Project Lead
South East > Berkshire
The median Project Lead daily rate in Berkshire is £530, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 104 | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +10 | +21 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Project Leader | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.42% | 0.35% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.45% | 0.39% | 0.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £304 |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | £613 | £401 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £625 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.20% | +8.70% | +53.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £576 | £638 | £628 |
| 90th Percentile | £594 | - | £653 |
| South East median daily rate | £530 | £275 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +92.73% | -46.34% | +34.87% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title | 1,107 | 1,558 | 1,666 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.25% | 91.65% | 95.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 691 | 846 | 1,060 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £313 | £302 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £408 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £524 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.91% | +4.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £520 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 87 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.75 | £19.35 | £17.11 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.66 | £50.26 | £29.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.80 | £61.60 | £56.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.51% | +8.29% | +118.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.32 | £72.96 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.64 | £93.00 | £75.67 |
| South East median hourly rate | £25.15 | £57.35 | £49.37 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.15% | +16.18% | +119.40% |
Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings that featured Project Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
Project Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in Berkshire.
Project Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Leader in Berkshire.
Project Leader
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 Leader within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough | - | 2 | £530 | - | |
| Wokingham | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Reading | +23 | 1 | £596 | -4.64% | 1 |
| Project Leader South East |
|||||
Project Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire
For the 6 months to 17 August 2025, Project Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Project Leader in the job title.
|
|
Project Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||