Project Delivery Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Project Delivery
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 44 38
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 71 46 88
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.90% 4.08% 4.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 4.38% 5.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 28 35
10th Percentile £375 £342 £335
25th Percentile £408 £456 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +6.13% +4.43%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £626
90th Percentile £738 £650 £645
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £78.13 - -
25th Percentile £80.75 - -
Median hourly rate £81.50 - -
75th Percentile £82.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £81.50 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -61.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,506 1,050 1,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.75% 93.17% 87.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 648 842
10th Percentile £306 £325 £243
25th Percentile £401 £413 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.34% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £608
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.96% +0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 27 107
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.76 £17.30
25th Percentile £74.98 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.54 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.84% +2.49% -1.44%
75th Percentile £88.00 £78.60 £71.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -9.52%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Delivery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Project Delivery job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Berkshire

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Delivery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Delivery

Project Delivery
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 Delivery within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -21 38 £500 -20.00% 21
Wokingham -15 9 £375 - 1
Slough - 6 £430 - 5
Bracknell +3 4 £650 +8.33% 1
Windsor +2 2 £450 -21.74%
Project Delivery
South East

Project Delivery
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 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.41%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.68%) Azure
2 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.82%) AWS
3 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.41%) IaaS
4 1 (1.41%) OCI
4 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) Firewall
1 10 (14.08%) VPN
2 7 (9.86%) LAN
3 6 (8.45%) WAN
4 5 (7.04%) MPLS
5 4 (5.63%) BGP
5 4 (5.63%) OSPF
6 3 (4.23%) 2G
6 3 (4.23%) 5G
6 3 (4.23%) NGN
6 3 (4.23%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.23%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.82%) DHCP
7 2 (2.82%) DNS
7 2 (2.82%) LTE
7 2 (2.82%) NAS
7 2 (2.82%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (2.82%) UMTS
7 2 (2.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) MS Access
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 25 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.54%) Finance
3 12 (16.90%) Retail
4 9 (12.68%) Telecoms
5 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
7 6 (8.45%) Aerospace
8 3 (4.23%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Billing
10 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.41%) Law
10 1 (1.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (25.35%) Project Manager
2 11 (15.49%) Architect
3 8 (11.27%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 8 (11.27%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
3 8 (11.27%) ERP Architect
3 8 (11.27%) Lead
3 8 (11.27%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 7 (9.86%) Senior
5 6 (8.45%) Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Project Assurance Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Head of Infrastructure
7 4 (5.63%) Head of IT
7 4 (5.63%) Head of IT Infrastructure
7 4 (5.63%) Product Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Product Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Security Assurance Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) ADO
2 2 (2.82%) Middleware
3 1 (1.41%) A2A Protocol
3 1 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.41%) REST
3 1 (1.41%) SOAP
3 1 (1.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.27%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.45%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.63%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.82%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.82%) PMI
5 2 (2.82%) Replication
5 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.41%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.41%) IoT
6 1 (1.41%) iSeries
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.68%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Change Management
2 23 (32.39%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (30.99%) Budget Management
4 20 (28.17%) Project Management
5 16 (22.54%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 13 (18.31%) Agile
7 13 (18.31%) ITIL
7 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
8 12 (16.90%) PRINCE2
9 10 (14.08%) Programme Delivery
10 9 (12.68%) ERP
10 9 (12.68%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.27%) Validation
12 7 (9.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 7 (9.86%) Change Control
12 7 (9.86%) Migration
12 7 (9.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 6 (8.45%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.41%) Apex Code
1 1 (1.41%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 20 (28.17%) SC Cleared
3 13 (18.31%) PMP
4 9 (12.68%) PMI Certification
5 5 (7.04%) Degree
6 4 (5.63%) CISM
6 4 (5.63%) CISSP
6 4 (5.63%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.23%) CCNP
7 3 (4.23%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.82%) APMP
8 2 (2.82%) MAPM
9 1 (1.41%) CCSE
9 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (19.72%) NIST
3 11 (15.49%) PMO
4 8 (11.27%) GDPR
5 7 (9.86%) SOC 2
6 2 (2.82%) NCSC
7 1 (1.41%) EU AI Act
7 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) NSN NetAct
2 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.45%) Cisco
3 6 (8.45%) Oracle
4 3 (4.23%) F5
4 3 (4.23%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.23%) Juniper
4 3 (4.23%) Nokia
4 3 (4.23%) SAP
5 2 (2.82%) Arista
5 2 (2.82%) Meraki
6 1 (1.41%) Aruba
6 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.41%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.41%) Okta
6 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.41%) Remedy
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.41%) Virgin Media
6 1 (1.41%) VMware