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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 84 146 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.13% 8.52% 9.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.81% 9.77% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 74 108
10th Percentile £333 £276 £346
25th Percentile £410 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £533 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +9.23% +3.61%
75th Percentile £607 £608 £600
90th Percentile £620 £650 £669
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £33.46 £41.40 £36.15
25th Percentile £35.18 £41.50 £52.27
Median hourly rate £37.28 £49.00 £62.78
Median % change year-on-year -23.92% -21.94% -13.41%
75th Percentile £41.57 £72.33 £71.62
90th Percentile £47.23 £75.86 £72.17
South East median hourly rate £37.28 £39.75 £61.25
% change year-on-year -6.21% -35.10% +88.35%

All Process and 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 1,075 1,494 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.26% 87.16% 89.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 770 1,002
10th Percentile £325 £325 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £693 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 74 61
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.79 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £46.84 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +45.65%
75th Percentile £58.00 £71.41 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.25 £87.04 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +7 48 £536 -0.74% 21
Slough +7 12 £450 -11.76% 99
Bracknell -2 9 £600 +50.00% 3
Windsor -11 4 £550 -12.00% 1
Wokingham -6 3 £350 -40.43% 7
Project Management
South East

Project Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.52%) Confluence
3 2 (2.38%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.19%) BPCS
2 1 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.67%) Azure
2 7 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.57%) AWS
5 2 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.19%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle CX
6 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.19%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.90%) ATM
1 10 (11.90%) Ethernet
1 10 (11.90%) Frame Relay
1 10 (11.90%) GPRS
1 10 (11.90%) GSM
1 10 (11.90%) LAN
1 10 (11.90%) LTE
1 10 (11.90%) MPLS
1 10 (11.90%) SAN
1 10 (11.90%) SDH
1 10 (11.90%) UMTS
1 10 (11.90%) VPN
1 10 (11.90%) WAN
1 10 (11.90%) Wireshark
2 4 (4.76%) SD-WAN
3 3 (3.57%) Broadband
4 2 (2.38%) DHCP
4 2 (2.38%) DNS
4 2 (2.38%) Network Security
4 2 (2.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) Power BI
2 3 (3.57%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (10.71%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Selenium
3 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.19%) Git
3 1 (1.19%) Gradle
3 1 (1.19%) Maven
General
1 43 (51.19%) Social Skills
2 27 (32.14%) Telecoms
3 26 (30.95%) Finance
4 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.76%) Automotive
6 4 (4.76%) Retail
7 3 (3.57%) Billing
7 3 (3.57%) Marketing
8 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.19%) Electronics
9 1 (1.19%) Legal
9 1 (1.19%) Local Government
9 1 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 10 (11.90%) Lead
3 9 (10.71%) IP Engineer
4 8 (9.52%) Test Engineer
5 7 (8.33%) Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Architect
6 5 (5.95%) IP Network Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Junior
6 5 (5.95%) Junior Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Junior Support Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Network Engineer
6 5 (5.95%) Oracle Project Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Portfolio Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Security Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Security Project Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Support Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Test Leader
7 4 (4.76%) Digital Project Manager
7 4 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) ADO
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.19%) .NET
3 1 (1.19%) ATL
3 1 (1.19%) CSS
3 1 (1.19%) EDI
3 1 (1.19%) HTML
3 1 (1.19%) Middleware
3 1 (1.19%) React
3 1 (1.19%) REST
3 1 (1.19%) Spring
3 1 (1.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.95%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.38%) PKI
5 1 (1.19%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.19%) Life Science
5 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.19%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Linux
1 10 (11.90%) Unix
2 2 (2.38%) Windows
2 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.48%) Agile
2 29 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (34.52%) Project Delivery
3 24 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 18 (21.43%) Waterfall
5 16 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (14.29%) Change Management
7 12 (14.29%) Test Strategy
8 11 (13.10%) Change Control
9 10 (11.90%) Fault Management
9 10 (11.90%) Portfolio Management
9 10 (11.90%) Regression Testing
10 9 (10.71%) DevOps
11 7 (8.33%) CRM
11 7 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (8.33%) Decision-Making
11 7 (8.33%) Project Governance
12 6 (7.14%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.48%) Java
2 2 (2.38%) SQL
3 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.19%) X++
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) CCNP
1 10 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (11.90%) ISEB
1 10 (11.90%) ISTQB
1 10 (11.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 9 (10.71%) PMP
3 7 (8.33%) Degree
3 7 (8.33%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.95%) APMP
4 5 (5.95%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.14%) QA
2 5 (5.95%) P3O
3 2 (2.38%) GDPR
3 2 (2.38%) GRC
4 1 (1.19%) NIST
4 1 (1.19%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.38%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 16 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 14 (16.67%) Oracle
3 10 (11.90%) Cisco
3 10 (11.90%) IFS
3 10 (11.90%) Juniper
4 6 (7.14%) Remedy
4 6 (7.14%) SAP
5 4 (4.76%) VMware
6 3 (3.57%) Ariba
7 2 (2.38%) Intel
7 2 (2.38%) Progress
7 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.19%) Adobe
8 1 (1.19%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.19%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.19%) Workday