IT Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

IT Project Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 99 123
Rank change year-on-year -3 +24 -14
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 6 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.41% 0.26% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.29% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £473 £503 £555
25th Percentile £488 £506 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -19.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £576 £563 £719
90th Percentile £599 £578 £798
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,348 1,391 1,632
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 90.44% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 789 995
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £510
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 36 72
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.69 £24.26
25th Percentile £18.97 £42.79 £48.40
Median hourly rate £43.96 £60.25 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -27.04% -1.95% +96.63%
75th Percentile £83.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.75 £68.34 £76.06
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +51.04%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

IT Project Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Project Manager in Berkshire

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Project Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

IT Project Manager
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 IT Project Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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 +18 6 £525 -2.33%
IT Project Manager
South East

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, IT Project Manager 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 Berkshire region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (50.00%) PMP
3 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
4 2 (33.33%) ERP
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (33.33%) Power BI
4 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (16.67%) ADO
5 1 (16.67%) Confluence
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HCM
2 1 (16.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) Rubrik
2 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Project Governance
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
4 2 (33.33%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) Order Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Workday