Military Contract Job Trends in Reading

Military
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Military in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Military over the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 84 83
Rank change year-on-year +23 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Military 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.55% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.27% 0.99% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £600 -
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

All General Skills
Reading

Military falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 365 604 676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 61.04% 55.16% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 284 402
10th Percentile £264 £287 £210
25th Percentile £425 £462 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £620 £638 £618
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -4.76% +7.58% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 9
10th Percentile - £14.50 £49.37
25th Percentile £14.75 £20.75 £58.75
Median hourly rate £37.28 £61.06 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.95% -3.84% +15.45%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.41 £67.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £79.92 £74.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £30.41 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -48.02% -2.52% +45.65%

Military
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Military job vacancy trend in Reading

Military
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Military.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Military

Military
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Military.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Military

Military
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared