RFC 2544 Contract Job Trends in Reading

Request for Comments: 2544 - Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring RFC 2544 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 88 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Contract jobs citing RFC 2544 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.52% 0.36% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.17% 1.67% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £210 - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £274 - -
90th Percentile £288 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £295 £350 -
% change year-on-year -15.71% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Reading

RFC 2544 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 138 239 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 24.04% 21.55% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 172 122
10th Percentile £350 £383 £350
25th Percentile £400 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £675
90th Percentile £650 £675 £706
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £23.08
25th Percentile - - £32.43
Median hourly rate - £61.60 £48.27
Median % change year-on-year - +27.63% -36.28%
75th Percentile - - £63.85
90th Percentile - £69.56 £73.06
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £55.31
% change year-on-year -47.55% +11.37% -19.40%

RFC 2544
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing RFC 2544 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for RFC 2544 in Reading

RFC 2544
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing RFC 2544.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing RFC 2544

RFC 2544
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Case Management
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco