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 4 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
4 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 14
Rank change year-on-year -45 -2 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Developer 26 54 112
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.45% 9.31% 10.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 9.96% 11.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 43 91
10th Percentile £516 £358 £375
25th Percentile £525 £409 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile - £625 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £460 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -14.81% +2.86% -

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 987 542 968
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 93.45% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 348 542
10th Percentile £380 £350 £341
25th Percentile £500 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -5.98% +6.36%
75th Percentile £657 £620 £650
90th Percentile £775 £675 £720
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £516 £550
% change year-on-year +6.59% -6.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 20 41
10th Percentile £22.43 - £49.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £14.75 £58.49
Median hourly rate £82.50 £28.00 £69.38
Median % change year-on-year +194.64% -59.64% +5.11%
75th Percentile £88.00 £58.44 £87.46
90th Percentile £104.50 £70.00 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £72.52 £34.80 £62.40
% change year-on-year +108.41% -44.24% +7.92%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 8 (30.77%) AI
1 8 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (23.08%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 6 (23.08%) Oracle CX
3 5 (19.23%) SQL
4 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 4 (15.38%) Python
4 4 (15.38%) REST
4 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 3 (11.54%) .NET
5 3 (11.54%) Azure
5 3 (11.54%) Git
5 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 3 (11.54%) OAuth
5 3 (11.54%) OpenID
5 3 (11.54%) QA
5 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
6 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
6 2 (7.69%) Apex Code
6 2 (7.69%) Case Management
6 2 (7.69%) Data Ingestion
6 2 (7.69%) DevOps
6 2 (7.69%) Event-Driven
6 2 (7.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 2 (7.69%) Front End Development
6 2 (7.69%) GitHub

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 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.85%) Confluence
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle CX
2 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.85%) Azure App Service
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.85%) Big Data
1 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.85%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) JUnit
2 1 (3.85%) Liquibase
2 1 (3.85%) Mockito
General
1 4 (15.38%) Police
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) REST
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 3 (11.54%) OAuth
2 3 (11.54%) OpenID
3 2 (7.69%) AngularJS
3 2 (7.69%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (7.69%) Middleware
3 2 (7.69%) NestJS
3 2 (7.69%) React
3 2 (7.69%) RESTful
3 2 (7.69%) SOAP
4 1 (3.85%) .NET Core
4 1 (3.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.85%) ARM Templates
4 1 (3.85%) Entity Framework
4 1 (3.85%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.85%) PySpark
4 1 (3.85%) SAML
4 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) AI Agents
1 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Distributed Architecture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) AI
1 8 (30.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (23.08%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.69%) Case Management
4 2 (7.69%) Data Ingestion
4 2 (7.69%) DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) Event-Driven
4 2 (7.69%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 2 (7.69%) Front End Development
4 2 (7.69%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.69%) Release Management
4 2 (7.69%) Scrum
4 2 (7.69%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.85%) Analytics
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (3.85%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 4 (15.38%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
3 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.69%) Apex Code
4 2 (7.69%) PHP
5 1 (3.85%) Bicep
5 1 (3.85%) C#
5 1 (3.85%) Java
5 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 3 (11.54%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Virgin Media
5 1 (3.85%) Databricks
5 1 (3.85%) SAP
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