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 22 December 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 10 21
Rank change year-on-year -27 +11 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 38 132 92
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 5.18% 13.54% 9.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.52% 15.15% 9.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 95 72
10th Percentile £360 £385 £350
25th Percentile £413 £409 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +15.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £588
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £486 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -11.59% +15.79% -5.00%

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 688 871 928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 89.33% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 507 623
10th Percentile £329 £315 £213
25th Percentile £425 £444 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £687 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £46.63 £59.21
25th Percentile £29.47 £52.81 £60.93
Median hourly rate £81.00 £60.33 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.27% -4.68% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £65.63
90th Percentile £104.95 £71.82 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £47.48 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -19.53% -3.98% +83.43%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 10 (26.32%) Oracle
3 9 (23.68%) Azure
3 9 (23.68%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (23.68%) CI/CD
3 9 (23.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 9 (23.68%) Oracle Fusion
3 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
4 8 (21.05%) Android
4 8 (21.05%) Data Modelling
4 8 (21.05%) Java
4 8 (21.05%) Software Engineering
5 7 (18.42%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (18.42%) Python
5 7 (18.42%) REST
5 7 (18.42%) SQL
5 7 (18.42%) Virgin Media
6 6 (15.79%) AI
6 6 (15.79%) Android Development
6 6 (15.79%) AWS
6 6 (15.79%) Databricks
6 6 (15.79%) DevOps
6 6 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (15.79%) RESTful
7 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.16%) Design Patterns
7 5 (13.16%) FastAPI
7 5 (13.16%) GCP
7 5 (13.16%) Generative AI
7 5 (13.16%) JavaScript

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 (5.26%) nginx
1 2 (5.26%) Umbraco
2 1 (2.63%) CMS
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) Gunicorn
2 1 (2.63%) Smallworld
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Maximo
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.68%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) AWS
3 5 (13.16%) GCP
3 5 (13.16%) OCI
4 4 (10.53%) GitHub
5 3 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (5.26%) Serverless
7 1 (2.63%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 7 (18.42%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (7.89%) Oracle BI EE
4 2 (5.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (5.26%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.63%) GIS
5 1 (2.63%) MySQL
5 1 (2.63%) RDBMS
5 1 (2.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
1 2 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.63%) Android Studio
2 1 (2.63%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.63%) Gradle
2 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Maven
2 1 (2.63%) Subversion
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.63%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (23.68%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (18.42%) REST
3 6 (15.79%) RESTful
4 5 (13.16%) FastAPI
5 4 (10.53%) HTML
5 4 (10.53%) React
5 4 (10.53%) Web Services
6 3 (7.89%) .NET
6 3 (7.89%) AngularJS
6 3 (7.89%) jQuery
6 3 (7.89%) Node.js
6 3 (7.89%) SOAP
7 2 (5.26%) CSS
7 2 (5.26%) JSON
7 2 (5.26%) Middleware
8 1 (2.63%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.63%) Django
8 1 (2.63%) JSP
8 1 (2.63%) Spring
8 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Data Structures
1 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Android
2 3 (7.89%) Apple iOS
2 3 (7.89%) Linux
3 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.68%) CI/CD
2 8 (21.05%) Data Modelling
2 8 (21.05%) Software Engineering
3 6 (15.79%) AI
3 6 (15.79%) Android Development
3 6 (15.79%) DevOps
3 6 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
4 5 (13.16%) Design Patterns
4 5 (13.16%) Generative AI
4 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (7.89%) Agile
5 3 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (7.89%) CQRS
5 3 (7.89%) Data Protection
5 3 (7.89%) Microservices
5 3 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
5 3 (7.89%) SDLC
5 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) Java
2 7 (18.42%) Python
2 7 (18.42%) SQL
3 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.53%) C#
5 2 (5.26%) Ada
5 2 (5.26%) Assembly Language
5 2 (5.26%) C
5 2 (5.26%) Jython
5 2 (5.26%) MATLAB
6 1 (2.63%) Apex Code
6 1 (2.63%) Bash
6 1 (2.63%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.63%) Magik
6 1 (2.63%) Swift
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.68%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Degree
4 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle
2 7 (18.42%) Virgin Media
3 6 (15.79%) Databricks
4 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.63%) Coverity
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.63%) Pega
5 1 (2.63%) SAP
5 1 (2.63%) Siemens
5 1 (2.63%) Thales