Project Management Contracts in Berkshire

Project Management
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 14 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 163 187 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.25% 10.31% 13.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.28% 11.32% 14.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 123 214
10th Percentile £316 £346 £320
25th Percentile £413 £373 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% +3.15%
75th Percentile £608 £593 £550
90th Percentile £643 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £41.28 - -
25th Percentile £41.50 £82.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.32 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% - -
75th Percentile £64.48 £87.50 -
90th Percentile £72.15 - -
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £49.00 £33.24
% change year-on-year -21.42% +47.40% -12.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,756 1,652 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.91% 91.07% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,062 1,384
10th Percentile £213 £350 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £676 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 48 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.75 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +1 94 £525 +1.94% 29
Bracknell -9 25 £525 -5.83% 3
Slough +2 8 £525 +16.67% 12
Newbury -7 5 £438 +2.94% 8
Wokingham +3 3 £575 - 6
Maidenhead -8 2 £550 -8.33% 3
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.07%) Confluence
1 5 (3.07%) SAS
2 4 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.61%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (14.72%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (7.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.68%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.45%) Primavera
3 3 (1.84%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.84%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.84%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 19 (11.66%) Azure
2 14 (8.59%) OCI
3 7 (4.29%) Smartsheet
4 3 (1.84%) SaaS
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.23%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.23%) AWS
5 2 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.23%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.61%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.61%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.61%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.43%) Firewall
2 13 (7.98%) DHCP
2 13 (7.98%) DNS
2 13 (7.98%) SAN
3 8 (4.91%) Radio Access Network
4 6 (3.68%) WAN
5 3 (1.84%) Unified Communications
5 3 (1.84%) VPN
6 2 (1.23%) 2G
6 2 (1.23%) 3G
6 2 (1.23%) 4G
6 2 (1.23%) 5G
6 2 (1.23%) LAN
6 2 (1.23%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.23%) Wireless
7 1 (0.61%) MPLS
7 1 (0.61%) SDH
7 1 (0.61%) SMS
7 1 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.07%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.23%) MySQL
2 2 (1.23%) Power BI
2 2 (1.23%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (3.68%) JIRA
General
1 71 (43.56%) Social Skills
2 36 (22.09%) Telecoms
3 34 (20.86%) Finance
4 21 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (12.27%) Public Sector
6 18 (11.04%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (9.82%) Legal
8 9 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (5.52%) Mandarin Language
8 9 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 9 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.29%) Marketing
9 7 (4.29%) Retail
10 6 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.68%) Law
11 3 (1.84%) Automotive
12 1 (0.61%) Billing
12 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.61%) Local Government
12 1 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (30.06%) Project Manager
2 21 (12.88%) Analyst
3 16 (9.82%) Senior
4 15 (9.20%) Lead
5 13 (7.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (5.52%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.52%) Storage Engineer
7 8 (4.91%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (4.29%) HR Manager
8 7 (4.29%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (4.29%) Project Leader
8 7 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (4.29%) Senior Manager
8 7 (4.29%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (3.68%) Development Manager
9 6 (3.68%) SAP Manager
10 5 (3.07%) Developer
10 5 (3.07%) Operations Manager
10 5 (3.07%) Programme Manager
10 5 (3.07%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.23%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (0.61%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.43%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.75%) PMI
3 9 (5.52%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.29%) Life Science
5 6 (3.68%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.45%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.84%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.84%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.23%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.61%) Blog
10 1 (0.61%) CCTV
10 1 (0.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.88%) Windows
2 15 (9.20%) Linux
2 15 (9.20%) Windows Server
2 15 (9.20%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (7.98%) Windows 10
3 13 (7.98%) Windows Server 2012
3 13 (7.98%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (7.98%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.22%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (25.77%) Project Delivery
3 28 (17.18%) Agile
4 26 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (13.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (12.88%) Risk Management
7 20 (12.27%) ITIL
8 19 (11.66%) Change Management
8 19 (11.66%) PRINCE2
9 17 (10.43%) Roadmaps
10 15 (9.20%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (9.20%) Matrix Organization
11 14 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 14 (8.59%) Portfolio Management
11 14 (8.59%) Proactive Monitoring
12 13 (7.98%) Decision-Making
12 13 (7.98%) Performance Monitoring
12 13 (7.98%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (7.98%) Server Management
12 13 (7.98%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.20%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (33.74%) Degree
2 35 (21.47%) Security Cleared
3 30 (18.40%) DV Cleared
4 18 (11.04%) PMI Certification
4 18 (11.04%) SC Cleared
5 14 (8.59%) CCNA
5 14 (8.59%) CCNP
5 14 (8.59%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (5.52%) PMP
7 5 (3.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.45%) CISM
8 4 (2.45%) CISSP
8 4 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.84%) APMP
10 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.23%) MBA
10 2 (1.23%) PgMP
11 1 (0.61%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.72%) PMO
2 13 (7.98%) QA
3 5 (3.07%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.84%) SLA
5 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.61%) GDPR
6 1 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) ITGC
System Software
1 14 (8.59%) Active Directory
1 14 (8.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.98%) Hyper-V
2 13 (7.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (8.59%) SCCM
2 13 (7.98%) EMC NetWorker
2 13 (7.98%) NetBackup
2 13 (7.98%) SCOM
2 13 (7.98%) vCenter Server
2 13 (7.98%) WSUS
3 2 (1.23%) Ansible
3 2 (1.23%) Grafana
3 2 (1.23%) Graylog
3 2 (1.23%) Nagios
3 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
3 2 (1.23%) Terraform
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (21.47%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.82%) Cisco
3 14 (8.59%) EMC
3 14 (8.59%) Juniper
3 14 (8.59%) Oracle
3 14 (8.59%) VMware
4 13 (7.98%) 3PAR
4 13 (7.98%) Dell
4 13 (7.98%) Extreme Networks
4 13 (7.98%) HP
4 13 (7.98%) Palo Alto
4 13 (7.98%) Symantec
4 13 (7.98%) Veeam
5 6 (3.68%) SAP
6 5 (3.07%) IFS
6 5 (3.07%) Reuters
7 4 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.23%) Ariba
8 2 (1.23%) Splunk
8 2 (1.23%) Workday