Software Delivery Contract Job Trends in Reading

Software Delivery
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Software Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 75 97
Rank change year-on-year +3 +22 -3
Contract jobs citing Software Delivery 4 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.52% 0.74% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.79% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £459 £430 £618
25th Percentile £473 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £675
90th Percentile £690 - £683
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £650
% change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.19 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £77.19 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Software Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 669 755 1,035
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.00% 92.52% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 402 637
10th Percentile £314 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £638 £615
90th Percentile £664 £671 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 35
10th Percentile £16.90 £27.90 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £35.75 £54.70
Median hourly rate £81.00 £61.76 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% +0.19% -5.16%
75th Percentile £97.50 £69.80 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £75.80 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £60.57
% change year-on-year -5.68% +1.53% -6.35%

Software Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Software Delivery job vacancy trend in Reading

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Software Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Software Delivery

Software Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Delivery in Reading over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Software Delivery in Reading

Software Delivery
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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Contentstack
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Web Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Case
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Innovation
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens