Lead Project Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Lead Project Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £596, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 - 118
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.083% - 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £586 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 - -
75th Percentile £607 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £596 £650 £475
% change year-on-year -8.31% +36.84% +5.56%

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 1,105 1,597 1,678
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 91.73% 95.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 691 867 1,065
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £433 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 91 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.38 £17.11
25th Percentile £16.66 £50.26 £24.75
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% +8.29% +103.16%
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.20 £73.59
90th Percentile £87.64 £90.00 £75.76
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £49.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +17.04% +122.22%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Lead Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in Berkshire

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in Berkshire

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 August 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 - 1 £596 - 1
Lead Project Manager
South East

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Lead Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle CX
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle CX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle