Software Engineer
Berkshire > Reading
The median Software Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | 77 | 76 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | -1 | +12 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 12 | 17 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 2.15% | 1.46% | 0.87% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.32% | 1.58% | 0.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £412 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | £525 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £600 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +14.29% | +22.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £650 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £658 | £588 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £575 | £600 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | +23.08% | +14.71% |
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 | 518 | 1,079 | 990 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.67% | 92.46% | 95.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 334 | 616 | 656 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £213 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £413 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £721 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | +6.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 49 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £53.50 | £32.03 | £45.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £52.90 | £58.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £61.60 | £66.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -6.67% | +153.85% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £76.99 | £75.27 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.31 | £87.47 | £79.19 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £63.37 | £58.30 | £61.71 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -5.53% | +193.87% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Reading.
Software Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Reading.
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading
For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software Engineer Skill Set
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: