OpenConfig Contract Job Trends in Reading

OpenConfig
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring OpenConfig 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 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenConfig 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.15% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

OpenConfig falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 140 266 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 21.28% 24.29% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 187 93
10th Percentile £371 £386 £350
25th Percentile £480 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £598 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +13.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £607 £644 £638
90th Percentile £650 £666 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £578 £500
% change year-on-year -13.42% +15.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £62.60 -
25th Percentile - £64.11 £16.84
Median hourly rate £81.00 £67.42 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year +20.14% +288.83% -77.11%
75th Percentile - £71.55 £17.84
90th Percentile - £73.54 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.00 £61.60 £72.28
% change year-on-year +31.49% -14.78% +5.33%

OpenConfig
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) TACACS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) RESTCONF
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JNCIE
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft