Head of Development Contracts in Reading

Head of Development
Berkshire > Reading

The median Head of Development daily rate in Reading is £748, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Head of Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £724 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 - -
75th Percentile £771 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £748 - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 555 973 1,025
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 89.18% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 544 684
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £598 £544
Median % change year-on-year -7.99% +9.98% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £523
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.26% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 42 19
10th Percentile - £48.26 £41.70
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £56.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £65.49 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.24% -0.78% +135.71%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.46 £74.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £75.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -43.51% +6.54% +122.38%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in Reading

Head of Development
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Reading

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Head of Development 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 Head of Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Appian
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making

Head of Development 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode