Lead Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Lead Project Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £730, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 100 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.20% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £611 - -
25th Percentile £650 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £730 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.96% - -
75th Percentile £745 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £730 £575 £638
% change year-on-year +26.96% -9.80% +4.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,361 1,303 1,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 90.30% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 933 746 981
10th Percentile £301 £264 £210
25th Percentile £413 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 31 76
10th Percentile £14.75 £41.00 £24.42
25th Percentile £19.40 £44.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £57.25 £61.50 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +0.08% +11.72%
75th Percentile £94.94 £64.08 £67.56
90th Percentile £98.25 £65.62 £75.89
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Lead Project Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Lead Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram 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 1 January 2026. 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 +11 3 £730 +26.96% 1
Lead Project Manager
South East

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Lead 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 Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) OCI
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Case Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle CX
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Lead 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) OCI
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle CX
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Case Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle