IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Reading

IT/Technology Strategy
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 75 77
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +19
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 1 19 10
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% 1.74% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.96% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 10
10th Percentile - £574 -
25th Percentile - £583 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £725 £725
Median % change year-on-year -37.93% - +45.00%
75th Percentile - £807 £775
90th Percentile - £809 £778
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £605 £725
% change year-on-year -21.42% -16.62% +16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

IT Strategy falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 596 970 971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.58% 88.58% 90.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 532 631
10th Percentile £350 £350 £238
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £604 £650 £624
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £501
% change year-on-year -7.41% +7.78% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 14
10th Percentile £14.55 £18.88 £29.04
25th Percentile £14.75 £45.94 £59.32
Median hourly rate £37.28 £60.53 £63.40
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% -4.52% +15.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.40 £67.42
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.66 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £59.47 £61.72
% change year-on-year -53.76% -3.64% +26.60%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Reading

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IT Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing IT Strategy

IT Strategy
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 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Batch Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Design
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Workday