Virgin Media Contract Job Trends in Reading

Virgin Media
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring knowledge or experience of Virgin Media products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virgin Media over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Virgin Media.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 93 69
Rank change year-on-year +51 -24 +17
Contract jobs citing Virgin Media 23 3 15
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 3.84% 0.27% 1.37%
As % of the Vendors category 5.94% 0.54% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 11
10th Percentile £412 £553 £425
25th Percentile £513 £556 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +8.64%
75th Percentile £600 £569 £581
90th Percentile - £573 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% +15.79%

All Vendors
Reading

Virgin Media falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 387 554 576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 64.61% 50.64% 52.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 313 386
10th Percentile £277 £365 £213
25th Percentile £450 £486 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +6.00% +7.32%
75th Percentile £613 £660 £636
90th Percentile £661 £738 £699
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 11
10th Percentile £14.70 £14.50 £47.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £17.63 £59.90
Median hourly rate £20.75 £58.49 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -64.52% -7.58% +19.42%
75th Percentile £42.96 £61.60 £67.09
90th Percentile £65.00 £69.56 £75.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £20.38 £58.17 £63.00
% change year-on-year -64.97% -7.66% +18.87%

Virgin Media
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Virgin Media job vacancy trend in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Virgin Media.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Virgin Media

Virgin Media
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virgin Media in Reading over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Virgin Media in Reading

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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 3 (13.04%) Umbraco
2 2 (8.70%) CMS
2 2 (8.70%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) AWS
2 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (17.39%) GCP
2 4 (17.39%) GitHub
2 4 (17.39%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
1 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Developer
2 7 (30.43%) Python Developer
3 6 (26.09%) React Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Cloud Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior Python Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Salesforce Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Azure Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Content Editor
6 2 (8.70%) Designer
6 2 (8.70%) Gen AI Developer
6 2 (8.70%) Web Content Editor
6 2 (8.70%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) FastAPI
2 4 (17.39%) React
2 4 (17.39%) RESTful
3 2 (8.70%) CSS
3 2 (8.70%) HTML
3 2 (8.70%) Jest
3 2 (8.70%) REST
3 2 (8.70%) Sass
4 1 (4.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 17 (73.91%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) AI
2 7 (30.43%) Generative AI
3 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
3 6 (26.09%) Design Patterns
3 6 (26.09%) DevOps
4 4 (17.39%) CQRS
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
5 3 (13.04%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
5 3 (13.04%) Front End Development
5 3 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (13.04%) OOP
6 2 (8.70%) Analytics
6 2 (8.70%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
6 2 (8.70%) SOLID
6 2 (8.70%) TDD
6 2 (8.70%) User Stories
6 2 (8.70%) Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Information Security
7 1 (4.35%) User Experience
7 1 (4.35%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) TypeScript
3 1 (4.35%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO 19650
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Databricks
2 5 (21.74%) Salesforce
3 2 (8.70%) Sitecore