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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 43 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 +16
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 98 54 91
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.06% 4.51% 5.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.09% 4.87% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 31 34
10th Percentile £375 £360 £333
25th Percentile £411 £453 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -2.37% +3.91%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £636
90th Percentile £738 £650 £673
South East median daily rate £525 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £73.00 - £61.11
25th Percentile £80.75 - £61.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £51.00 £62.57
Median % change year-on-year +59.80% -18.49% +39.04%
75th Percentile £82.25 - £63.21
90th Percentile £86.50 - £63.34
South East median hourly rate £81.50 £51.00 £57.10
% change year-on-year +59.80% -10.69% +26.89%

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 1,610 1,108 1,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.12% 92.56% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 996 673 804
10th Percentile £330 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £505 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% -6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £685 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £519
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.57% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 44 86
10th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £16.50
25th Percentile £77.46 £18.48 £41.25
Median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.33
Median % change year-on-year +125.32% -39.21% +3.29%
75th Percentile £88.00 £68.75 £71.75
90th Percentile £104.70 £87.43 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £57.79 £21.67 £55.08
% change year-on-year +166.72% -60.66% +10.15%

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 28 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Delivery in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

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 28 July 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 -10 53 £525 -2.33% 12
Wokingham -11 13 £375 -
Bracknell -1 7 £663 +20.45%
Slough +12 6 £430 -18.87% 7
Windsor +3 3 £450 -10.00% 3
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 (2.04%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.02%) Confluence
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (3.06%) Teamcenter
2 2 (2.04%) Primavera
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.02%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.29%) Azure
2 6 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 5 (5.10%) AWS
4 3 (3.06%) Azure AKS
4 3 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.06%) OpenShift
5 2 (2.04%) Azure App Service
5 2 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (2.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.02%) GCP
6 1 (1.02%) IaaS
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.02%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.22%) Firewall
2 10 (10.20%) VPN
3 9 (9.18%) LAN
4 8 (8.16%) WAN
5 7 (7.14%) MPLS
6 5 (5.10%) 2G
6 5 (5.10%) 5G
6 5 (5.10%) BGP
6 5 (5.10%) DNS
6 5 (5.10%) TCP/IP
6 5 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (4.08%) SD-WAN
8 3 (3.06%) 3G
8 3 (3.06%) 4G
8 3 (3.06%) Diameter Protocol
8 3 (3.06%) Network Security
8 3 (3.06%) NGN
8 3 (3.06%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (3.06%) SIGTRAN
8 3 (3.06%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.02%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.02%) MS Access
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Git
1 4 (4.08%) JIRA
General
1 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.35%) Finance
3 14 (14.29%) Retail
4 12 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.24%) Telecoms
5 8 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.14%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Legal
9 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Billing
10 1 (1.02%) Local Government
10 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 19 (19.39%) Architect
3 11 (11.22%) Lead
4 10 (10.20%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (9.18%) Dynamics 365 Architect
5 9 (9.18%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
5 9 (9.18%) ERP Architect
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
6 7 (7.14%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (6.12%) Delivery Manager
8 5 (5.10%) Analyst
8 5 (5.10%) Change Manager
8 5 (5.10%) Project Assurance Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Consultant
9 4 (4.08%) Head of Infrastructure
9 4 (4.08%) Head of IT Infrastructure
9 4 (4.08%) Network Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Product Delivery Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Product Manager
9 4 (4.08%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) YAML
2 2 (2.04%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (2.04%) Middleware
2 2 (2.04%) NETCONF
2 2 (2.04%) OpenConfig
2 2 (2.04%) REST
2 2 (2.04%) RESTCONF
2 2 (2.04%) YANG
3 1 (1.02%) A2A Protocol
3 1 (1.02%) ADO
3 1 (1.02%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.10%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.08%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.04%) PMI
6 2 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 2 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.04%) Replication
7 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.02%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.02%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.02%) IoT
7 1 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.22%) Windows
2 5 (5.10%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (28.57%) Change Management
3 24 (24.49%) Budget Management
3 24 (24.49%) Project Management
4 22 (22.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (18.37%) ITIL
5 18 (18.37%) Roadmaps
6 17 (17.35%) Agile
7 16 (16.33%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (14.29%) PRINCE2
9 13 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (11.22%) ITSM
11 11 (11.22%) Migration
11 11 (11.22%) Programme Delivery
11 11 (11.22%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (10.20%) CI/CD
12 10 (10.20%) Validation
13 9 (9.18%) ERP
13 9 (9.18%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.10%) Python
2 3 (3.06%) Bash
2 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.04%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (34.69%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.55%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.29%) PMP
4 9 (9.18%) PMI Certification
5 7 (7.14%) DV Cleared
6 6 (6.12%) Degree
7 5 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.08%) CISM
8 4 (4.08%) CISSP
9 3 (3.06%) CCNP
9 3 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.04%) APMP
10 2 (2.04%) CCIE
10 2 (2.04%) JNCIE
10 2 (2.04%) MAPM
11 1 (1.02%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.02%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.02%) NVQ Level 3
11 1 (1.02%) NVQ Level 4
11 1 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.37%) NIST
2 17 (17.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (10.20%) PMO
4 9 (9.18%) GDPR
5 7 (7.14%) SOC 2
6 3 (3.06%) QA
7 2 (2.04%) NCSC
8 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.02%) Def Stans
8 1 (1.02%) EU AI Act
8 1 (1.02%) GRC
8 1 (1.02%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (9.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.08%) Terraform
3 2 (2.04%) Ansible
3 2 (2.04%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.04%) NSN NetAct
3 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.02%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.02%) QRadar
4 1 (1.02%) SCCM
4 1 (1.02%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (17.35%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.20%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.14%) Cisco
3 7 (7.14%) SAP
4 6 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 5 (5.10%) Juniper
5 5 (5.10%) Oracle
6 4 (4.08%) F5
7 3 (3.06%) Nokia
7 3 (3.06%) VMware
7 3 (3.06%) Workday
8 2 (2.04%) Arista
8 2 (2.04%) Citrix
8 2 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.04%) Splunk
9 1 (1.02%) Aruba
9 1 (1.02%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.02%) Meraki
9 1 (1.02%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.02%) SolarWinds