Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in Reading

Digital Innovation
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% - 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £458 - £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - £524
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.75%
75th Percentile £473 - £535
90th Percentile £477 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £900 - £524
% change year-on-year - - -12.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Digital Innovation 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 546 955 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.61% 86.43% 88.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 513 652
10th Percentile £344 £350 £300
25th Percentile £450 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +5.45% +9.56%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 18
10th Percentile - £14.50 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £50.81 £57.81
Median hourly rate £28.50 £61.33 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.53% -7.08% +24.53%
75th Percentile £58.00 £73.57 £74.59
90th Percentile £66.60 £87.46 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -39.38% +2.49% +18.81%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Digital Innovation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Innovation in Reading

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Digital Innovation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Contentstack
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) React Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Web Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) React
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Material-UI
2 1 (33.33%) Next.js
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (66.67%) Business Case
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Re-Platforming
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft