Senior Developer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Senior Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Developer daily rate in Reading is £565, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 69 84
Rank change year-on-year +1 +15 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Developer 7 19 4
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.96% 1.94% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 2.17% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 3
10th Percentile £338 £422 -
25th Percentile £404 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £600 - £600
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 686 877 933
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.40% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 512 628
10th Percentile £328 £315 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £687 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 4 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £46.63 £59.21
25th Percentile £27.25 £52.81 £60.93
Median hourly rate £81.00 £60.33 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +34.27% -4.68% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £65.63
90th Percentile £100.00 £71.82 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -25.50% -3.98% +96.63%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Reading

Senior Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Reading over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Developer in Reading

Senior Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Reading

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, Senior Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GCP
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) CQRS
3 3 (42.86%) Databricks
3 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) FastAPI
3 3 (42.86%) Generative AI
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) RESTful
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Virgin Media
4 2 (28.57%) Android
4 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
4 2 (28.57%) Node.js
4 2 (28.57%) React
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
5 1 (14.29%) .NET

Senior Developer Skill Set
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 (14.29%) Smallworld
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) GitHub
2 3 (42.86%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) FastAPI
1 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (28.57%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Core
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) AI
2 3 (42.86%) CQRS
2 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Generative AI
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) B2B
4 1 (14.29%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Magik
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Databricks
1 3 (42.86%) Virgin Media