Red Hat
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring knowledge or experience of Red Hat products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Red Hat over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Red Hat, Inc.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | 80 | 79 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | -1 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing Red Hat | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.51% | 0.55% | 1.16% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.81% | 1.03% | 2.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £394 | - | £552 |
| 25th Percentile | £449 | - | £613 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £556 | £450 | £675 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.61% | -33.33% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £672 | £500 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £731 | £590 | £716 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £491 | £450 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.17% | -30.77% | +9.47% |
All Vendors
Reading
Red Hat falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 370 | 582 | 581 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 62.61% | 52.96% | 51.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 248 | 326 | 384 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £349 |
| 25th Percentile | £454 | £483 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £605 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £765 | £706 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £532 | £575 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.57% | +9.52% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 19 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.50 | £27.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.75 | £31.63 | £49.68 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £61.06 | £64.09 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -70.32% | -4.72% | +110.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.38 | £61.60 | £66.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.78 | £75.29 | £73.00 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £20.75 | £58.49 | £59.38 |
| % change year-on-year | -64.52% | -1.49% | -3.46% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Red Hat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Red Hat.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Red Hat in Reading over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Red Hat.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: