Contract jobs in Reading
Reading and the Thames Valley are a technology corridor. Corporate headquarters, telecoms and the firms that implement them hire contractors who can be in an office two or three days a week and remote the rest.
Updated 1 November 20264 min read
The contract market in Reading
Reading and the Thames Valley are a technology corridor. Corporate headquarters, telecoms and the firms that implement them hire contractors who can be in an office two or three days a week and remote the rest.
Reading day rates usually sit under an equivalent London rate for the same skill. A London rate with a Reading commute is rare. Read the number on the row before you assume the city is paying for the travel.
Who hires
The work follows telecoms, corporate IT and software vendors. Agencies cover most of the adverts. The end client is often named only once you speak to them, which is another reason the day rate and the IR35 status need to be visible before that call.
Skills that turn up repeatedly are on the skill directory. Each skill has a contract-jobs guide, a day-rate guide and an outside IR35 guide, and the live list sits on the board beside them.
IR35
Public-sector and large-employer contracts in Reading are inside IR35 more often than a small product company's are. Private-sector delivery work is where outside still shows up. Outside IR35 jobs and inside IR35 jobs split the board on the words the advert used.
We do not re-determine status. If the advert states it, the row states it. If the advert is silent, the row says so, rather than guessing a side that would help the click.
How to search
Search Reading with a radius if you can travel, because plenty of adverts name a town in the commute rather than the city itself. Add a skill from jobs by skill once you know which market you are in. Membership removes the 48-hour delay and unlocks the apply link on every job.
New contracts are added through the day. The ones from the last 48 hours are the ones most likely to still be open, which is why they are the member tier.
Live roles on the board
These contracts are on the board now. The day rate and IR35 status are public. The link to the original advert is for members.
- Solutions Architect — Reading (RG2), RG2 6GP, £650-£800/day
- Data Migration Analyst (Salesforce, SQL) - Fixed Term Contract — Reading, Berkshire
- Data Migration Architect (Salesforce, SQL) - Fixed Term Contract — Reading, Berkshire
- Solution Architect — New Town, Reading (RG1), £680-£780/day
- Cloud Platform Engineer — Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, £500/day Outside
- Cloud Platform Engineer — Reading, Berkshire, £500/day Outside
- Project Manager/Senior Project Manager - EMEA - General Medicines — Reading
See live contracts in Reading · Membership unlocks apply links and the first 48 hours