Engineering Specialist Contracts in Reading

Engineering Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Engineering Specialist daily rate in Reading is £443, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Engineering Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £396 - -
25th Percentile £408 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - -
75th Percentile £462 - -
90th Percentile £465 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £443 - -

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 559 1,110 984
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 93.28% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 632 658
10th Percentile £319 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £654
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 23
10th Percentile - £35.00 £45.50
25th Percentile - £52.90 £53.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.40
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.00 £56.89
% change year-on-year +7.41% +3.72% +170.88%

Engineering Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Engineering Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Engineering Specialist in Reading

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Engineering Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Engineering Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DMS-100
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
1 2 (100.00%) ISUP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making

Engineering Specialist Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DMS-100
1 2 (100.00%) ISUP
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 Engineering Specialist jobs in the South East