ReadSoft Contract Job Trends

ReadSoft
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of ReadSoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ReadSoft over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 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 ReadSoft.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 633
Rank change year-on-year - - +176
Contract jobs citing ReadSoft 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK - - 0.002%
As % of the Vendors category - - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Vendors
UK

ReadSoft 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,625 16,492 21,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.56% 44.90% 45.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,418 9,726 13,628
10th Percentile £283 £300 £260
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £717 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 849 510 673
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.59
25th Percentile £17.96 £17.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% -27.04% +75.44%
75th Percentile £39.50 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.72 £71.45 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £29.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -23.05% -32.16% +94.32%

ReadSoft
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ReadSoft job vacancy trend in the UK

ReadSoft
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ReadSoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ReadSoft