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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 16
Rank change year-on-year -17 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 81 92 155
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 4.42% 7.68% 9.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 8.38% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 48 76
10th Percentile £314 £343 £306
25th Percentile £375 £431 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £579 £602 £609
90th Percentile £675 £620 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £501
% change year-on-year - -0.10% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 9
10th Percentile £42.13 £33.46 £41.40
25th Percentile £79.38 £35.18 £41.50
Median hourly rate £86.00 £37.28 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.69% -23.92% -13.86%
75th Percentile £87.79 £41.57 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.45 £47.23 £75.86
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £44.14 £35.58
% change year-on-year +35.93% +24.05% -43.07%

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 1,501 1,098 1,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.89% 91.65% 86.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 942 673 780
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.78% -6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £675 £698
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 41 75
10th Percentile £20.58 £14.75 £18.97
25th Percentile £57.13 £17.30 £42.69
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -47.97% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £72.04
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £22.07 £57.35
% change year-on-year +137.88% -61.52% +13.09%

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 31 August 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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -25 43 £468 -12.78% 15
Wokingham -3 11 £400 +14.29% 5
Bracknell -2 9 £650 +8.33% 5
Slough -2 9 £600 +33.33% 4
Windsor +3 6 £450 -18.18% 3
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 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (9.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.47%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.70%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.47%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.23%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.41%) Azure
2 4 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (4.94%) SaaS
3 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.47%) AWS
4 2 (2.47%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.23%) Miro
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.88%) SD-WAN
1 8 (9.88%) WAN
2 7 (8.64%) MPLS
3 5 (6.17%) Firewall
3 5 (6.17%) Network Security
4 4 (4.94%) Internet
4 4 (4.94%) LAN
4 4 (4.94%) NAS
4 4 (4.94%) SAN
5 3 (3.70%) BGP
5 3 (3.70%) OSPF
5 3 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.70%) VPN
6 2 (2.47%) DNS
7 1 (1.23%) DHCP
7 1 (1.23%) SMS
7 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.70%) Power BI
2 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.23%) Git
2 1 (1.23%) Gradle
2 1 (1.23%) Maven
General
1 33 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.11%) Finance
5 8 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
7 5 (6.17%) Local Government
8 3 (3.70%) Legal
8 3 (3.70%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.47%) Billing
9 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.47%) Retail
10 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.23%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 35 (43.21%) Project Manager
2 13 (16.05%) Lead
3 12 (14.81%) Change Manager
4 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 6 (7.41%) Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Business Analyst
6 4 (4.94%) Network Manager
6 4 (4.94%) Senior
7 3 (3.70%) Network Project Manager
7 3 (3.70%) SAP Manager
7 3 (3.70%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Senior Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Technical Manager
7 3 (3.70%) Technical Project Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 2 (2.47%) IT Manager
8 2 (2.47%) Project Support Officer
8 2 (2.47%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.23%) A2A Protocol
1 1 (1.23%) CSS
1 1 (1.23%) HTML
1 1 (1.23%) React
1 1 (1.23%) REST
1 1 (1.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Data Centre
1 7 (8.64%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (8.64%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.70%) AI Agents
3 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.70%) Replication
4 2 (2.47%) FMCG
4 2 (2.47%) IVR
4 2 (2.47%) Life Science
4 2 (2.47%) PMI
4 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.23%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (49.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (40.74%) Agile
3 30 (37.04%) Change Management
4 27 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 25 (30.86%) PRINCE2
6 23 (28.40%) ITIL
7 22 (27.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (19.75%) Data Protection
10 15 (18.52%) Service Delivery
10 15 (18.52%) Service Management
10 15 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (17.28%) ITSM
12 13 (16.05%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (16.05%) Decision-Making
13 12 (14.81%) Migration
14 10 (12.35%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (12.35%) Risk Management
14 10 (12.35%) Roadmaps
15 8 (9.88%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) Java
1 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
1 1 (1.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) PMP
1 29 (35.80%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.69%) Degree
2 20 (24.69%) PMI Certification
3 16 (19.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.47%) APMP
5 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) MAPM
6 1 (1.23%) CISSP
6 1 (1.23%) GCFA
6 1 (1.23%) GIAC
6 1 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.23%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) GDPR
1 5 (6.17%) NIST
1 5 (6.17%) PMO
2 4 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.70%) GRC
3 3 (3.70%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.23%) EU AI Act
4 1 (1.23%) NCSC
4 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.52%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.41%) SAP
4 3 (3.70%) NEC
5 2 (2.47%) Oracle
6 1 (1.23%) Ariba
6 1 (1.23%) Cisco
6 1 (1.23%) Commvault
6 1 (1.23%) Concur
6 1 (1.23%) EMC
6 1 (1.23%) Meraki
6 1 (1.23%) NetApp
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) Veeam
6 1 (1.23%) Veritas
6 1 (1.23%) VMware
6 1 (1.23%) Workday
6 1 (1.23%) Zoho