SDH Contract Job Trends in Reading

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH)
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 90 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Contract jobs citing SDH 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.17% 0.55% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 2.96% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £525 -
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

SDH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 85 203 231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.43% 18.74% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 95 143
10th Percentile £253 £325 £205
25th Percentile £350 £403 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% +8.33% +1.05%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £431 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -13.75% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £58.63 - -
25th Percentile £64.06 £56.25 £66.00
Median hourly rate £73.75 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -21.77% -
75th Percentile £84.06 £73.11 £75.25
90th Percentile £89.88 £81.72 £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £73.50
% change year-on-year -4.35% -21.77% +226.67%

SDH
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SDH job vacancy trend in Reading

SDH
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SDH

SDH
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SDH

SDH
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Boundary Protection
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto