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 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 84 83
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Internet 5 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.72% 0.75% 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.81% 3.70% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile - £209 £295
25th Percentile £406 £227 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £350 £438
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £419 £488 £543
90th Percentile - £500 £643
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +50.00% -26.32% -9.52%

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 104 216 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.90% 20.15% 20.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 92 142
10th Percentile £255 £302 £205
25th Percentile £309 £400 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £428
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +16.85% -16.10%
75th Percentile £594 £608 £575
90th Percentile £630 £650 £615
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile £59.50 - £65.68
25th Percentile £66.25 £56.25 £66.69
Median hourly rate £79.50 £57.50 £69.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.26% -16.97% -
75th Percentile £87.94 £58.75 £72.69
90th Percentile £91.43 - £74.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £71.07
% change year-on-year +13.04% -19.09% +215.84%

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
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Intranet
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Tester
1 4 (80.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Insider Threat
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Social Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) OSINT
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Red Team
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (20.00%) OWASP
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) CCSP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) OSCP
1 1 (20.00%) SANS
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Nessus
2 1 (20.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Intel