Focus Group Contract Job Trends in Reading

Focus Groups
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Focus Group skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Focus Group 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - -
75th Percentile £520 - -
90th Percentile £520 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £520 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Focus Group 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 696 748 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.33% 93.03% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 401 636
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% -0.52%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £615
90th Percentile £664 £670 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 7 35
10th Percentile £18.55 £27.90 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £35.75 £54.70
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.76 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.96% +0.19% -5.16%
75th Percentile £97.50 £69.80 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.80 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.75 £61.50 £60.57
% change year-on-year -4.46% +1.53% -6.35%

Focus Group
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Focus Group job vacancy trend in Reading

Focus Group
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Focus Group.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Focus Group

Focus Group
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Viva Engage
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft