Software Deployment Contract Job Trends in Reading

Software Deployment
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Software Deployment skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Deployment 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.093% - 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £210
75th Percentile - - £215
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £210 £400 £210
% change year-on-year -47.50% +90.48% -59.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Software Deployment 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 901 505 1,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 83.50% 92.83% 86.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 507 315 535
10th Percentile £315 £335 £251
25th Percentile £433 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £502 £516
% change year-on-year -0.40% -2.76% -1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 11 54
10th Percentile £38.98 £14.75 £15.40
25th Percentile £80.75 £17.56 £51.86
Median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +125.32% -38.71% -7.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £61.88 £82.55
90th Percentile £107.00 £68.75 £87.52
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.58 £54.25 £58.49
% change year-on-year +54.06% -7.25% -0.44%

Software Deployment
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Software Deployment job vacancy trend in Reading

Software Deployment
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Software Deployment
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 (100.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LAMP
1 1 (100.00%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared