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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 87 85
Rank change year-on-year +21 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Internet 5 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.76% 0.74% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.90% 4.00% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - £208 £429
25th Percentile £406 £219 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -28.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £419 £500 £656
90th Percentile - - £688
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £450 £625
% change year-on-year +16.67% -28.00% +19.05%

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 102 200 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 15.57% 18.57% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 90 149
10th Percentile £255 £324 £205
25th Percentile £293 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -8.35%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £494 £448
% change year-on-year -13.92% +10.34% -2.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £58.63 - £72.40
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £73.38
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -23.33% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £58.75 £76.12
90th Percentile £89.88 - £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%

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%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
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%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
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