Project Planning Contracts in Reading

Project Planning
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Project Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 70 83
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 -29
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 20 19 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.67% 1.77% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.94% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 6
10th Percentile £316 £577 £316
25th Percentile £321 £586 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% +45.99%
75th Percentile £701 £680 £563
90th Percentile £759 £712 £575
Berkshire median daily rate £350 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -41.67% +26.32% +38.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Project Planning 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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,090 979 1,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.76% 91.24% 90.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 649 821
10th Percentile £213 £365 £256
25th Percentile £404 £455 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £615 £653 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +6.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 10
10th Percentile £26.10 £45.00 £13.58
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +116.67% -31.03%
75th Percentile £84.40 £74.00 £48.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.19 £60.89
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.00 £56.89 £21.05
% change year-on-year +7.23% +170.24% -2.37%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Project Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Planning in Reading over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Planning in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Primavera
2 1 (5.00%) Maximo
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) PaaS
1 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (5.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Finance
5 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Aviation
6 1 (5.00%) Legal
6 1 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Project Planner
2 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (5.00%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Project Leader
4 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Project Management
2 7 (35.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 4 (20.00%) Cost Control
4 4 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Application Security
5 3 (15.00%) Budgeting
5 3 (15.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (15.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security
5 3 (15.00%) Information Security Management
5 3 (15.00%) OWASP
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (15.00%) Security Management
5 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) ISACA
4 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (15.00%) PMP
5 1 (5.00%) APMP
5 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
2 3 (15.00%) COBIT
2 3 (15.00%) GDPR
2 3 (15.00%) NIST
2 3 (15.00%) PMO
3 1 (5.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) SAP