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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 30 40
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 -13
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 78 109 95
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.48% 6.81% 5.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.12% 7.58% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 61 44
10th Percentile £385 £300 £306
25th Percentile £513 £430 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year - +8.91% +1.00%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £717 £650 £682
South East median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £33.14 £60.86 £57.23
25th Percentile £37.69 £60.87 £58.83
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.79 £62.99
Median % change year-on-year -34.56% -1.91% -
75th Percentile £43.24 £63.06 £67.49
90th Percentile £47.90 £63.28 £69.30
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £61.71 £71.83
% change year-on-year -71.64% -14.10% +10.51%

All Process and 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 1,274 1,438 1,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.53% 89.88% 91.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 793 977
10th Percentile £305 £313 £213
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £689
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 45 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.10 £24.33
25th Percentile £18.87 £42.50 £48.40
Median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.19 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

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 8 December 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Delivery in Berkshire

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 8 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 -10 43 £585 +4.46% 15
Bracknell -6 8 £550 -8.33% 2
Windsor 0 7 £529 +31.37%
Wokingham -18 5 £413 -41.07% 2
Thatcham - 4 £535 -
Slough -2 3 £530 +27.71% 32
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 6 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.28%) Camunda
2 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (8.97%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.56%) Primavera
3 2 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.97%) Azure
2 6 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.13%) Oracle CX
4 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.85%) SaaS
5 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.56%) OCI
6 1 (1.28%) Rubrik
6 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Internet
2 2 (2.56%) 5G
2 2 (2.56%) Broadband
2 2 (2.56%) Wireless
3 1 (1.28%) Intranet
3 1 (1.28%) ISDN
3 1 (1.28%) LAN
3 1 (1.28%) Network Security
3 1 (1.28%) PSTN
3 1 (1.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.56%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.28%) GIS
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.28%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 26 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 19 (24.36%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Legal
5 4 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.85%) Military
7 2 (2.56%) German Language
7 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.56%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Automotive
8 1 (1.28%) Electronics
8 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Project Manager
2 17 (21.79%) Lead
3 10 (12.82%) Oracle Project Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Data Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) HR Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) HR Data Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.41%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) PMO Lead
6 4 (5.13%) Project Leader
6 4 (5.13%) Senior
6 4 (5.13%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (3.85%) Implementation Project Manager
7 3 (3.85%) Oracle Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.26%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.56%) REST
2 2 (2.56%) SOAP
3 1 (1.28%) ADO
3 1 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.28%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.13%) PMI
1 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.28%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.28%) EPoS
3 1 (1.28%) Life Science
3 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.28%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.28%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 32 (41.03%) Project Management
3 26 (33.33%) Agile
4 18 (23.08%) Waterfall
5 13 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 12 (15.38%) ERP
6 12 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (14.10%) Change Management
7 11 (14.10%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (11.54%) Project Governance
8 9 (11.54%) Time Management
9 7 (8.97%) Customer Experience
9 7 (8.97%) Risk Management
9 7 (8.97%) Service Management
10 6 (7.69%) Budgeting
10 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (7.69%) Cost Management
10 6 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
10 6 (7.69%) Portfolio Management
10 6 (7.69%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.28%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.23%) PMI Certification
2 15 (19.23%) PMP
3 14 (17.95%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.13%) APMP
4 4 (5.13%) Degree
4 4 (5.13%) MAPM
5 3 (3.85%) CCDA
5 3 (3.85%) CCDP
5 3 (3.85%) CCNA
5 3 (3.85%) CCNP
5 3 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.85%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.85%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) PMO
2 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.56%) QA
3 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.28%) GRC
3 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 22 (28.21%) Oracle
2 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.41%) Workday
4 4 (5.13%) Cisco
4 4 (5.13%) Juniper
4 4 (5.13%) Remedy
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.56%) SAP
7 1 (1.28%) ESRI