IT Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

IT Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Reading is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 September 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
17 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 86 89
Rank change year-on-year +22 +3 -13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 3 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.52% 0.54% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.61% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £169 £191
25th Percentile - £183 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £200 £363
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -44.83% +178.85%
75th Percentile - - £478
90th Percentile - - £544
Berkshire median daily rate £150 £200 £160
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% +23.08%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 535 981 1,071
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 88.70% 94.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 537 710
10th Percentile £350 £346 £312
25th Percentile £425 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £582 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +5.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £610 £650 £638
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 40 18
10th Percentile - £48.92 £38.80
25th Percentile £14.75 £58.24 £54.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £70.27 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.87% +6.47% +89.17%
75th Percentile £55.00 £87.47 £74.59
90th Percentile £69.00 £100.00 £75.77
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.18 £61.80 £56.89
% change year-on-year -47.92% +8.63% +63.04%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Reading

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Reading

IT Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Reading

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, IT Engineer 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing

IT Engineer 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) ATM
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
13 IT Engineer jobs in Berkshire