Project Management Contracts in Berkshire

Project Management
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 19 12
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 103 162 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.75% 8.21% 10.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.39% 9.46% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 76 134
10th Percentile £308 £313 £346
25th Percentile £397 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +6.27%
75th Percentile £550 £608 £600
90th Percentile £646 £644 £650
South East median daily rate £493 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.68% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 2
10th Percentile £34.61 £41.25 £24.23
25th Percentile £36.14 £41.50 £28.70
Median hourly rate £48.00 £55.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +48.79% -42.62%
75th Percentile £54.88 £69.75 £45.80
90th Percentile £70.07 £74.10 £50.21
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £30.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year +91.67% -48.27% +59.44%

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 1,097 1,712 1,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.20% 86.73% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 853 1,021
10th Percentile £325 £265 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 110 53
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.45 £17.70
25th Percentile £24.66 £41.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £53.50 £59.47 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -10.04% +1.23% +179.43%
75th Percentile £77.19 £72.18 £74.00
90th Percentile £88.87 £87.46 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £47.78 £50.00
% change year-on-year -49.77% -4.44% +122.22%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Berkshire

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Management in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 July 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 3 July 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 35 £450 -11.59% 69
Slough +6 20 £450 -14.29% 32
Bracknell +6 18 £550 +29.41% 9
Wokingham -3 7 £350 -39.13%
Windsor -11 2 £600 -4.00% 2
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 8 (7.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.97%) Camunda
Applications
1 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (5.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.94%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.97%) BPCS
3 1 (0.97%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.74%) Azure
2 5 (4.85%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.88%) AWS
3 4 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.94%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.94%) Smartsheet
5 1 (0.97%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.97%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.97%) GCP
5 1 (0.97%) IaaS
5 1 (0.97%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.97%) PaaS
5 1 (0.97%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.56%) VPN
2 14 (13.59%) ATM
2 14 (13.59%) Ethernet
2 14 (13.59%) Frame Relay
2 14 (13.59%) GPRS
2 14 (13.59%) GSM
2 14 (13.59%) LAN
2 14 (13.59%) LTE
2 14 (13.59%) MPLS
2 14 (13.59%) SAN
2 14 (13.59%) SDH
2 14 (13.59%) UMTS
2 14 (13.59%) WAN
2 14 (13.59%) Wireshark
3 5 (4.85%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (3.88%) 5G
4 4 (3.88%) SD-WAN
4 4 (3.88%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.94%) 4G
5 2 (1.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.97%) MS Access
1 1 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.97%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Selenium
3 1 (0.97%) Rational DOORS
General
1 57 (55.34%) Social Skills
2 32 (31.07%) Telecoms
3 24 (23.30%) Finance
4 16 (15.53%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (8.74%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.88%) Agriculture
7 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.91%) Marketing
8 3 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.91%) Retail
9 2 (1.94%) Automotive
9 2 (1.94%) Billing
9 2 (1.94%) Legal
9 2 (1.94%) Local Government
10 1 (0.97%) Aviation
10 1 (0.97%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (26.21%) Project Manager
2 13 (12.62%) IP Engineer
3 12 (11.65%) Test Engineer
4 10 (9.71%) Lead
5 8 (7.77%) Analyst
6 7 (6.80%) Architect
7 5 (4.85%) IP Network Engineer
7 5 (4.85%) Network Engineer
8 4 (3.88%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (3.88%) Payroll Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Cabling Engineer
9 3 (2.91%) Consultant
9 3 (2.91%) Data Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (2.91%) IT Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Junior
9 3 (2.91%) Network Manager
9 3 (2.91%) Project Coordinator
9 3 (2.91%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.97%) ADO
1 1 (0.97%) EDI
1 1 (0.97%) Middleware
1 1 (0.97%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.56%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (4.85%) Life Science
3 5 (4.85%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.91%) PKI
5 3 (2.91%) PMI
6 2 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.94%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.97%) CCTV
7 1 (0.97%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.97%) IoT
7 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.56%) Linux
2 14 (13.59%) Unix
3 4 (3.88%) Windows
4 3 (2.91%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (39.81%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (31.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (28.16%) Agile
4 21 (20.39%) PRINCE2
4 21 (20.39%) Project Delivery
5 19 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (17.48%) Test Strategy
7 17 (16.50%) Change Management
7 17 (16.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (13.59%) Fault Management
8 14 (13.59%) Regression Testing
9 12 (11.65%) Migration
9 12 (11.65%) Waterfall
10 11 (10.68%) Risk Management
11 10 (9.71%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (7.77%) ITIL
12 8 (7.77%) Portfolio Management
13 7 (6.80%) Business Analysis
13 7 (6.80%) Computer Science
14 6 (5.83%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (15.53%) Degree
2 14 (13.59%) CCNP
2 14 (13.59%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (13.59%) ISEB
2 14 (13.59%) ISTQB
2 14 (13.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 13 (12.62%) PMI Certification
3 13 (12.62%) PMP
4 6 (5.83%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.85%) APMP
5 5 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.85%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.97%) CISA
7 1 (0.97%) CISSP
7 1 (0.97%) HNC
7 1 (0.97%) HND
7 1 (0.97%) PgMP
7 1 (0.97%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.74%) QA
2 7 (6.80%) GDPR
3 5 (4.85%) P3O
4 3 (2.91%) GRC
4 3 (2.91%) NIST
5 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.94%) PMO
6 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.97%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.94%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.94%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (2.91%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 25 (24.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.59%) Cisco
2 14 (13.59%) Juniper
3 11 (10.68%) SAP
4 7 (6.80%) IFS
4 7 (6.80%) VMware
5 4 (3.88%) Oracle
5 4 (3.88%) Remedy
6 3 (2.91%) Ariba
6 3 (2.91%) Cramer
6 3 (2.91%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.94%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.94%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.94%) Intel
7 2 (1.94%) Progress
8 1 (0.97%) Adobe
8 1 (0.97%) Capita
8 1 (0.97%) IBM
8 1 (0.97%) NEC
8 1 (0.97%) PeopleSoft