Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Reading

Prototyping
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 65 69
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 +25
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 3 24 16
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.44% 2.18% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 2.45% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 13
10th Percentile - £620 £570
25th Percentile - £629 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £650 £640
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +1.56% +20.75%
75th Percentile - £672 £725
90th Percentile - £688 -
Berkshire median daily rate £725 £650 £640
% change year-on-year +11.54% +1.56% +28.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Prototyping 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 620 981 956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.31% 89.26% 91.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 540 612
10th Percentile £325 £348 £213
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £606 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £698
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £541 £500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 15 18
10th Percentile £14.75 £27.35 £45.30
25th Percentile £17.35 £49.38 £60.12
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -4.48% +15.07%
75th Percentile £81.00 £67.21 £65.81
90th Percentile £96.25 £82.45 £69.93
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £58.49 £61.72
% change year-on-year -36.26% -5.23% +23.44%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Reading

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Prototyping

Prototyping
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Boomi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Hub
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Backlog
2 2 (66.67%) Product Vision
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Attestation
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) WFM
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell