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 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 30 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +18 -27
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 66 97 80
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 5.23% 5.97% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.79% 6.75% 5.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 45 41
10th Percentile £391 £343 £363
25th Percentile £484 £430 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £575
90th Percentile £650 £682 £688
South East median daily rate £538 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.38% -4.55% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £33.14 £60.86 -
25th Percentile £37.69 £60.87 £66.83
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.79 £68.67
Median % change year-on-year -34.56% -10.01% -
75th Percentile £43.24 £63.06 £70.50
90th Percentile £47.90 £63.28 -
South East median hourly rate £17.50 £52.50 £71.83
% change year-on-year -66.67% -26.91% +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 1,139 1,437 1,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 90.25% 88.49% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 729 765 975
10th Percentile £324 £330 £248
25th Percentile £415 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.31% -2.51% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 57 67
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.08 £18.95
25th Percentile £17.30 £41.25 £46.81
Median hourly rate £30.11 £58.49 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -48.52% -5.34% +22.36%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.41 £72.17
90th Percentile £74.40 £75.08 £76.46
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +47.89%

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 23 October 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 23 October 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 23 October 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 +5 36 £585 +17.00% 14
Windsor -3 7 £529 +2.92% 1
Bracknell -5 7 £550 +2.33% 3
Slough 0 3 £530 +27.71% 79
Wokingham -16 1 £413 -41.07% 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 5 (7.58%) Confluence
1 5 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Camunda
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.03%) Primavera
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.64%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.06%) Oracle CX
4 3 (4.55%) AWS
4 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.55%) OCI
5 2 (3.03%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Network Security
2 3 (4.55%) Internet
3 2 (3.03%) 5G
3 2 (3.03%) Broadband
3 2 (3.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Power BI
2 1 (1.52%) GIS
2 1 (1.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.52%) QGIS
2 1 (1.52%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (30.30%) Finance
3 14 (21.21%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.55%) Legal
5 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.55%) Military
5 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Billing
6 2 (3.03%) German Language
6 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Electronics
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Project Manager
2 11 (16.67%) Lead
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle Project Manager
4 7 (10.61%) Consultant
5 6 (9.09%) Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) HR Analyst
6 5 (7.58%) HR Data Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) IT Manager
7 4 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.55%) CyberArk Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) ERP Manager
8 3 (4.55%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) Oracle Programme Manager
8 3 (4.55%) Project Leader
8 3 (4.55%) Security Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Senior
9 2 (3.03%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.03%) REST
2 2 (3.03%) SOAP
3 1 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.52%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.52%) EPoS
3 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.52%) Life Science
3 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.52%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.52%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 28 (42.42%) Project Management
3 21 (31.82%) Agile
4 15 (22.73%) Waterfall
5 12 (18.18%) ERP
5 12 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (13.64%) Change Control
7 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.12%) Change Management
8 8 (12.12%) Project Governance
9 7 (10.61%) Customer Experience
9 7 (10.61%) Customer-Centricity
10 6 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (9.09%) Cost Management
10 6 (9.09%) CRM
11 5 (7.58%) Conflict Resolution
11 5 (7.58%) Risk Management
11 5 (7.58%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (1.52%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 6 (9.09%) PMP
4 5 (7.58%) APMP
5 3 (4.55%) CCDA
5 3 (4.55%) CCDP
5 3 (4.55%) CCNA
5 3 (4.55%) CCNP
5 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.55%) Degree
5 3 (4.55%) JNCIA
6 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) P3O
2 2 (3.03%) PMO
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.52%) GRC
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Oracle
2 10 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (9.09%) Cisco
4 5 (7.58%) IFS
4 5 (7.58%) Workday
5 4 (6.06%) Remedy
6 3 (4.55%) Broadcom
6 3 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (4.55%) CyberArk
6 3 (4.55%) Juniper
6 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 3 (4.55%) Splunk
6 3 (4.55%) Symantec
7 1 (1.52%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.52%) ESRI
7 1 (1.52%) SAP