The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Magik skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
Magik falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
171 |
256 |
283 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading |
29.90% |
23.27% |
24.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted |
101 |
183 |
217 |
| 10th Percentile |
£365 |
£385 |
£370 |
| 25th Percentile |
£450 |
£513 |
£463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) |
£525 |
£605 |
£575 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-13.22% |
+5.22% |
+15.00% |
| 75th Percentile |
£588 |
£650 |
£650 |
| 90th Percentile |
£625 |
£663 |
£700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate |
£500 |
£580 |
£550 |
| % change year-on-year |
-13.79% |
+5.45% |
+10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Median hourly rate |
- |
£71.31 |
£79.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-9.95% |
- |
| Berkshire median hourly rate |
£19.50 |
£58.49 |
£52.15 |
| % change year-on-year |
-66.66% |
+12.17% |
-39.54% |
