Senior Contract Job Trends in Reading

Senior
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior daily rate in Reading is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 14 27
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 53 118 70
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 7.99% 10.80% 6.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.53% 11.94% 7.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 44 45
10th Percentile £361 £425 £400
25th Percentile £415 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - +5.77%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £638
90th Percentile £631 £730 £738
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £66.25 £56.57 £60.93
25th Percentile £67.19 £57.81 £64.19
Median hourly rate £75.00 £59.78 £69.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.47% -14.30% -
75th Percentile £84.50 £61.98 £75.69
90th Percentile £89.88 £63.63 £76.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £79.50 £58.49 £68.63
% change year-on-year +35.92% -14.77% -

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 621 988 974
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 90.39% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 543 637
10th Percentile £313 £342 £213
25th Percentile £448 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.58% +1.71%
75th Percentile £601 £650 £623
90th Percentile £650 £700 £692
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -5.58% +7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 25 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £48.18 £59.58
25th Percentile £16.03 £56.25 £61.04
Median hourly rate £67.50 £63.15 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -0.22% +19.42%
75th Percentile £94.26 £100.00 £67.09
90th Percentile £97.00 - £75.15
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -28.27% -0.83% +49.99%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Senior job vacancy trend in Reading

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Reading over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Reading

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Reading

Senior
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Senior in Reading over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Senior in Reading

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
3 16 (30.19%) Python
4 15 (28.30%) DevOps
5 14 (26.42%) Agile
6 13 (24.53%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (22.64%) Security Cleared
8 11 (20.75%) AWS
8 11 (20.75%) Microsoft
9 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (16.98%) Waterfall
10 8 (15.09%) Linux
10 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
11 7 (13.21%) Bash
11 7 (13.21%) GCP
11 7 (13.21%) GitHub
11 7 (13.21%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
11 7 (13.21%) Kubernetes
11 7 (13.21%) Process Improvement
11 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
11 7 (13.21%) SIEM
11 7 (13.21%) Windows
12 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
12 6 (11.32%) AI
12 6 (11.32%) DevSecOps
12 6 (11.32%) Firewall
12 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering

Senior Skill Set
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 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.89%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (1.89%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 13 (24.53%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (20.75%) AWS
4 7 (13.21%) GCP
4 7 (13.21%) GitHub
4 7 (13.21%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (7.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.77%) Azure API Management
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
7 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.77%) Oracle CX
7 2 (3.77%) Serverless
8 1 (1.89%) Contentstack
8 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.89%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.89%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) Firewall
2 5 (9.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.55%) DHCP
3 4 (7.55%) DNS
4 2 (3.77%) 5G
4 2 (3.77%) Wireless
5 1 (1.89%) BGP
5 1 (1.89%) Broadband
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.89%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (1.89%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.89%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.89%) MPLS
5 1 (1.89%) Network Security
5 1 (1.89%) SSL
5 1 (1.89%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Big Data
1 1 (1.89%) Delta Lake
1 1 (1.89%) GIS
1 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
2 3 (5.66%) Selenium
3 2 (3.77%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.77%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.89%) GitLab
General
1 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.55%) Billing
4 3 (5.66%) Finance
5 2 (3.77%) Law
5 2 (3.77%) Local Government
5 2 (3.77%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.89%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) FastAPI
1 4 (7.55%) REST
1 4 (7.55%) RESTful
2 3 (5.66%) .NET
2 3 (5.66%) .NET Core
2 3 (5.66%) React
3 2 (3.77%) ADO
3 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.77%) ARM Templates
3 2 (3.77%) GraphQL
3 2 (3.77%) HTML
3 2 (3.77%) jQuery
3 2 (3.77%) Node.js
3 2 (3.77%) OAuth
3 2 (3.77%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.77%) OpenID
3 2 (3.77%) SAML
3 2 (3.77%) SOAP
3 2 (3.77%) Web Services
4 1 (1.89%) JBoss Seam
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) PKI
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.66%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.77%) IoT
3 2 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.89%) FlexPod
4 1 (1.89%) PMI
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.09%) Linux
2 7 (13.21%) Windows
3 3 (5.66%) Unix
4 2 (3.77%) Android
4 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.77%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.89%) CentOS
5 1 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.96%) CI/CD
2 15 (28.30%) DevOps
3 14 (26.42%) Agile
4 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (16.98%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (16.98%) Waterfall
5 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (13.21%) Process Improvement
5 7 (13.21%) SIEM
6 6 (11.32%) AI
6 6 (11.32%) DevSecOps
6 6 (11.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.32%) Scrum
7 5 (9.43%) Containerisation
7 5 (9.43%) Customer Service
8 4 (7.55%) Platform Engineering
8 4 (7.55%) Systems Engineering
8 4 (7.55%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (7.55%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) Python
2 8 (15.09%) PowerShell
3 7 (13.21%) Bash
3 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
4 5 (9.43%) Java
5 3 (5.66%) C#
6 2 (3.77%) PHP
6 2 (3.77%) SQL
7 1 (1.89%) Go
7 1 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.89%) Magik
7 1 (1.89%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) AWS Certification
4 3 (5.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (5.66%) CISM
4 3 (5.66%) PMI Certification
4 3 (5.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (3.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (3.77%) CCSP
5 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.77%) CISSP
5 2 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) GCFA
5 2 (3.77%) GCFE
5 2 (3.77%) GCIH
5 2 (3.77%) GREM
5 2 (3.77%) PMP
6 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) PMO
1 3 (5.66%) QA
2 2 (3.77%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) GRC
3 1 (1.89%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
1 6 (11.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (9.43%) Docker
3 4 (7.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (13.21%) Kubernetes
2 6 (11.32%) Terraform
3 4 (7.55%) Ansible
4 2 (3.77%) EnCase
4 2 (3.77%) FTK
5 1 (1.89%) Argo
5 1 (1.89%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.89%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (1.89%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.89%) Grafana
5 1 (1.89%) Kustomize
5 1 (1.89%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.89%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) VMware
3 5 (9.43%) Databricks
4 4 (7.55%) Oracle
4 4 (7.55%) Virgin Media
5 3 (5.66%) Cisco
5 3 (5.66%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.77%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.89%) Aruba
7 1 (1.89%) Commvault
7 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.89%) NetApp
7 1 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.89%) Remedy
7 1 (1.89%) Salesforce