Wearables Contract Job Trends in Reading

Wearable technology
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Wearables in contract job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Wearables over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wearables 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.090% - -
As % of the General category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Berkshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53.75 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £61.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All General Skills
Reading

Wearables falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 641 358 594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 57.90% 61.41% 54.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 214 276
10th Percentile £391 £262 £264
25th Percentile £450 £424 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £632 £619 £639
90th Percentile £775 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 25 17
10th Percentile £21.25 - £14.50
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £87.00 £37.28 £61.06
Median % change year-on-year +133.37% -38.95% -3.84%
75th Percentile £96.25 £58.00 £63.41
90th Percentile £104.70 £67.25 £79.92
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £58.49
% change year-on-year +114.59% -36.26% -2.52%

Wearables
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Wearables job vacancy trend in Reading

Wearables
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 13485
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC