Digital Engineering Contract Job Trends in Reading

Digital Engineering
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Digital Engineering 26 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 2.43% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 0
10th Percentile £525 - -
25th Percentile £526 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile £594 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 - -
75th Percentile £84.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Digital Engineering 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 873 538 954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 81.44% 91.97% 86.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 340 520
10th Percentile £366 £356 £350
25th Percentile £457 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £583
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £650
90th Percentile £754 £688 £715
Berkshire median daily rate £540 £517 £550
% change year-on-year +4.45% -6.00% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 18 32
10th Percentile £46.49 - £15.13
25th Percentile £71.43 £14.75 £55.41
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.38 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +317.18% -66.92% -5.41%
75th Percentile £92.50 £38.42 £75.40
90th Percentile £104.90 £59.13 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £82.41 £32.05 £61.60
% change year-on-year +157.13% -47.97% +2.67%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Digital Engineering job vacancy trend in Reading

Digital Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
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%) Kinematics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
General
1 26 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 9 (34.62%) Manufacturing
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (73.08%) Delivery Manager
2 13 (50.00%) Product Delivery Manager
2 13 (50.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Engineering Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Principal Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Principal Security Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Product Architect
3 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Digital Product Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Environment Delivery Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Lead
5 1 (3.85%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) Products Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Virtual Team
2 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Agile
1 14 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
1 14 (53.85%) Roadmaps
2 13 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 12 (46.15%) PRINCE2
4 11 (42.31%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 11 (42.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (38.46%) ITIL
6 9 (34.62%) Service Management
7 7 (26.92%) Change Management
7 7 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (26.92%) Validation
8 6 (23.08%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 6 (23.08%) Digital Enablement
8 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (19.23%) Ergonomics
9 5 (19.23%) Human Factors
9 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
9 5 (19.23%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) Security Cleared
2 22 (84.62%) Degree
3 14 (53.85%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
1 3 (11.54%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.85%) ARP4761
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) DO-160
2 1 (3.85%) DO-254
2 1 (3.85%) IEC 61508
2 1 (3.85%) ISO 26262
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) EMC
1 1 (3.85%) IBM