Project Management Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Project Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 24 21
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 72 89 141
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.98% 7.35% 8.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.85% 8.06% 9.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 52 78
10th Percentile £299 £350 £264
25th Percentile £358 £412 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £584 £607 £608
90th Percentile £735 £636 £658
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - -0.05% +0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile £76.50 £33.46 £41.75
25th Percentile £85.00 £35.18 £42.88
Median hourly rate £87.00 £37.28 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +133.37% -23.92% -21.94%
75th Percentile £88.00 £41.57 £62.56
90th Percentile £88.90 £47.23 £79.02
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £34.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year +72.44% +7.06% -45.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Management 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 1,485 1,104 1,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.18% 91.16% 87.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 913 693 763
10th Percentile £350 £313 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £650 £693
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 44 66
10th Percentile £16.52 £14.75 £19.34
25th Percentile £35.06 £17.45 £46.84
Median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £61.55
Median % change year-on-year +114.59% -39.43% +2.58%
75th Percentile £91.31 £59.44 £70.06
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.43 £86.08
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £22.19 £58.30
% change year-on-year +119.56% -61.94% +11.05%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
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 Management within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 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 49 £468 -13.90% 44
Slough -2 10 £500 +11.11% 27
Windsor +2 4 £456 -17.05% 2
Bracknell -5 3 - - 5
Wokingham -9 3 £513 +24.24% 5
Project Management
South East

Project Management
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 9 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (13.89%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.78%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (9.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.17%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.78%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.39%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Azure
1 4 (5.56%) Power Platform
1 4 (5.56%) SaaS
2 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (4.17%) Smartsheet
3 1 (1.39%) AWS
3 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.17%) Network Security
2 1 (1.39%) DNS
2 1 (1.39%) Internet
2 1 (1.39%) MPLS
2 1 (1.39%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.39%) SMS
2 1 (1.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.39%) Git
1 1 (1.39%) Gradle
1 1 (1.39%) JIRA
1 1 (1.39%) Maven
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.28%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (12.50%) Finance
5 6 (8.33%) Local Government
5 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.56%) Aerospace
6 4 (5.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.17%) Legal
7 3 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Retail
9 1 (1.39%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.39%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 31 (43.06%) Project Manager
2 12 (16.67%) Lead
3 9 (12.50%) Change Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Analyst
4 5 (6.94%) Project Officer
4 5 (6.94%) Project Support Officer
4 5 (6.94%) Support Officer
5 4 (5.56%) Senior
5 4 (5.56%) Technical Manager
5 4 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.17%) SAP Manager
6 3 (4.17%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.17%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Project Consultant
7 2 (2.78%) Project Quality Manager
7 2 (2.78%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) A2A Protocol
1 1 (1.39%) CSS
1 1 (1.39%) HTML
1 1 (1.39%) Middleware
1 1 (1.39%) React
1 1 (1.39%) REST
1 1 (1.39%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 7 (9.72%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (4.17%) AI Agents
3 3 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.17%) PMI
4 2 (2.78%) FMCG
4 2 (2.78%) IVR
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.39%) Life Science
5 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (54.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (40.28%) Agile
3 23 (31.94%) PRINCE2
4 21 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (29.17%) Project Delivery
5 20 (27.78%) Change Management
6 16 (22.22%) Service Management
7 15 (20.83%) Data Protection
7 15 (20.83%) ITIL
7 15 (20.83%) ITSM
8 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (18.06%) Decision-Making
10 12 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 12 (16.67%) Service Delivery
11 11 (15.28%) Programme Delivery
11 11 (15.28%) Project Governance
12 9 (12.50%) Roadmaps
13 8 (11.11%) AI
13 8 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.39%) Java
1 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.39%) Shell Script
1 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (31.94%) PMP
2 20 (27.78%) Degree
3 19 (26.39%) Security Cleared
4 18 (25.00%) PMI Certification
5 12 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.78%) APMP
6 2 (2.78%) MAPM
7 1 (1.39%) CISSP
7 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.39%) GCFA
7 1 (1.39%) GIAC
7 1 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) NIST
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
2 3 (4.17%) GRC
2 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.17%) PMO
2 3 (4.17%) SOC 2
3 1 (1.39%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.39%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) ServiceNow
3 7 (9.72%) SAP
4 3 (4.17%) NEC
5 1 (1.39%) Ariba
5 1 (1.39%) Concur
5 1 (1.39%) Workday
5 1 (1.39%) Zoho