th Percentile £413 £409 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £675
90th Percentile £600 £650 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £37.13
25th Percentile - - £40.31
Median hourly rate - £77.19 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year - +58.34% -33.10%
75th Percentile - - £60.31
90th Percentile - - £65.38
Berkshire median hourly rate - £77.19 £48.75
% change year-on-year - +58.34% -33.10%

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 863 698 1,067
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 92.45% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 395 654
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -4.65%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £613
90th Percentile £670 £670 £685
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 2 38
10th Percentile £35.00 £63.14 £20.17
25th Percentile £80.50 £65.48 £51.66
Median hourly rate £83.00 £70.17 £60.87
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% +15.28% -6.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £74.07 £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.94 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +32.53% +6.03% -10.32%

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 27 February 2026.

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 27 February 2026, 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 18 (43.90%) Oracle
2 17 (41.46%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (41.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 17 (41.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (36.59%) Oracle Reports
4 13 (31.71%) SQL
5 11 (26.83%) Android
5 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
6 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (21.95%) Performance Tuning
7 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
7 9 (21.95%) Software Engineering
8 8 (19.51%) Android Development
8 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
8 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
9 7 (17.07%) Java
10 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
11 5 (12.20%) Node.js
11 5 (12.20%) OCI
11 5 (12.20%) React
11 5 (12.20%) REST
11 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 4 (9.76%) Agile
12 4 (9.76%) Apple iOS
12 4 (9.76%) AWS
12 4 (9.76%) Azure
12 4 (9.76%) Bitbucket
12 4 (9.76%) GAP Analysis
12 4 (9.76%) Mobile Application Development
12 4 (9.76%) Secure Coding

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 3 (7.32%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) Appian
2 1 (2.44%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) JBoss
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.44%) Smallworld
2 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.44%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Maximo
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.44%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) OCI
2 4 (9.76%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
3 2 (4.88%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (41.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 15 (36.59%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (4.88%) GIS
4 2 (4.88%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.44%) MySQL
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Bitbucket
2 3 (7.32%) Android Studio
2 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
2 3 (7.32%) Subversion
3 2 (4.88%) Git
4 1 (2.44%) Gradle
4 1 (2.44%) Maven
4 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.44%) Marketing
3 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (41.46%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (12.20%) Node.js
2 5 (12.20%) React
2 5 (12.20%) REST
3 4 (9.76%) Web Services
4 3 (7.32%) SOAP
5 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.88%) CSS
5 2 (4.88%) HTML
5 2 (4.88%) jQuery
5 2 (4.88%) React Native
6 1 (2.44%) Flutter
6 1 (2.44%) Jest
6 1 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (2.44%) MERN Stack
6 1 (2.44%) Next.js
6 1 (2.44%) Sass
6 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
6 1 (2.44%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (2.44%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Data Structures
1 5 (12.20%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.44%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.83%) Android
2 4 (9.76%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.88%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (21.95%) Performance Tuning
3 9 (21.95%) Software Engineering
4 8 (19.51%) Android Development
4 8 (19.51%) Data Modelling
5 6 (14.63%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (9.76%) Agile
7 4 (9.76%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (9.76%) Mobile Application Development
7 4 (9.76%) Secure Coding
8 3 (7.32%) Code Quality
8 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
8 3 (7.32%) Situational Awareness
8 3 (7.32%) Validation
8 3 (7.32%) Verification and Validation
9 2 (4.88%) Computer Science
9 2 (4.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (31.71%) SQL
2 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
3 7 (17.07%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) Jython
4 2 (4.88%) Python
5 1 (2.44%) Ada
5 1 (2.44%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.44%) Assembly Language
5 1 (2.44%) C
5 1 (2.44%) C#
5 1 (2.44%) Kotlin
5 1 (2.44%) Magik
5 1 (2.44%) MATLAB
5 1 (2.44%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.44%) Perl
5 1 (2.44%) PHP
5 1 (2.44%) Swift
5 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) COBIT
1 2 (4.88%) GDPR
1 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.88%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Oracle
2 3 (7.32%) Atlassian
2 3 (7.32%) Coverity
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Salesforce
2 3 (7.32%) Thales
3 1 (2.44%) ESRI
3 1 (2.44%) SAP
3 1 (2.44%) Siemens