Junior Contract Job Trends in Reading

Junior
Berkshire > Reading

The median Junior daily rate in Reading is £393, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 81 86
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 13 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.79% 0.96% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.07% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 1
10th Percentile - £245 -
25th Percentile £375 £263 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £375 £338
Median % change year-on-year +4.80% +11.19% -
75th Percentile £438 £450 £356
90th Percentile £505 £450 -
Berkshire median daily rate £387 £300 £369
% change year-on-year +28.73% -18.58% +126.92%

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 680 931 952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 89.69% 92.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 543 636
10th Percentile £325 £326 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £523
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.05% -0.48%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £700 £678
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £49.38 £59.21
25th Percentile £18.84 £57.58 £60.93
Median hourly rate £75.00 £66.26 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +13.19% +4.70% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £73.57 £65.63
90th Percentile £97.50 £81.18 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -31.47% -4.29% +84.01%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Junior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Junior job vacancy trend in Reading

Junior
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Reading

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in Reading over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in Reading

Junior
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Junior job vacancies in Reading

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
2 5 (38.46%) Demand Management
2 5 (38.46%) IFS
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (38.46%) Portfolio Management
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Azure
4 3 (23.08%) ADO
4 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
5 2 (15.38%) PMO
5 2 (15.38%) PMP
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) Sprint Backlog
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Transformation
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.69%) AWS
6 1 (7.69%) Break/Fix
6 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
6 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
6 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery

Junior Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (61.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
1 5 (38.46%) Demand Management
1 5 (38.46%) Portfolio Management
1 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (15.38%) Agile
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Sprint Backlog
3 2 (15.38%) Technology Transformation
3 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.69%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.69%) Release Management
4 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Go
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) PMI Certification
1 2 (15.38%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) IFS
2 1 (7.69%) HP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft