Network Planning Contract Job Trends in Reading

Network Planning
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Network Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 56 98
Rank change year-on-year -28 +42 -18
Contract jobs citing Network Planning 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.29% 0.38% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.41% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £358 -
25th Percentile £563 £370 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £406 £424
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -4.19% -4.45%
75th Percentile £588 £458 £436
90th Percentile - £479 -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £406 £424
% change year-on-year +41.54% -4.19% -4.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Network Planning 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 858 484 1,054
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.87% 92.54% 87.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 310 538
10th Percentile £318 £348 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.76% -2.68%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £501 £509
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.67% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 5 54
10th Percentile £42.73 £19.55 £15.40
25th Percentile £80.75 £26.75 £51.86
Median hourly rate £84.00 £67.50 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +10.96% -10.54%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £75.83
90th Percentile £107.60 £73.81 £87.51
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £61.50 £60.53
% change year-on-year +35.91% +1.60% -0.57%

Network Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Network Planning job vacancy trend in Reading

Network Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Planning

Network Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Network Planning

Network Planning
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 1 (33.33%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) iPaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Product Owner
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (33.33%) Project Owner
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Product Owner
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Process Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) RAD
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) APMP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MAPM
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO