Internet Contract Job Trends in Reading

Internet
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 65 80
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 +1
Contract jobs citing Internet 5 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.47% 0.17% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.79% 1.27% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £548 - £208
25th Percentile £620 - £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £659 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £670 - £488
90th Percentile - - £495
Berkshire median daily rate £640 £538 £450
% change year-on-year +19.07% +19.44% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 132 79 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.31% 13.41% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 46 78
10th Percentile £326 £248 £343
25th Percentile £385 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £488 £579
Median % change year-on-year -6.51% -15.80% +18.40%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £608
90th Percentile £659 £620 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £513
% change year-on-year - -12.20% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 8
10th Percentile £16.01 - £56.25
25th Percentile £19.34 - £71.81
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% -37.11% +18.99%
75th Percentile £65.22 - -
90th Percentile £70.69 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £83.50
% change year-on-year -40.91% -34.13% +13.61%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Internet job vacancy trend in Reading

Internet
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Internet.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Internet

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in Reading over the 6 months to 6 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in Reading

Internet
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Internet.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Internet

Internet
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) MPLS
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
1 4 (80.00%) Zero Trust
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Service Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCIE
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIE
1 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper