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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 32 36
Rank change year-on-year -17 +4 +17
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 72 65 97
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.99% 5.54% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.77% 5.97% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 46 41
10th Percentile £375 £300 £350
25th Percentile £425 £461 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +5.26%
75th Percentile £649 £638 £623
90th Percentile £738 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.75 - £56.16
Median hourly rate £81.50 - £57.32
75th Percentile £82.25 - £58.48
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £81.50 £73.31 £37.41
% change year-on-year +11.17% +95.96% -25.17%

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 1,508 1,089 1,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.64% 92.84% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 652 883
10th Percentile £305 £310 £232
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +2.80% -0.10% -1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 25 100
10th Percentile £31.06 £21.81 £17.45
25th Percentile £73.00 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +2.37% +2.25%
75th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £71.89
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.32 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £27.76 £47.50
% change year-on-year +89.12% -41.56% -5.00%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 42 £575 -4.25% 19
Wokingham -12 11 £398 - 1
Bracknell +3 5 £645 +7.50% 4
Slough - 3 £450 - 1
Windsor +2 1 £450 -21.74% 4
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 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.39%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.39%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.72%) Azure
2 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.39%) OCI
4 1 (1.39%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) Rubrik
4 1 (1.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.11%) Firewall
1 8 (11.11%) VPN
2 6 (8.33%) LAN
3 5 (6.94%) WAN
4 4 (5.56%) BGP
4 4 (5.56%) MPLS
4 4 (5.56%) OSPF
5 3 (4.17%) 2G
5 3 (4.17%) 5G
5 3 (4.17%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.78%) Intranet
6 2 (2.78%) NAS
6 2 (2.78%) NGN
6 2 (2.78%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (2.78%) SAN
6 2 (2.78%) VoIP
6 2 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.39%) 3G
7 1 (1.39%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.78%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.78%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.39%) MS Access
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 25 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (13.89%) Retail
3 10 (13.89%) Telecoms
4 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.33%) Aerospace
6 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Law
7 2 (2.78%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Billing
8 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (34.72%) Project Manager
2 10 (13.89%) Lead
3 7 (9.72%) Architect
4 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
4 6 (8.33%) ERP Architect
4 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 6 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.94%) Delivery Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Project Assurance Manager
5 5 (6.94%) Senior
6 4 (5.56%) Change Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Head of IT
6 4 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Implementation Project Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Network Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Product Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Project Implementation Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Security Assurance Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Service Implementation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) ADO
2 2 (2.78%) Middleware
2 2 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.39%) A2A Protocol
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 8 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.56%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.17%) e-Learning
3 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.78%) PMI
4 2 (2.78%) Replication
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.39%) CMDB
5 1 (1.39%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) IoT
5 1 (1.39%) iSeries
5 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.11%) Windows
2 4 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.72%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (33.33%) Change Management
3 22 (30.56%) Budget Management
4 21 (29.17%) Project Management
5 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (19.44%) Agile
7 13 (18.06%) PRINCE2
8 12 (16.67%) ITIL
8 12 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (15.28%) Programme Delivery
9 11 (15.28%) Roadmaps
10 9 (12.50%) Validation
10 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.11%) ERP
12 7 (9.72%) Change Control
12 7 (9.72%) Coaching
12 7 (9.72%) Migration
12 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
13 6 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 17 (23.61%) SC Cleared
3 14 (19.44%) PMP
4 11 (15.28%) PMI Certification
5 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.56%) CISM
6 4 (5.56%) CISSP
7 2 (2.78%) APMP
7 2 (2.78%) Degree
7 2 (2.78%) MAPM
8 1 (1.39%) CCNP
8 1 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (18.06%) NIST
3 10 (13.89%) PMO
4 8 (11.11%) GDPR
5 7 (9.72%) SOC 2
6 2 (2.78%) NCSC
7 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.39%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.78%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (9.72%) ServiceNow
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.94%) Oracle
4 4 (5.56%) Cisco
5 3 (4.17%) Nokia
5 3 (4.17%) SAP
6 2 (2.78%) F5
6 2 (2.78%) Juniper
6 2 (2.78%) Meraki
7 1 (1.39%) Arista
7 1 (1.39%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.39%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.39%) Remedy
7 1 (1.39%) Virgin Media