Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Reading

Public Sector
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 28 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 +4 -14
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 64 74 66
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 8.79% 7.19% 6.41%
As % of the General category 14.45% 12.25% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 40 29
10th Percentile £359 £457 £380
25th Percentile £469 £553 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £663 £550
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +20.45% +1.15%
75th Percentile £513 £719 £623
90th Percentile £589 £815 £628
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £552 £500
% change year-on-year -9.42% +10.40% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £63.58 £57.88
25th Percentile - £66.60 £58.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £73.25 £62.56
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +17.07% -3.75%
75th Percentile £68.50 £81.18 £68.64
90th Percentile £70.60 £84.97 £72.61
Berkshire median hourly rate £45.08 £62.32 £63.45
% change year-on-year -27.67% -1.78% +35.01%

All General Skills
Reading

Public Sector 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 443 604 644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.85% 58.70% 62.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 303 285 377
10th Percentile £283 £300 £210
25th Percentile £413 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £565 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +13.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 5 10
10th Percentile £14.63 £34.40 £16.41
25th Percentile £14.75 £42.50 £57.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £63.15 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -0.22% +5.48%
75th Percentile £82.25 £74.87 £66.14
90th Percentile £96.25 £82.45 £68.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £58.00
% change year-on-year -56.89% +0.58% +118.87%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Reading

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Reading over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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 (1.56%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) AWS
2 7 (10.94%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.25%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 4 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
3 4 (6.25%) AWS CloudTrail
3 4 (6.25%) AWS Control Tower
3 4 (6.25%) AWS KMS
3 4 (6.25%) Azure
3 4 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 3 (4.69%) GCP
5 2 (3.13%) GitHub
5 2 (3.13%) Serverless
6 1 (1.56%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.56%) Boomi
6 1 (1.56%) IaaS
6 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) DWDM
1 2 (3.13%) SDH
2 1 (1.56%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) Internet
2 1 (1.56%) Intranet
2 1 (1.56%) ISDN
2 1 (1.56%) Network Security
2 1 (1.56%) PSTN
2 1 (1.56%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.56%) VoIP
2 1 (1.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Data Hub
1 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Git
1 2 (3.13%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Finance
3 5 (7.81%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.25%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.13%) Electronics
6 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (1.56%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (50.00%) Consultant
1 32 (50.00%) Network Consultant
2 8 (12.50%) Architect
3 6 (9.38%) Analyst
4 4 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (6.25%) Senior
4 4 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (4.69%) Cisco Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Developer
5 3 (4.69%) Migration Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.13%) AWS Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Lead
6 2 (3.13%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Risk Manager
6 2 (3.13%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.13%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.13%) jQuery
1 2 (3.13%) Node.js
1 2 (3.13%) React
1 2 (3.13%) REST
1 2 (3.13%) Web Services
2 1 (1.56%) .NET
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.56%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.56%) HTML
2 1 (1.56%) JAX
2 1 (1.56%) JSON
2 1 (1.56%) OAuth
2 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.56%) RESTful
2 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.56%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.56%) SOAP
2 1 (1.56%) TensorFlow
2 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.69%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Linux
3 2 (3.13%) Android
3 2 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (60.94%) Roadmaps
2 38 (59.38%) Migration
3 37 (57.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 29 (45.31%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (12.50%) Agile
5 8 (12.50%) ITIL
5 8 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 5 (7.81%) Data Privacy
6 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
6 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.81%) Security Operations
6 5 (7.81%) SIEM
6 5 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (6.25%) Behavioural Analysis
7 4 (6.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 4 (6.25%) Forensic Analysis
7 4 (6.25%) Malware Analysis
7 4 (6.25%) Network Segmentation
7 4 (6.25%) SDLC
7 4 (6.25%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) Python
2 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.25%) Java
4 3 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.56%) Bash
5 1 (1.56%) C
5 1 (1.56%) C#
5 1 (1.56%) C++
5 1 (1.56%) PHP
5 1 (1.56%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (82.81%) Security Cleared
2 36 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) AWS Certification
3 5 (7.81%) CISSP
4 4 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (6.25%) CFCE
4 4 (6.25%) GCFA
4 4 (6.25%) GCIA
4 4 (6.25%) GCIH
4 4 (6.25%) GIAC
5 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.13%) Degree
5 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.56%) CCSP
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.56%) VCAP
6 1 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) GDPR
1 7 (10.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.38%) NIST
3 5 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (6.25%) HIPAA
4 4 (6.25%) NCSC
5 1 (1.56%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.56%) PSD2
5 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (4.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (6.25%) Terraform
2 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.56%) Nessus
3 1 (1.56%) SCCM
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.56%) vRealize
3 1 (1.56%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 35 (54.69%) Cisco
2 33 (51.56%) Aruba
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.25%) ArcSight
4 4 (6.25%) Citrix
4 4 (6.25%) CloudEndure
4 4 (6.25%) LogRhythm
4 4 (6.25%) Splunk
5 3 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.13%) F5
6 2 (3.13%) IBM
6 2 (3.13%) Juniper
6 2 (3.13%) Nokia
6 2 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.13%) SAP
7 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.56%) Dell
7 1 (1.56%) Pega
7 1 (1.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.56%) VMware
Public Sector jobs