Project Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Project Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 16 5
Rank change year-on-year -17 -11 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 100 179 319
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.04% 9.88% 13.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 10.42% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 130 220
10th Percentile £413 £363 £381
25th Percentile £513 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £630 £588 £538
90th Percentile £663 £625 £590
South East median daily rate £525 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - £78.25
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £80.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -19.25% +192.73%
75th Percentile £71.75 - £82.75
90th Percentile £72.21 - -
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £49.12
% change year-on-year -34.62% +32.33% +66.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,871 1,718 2,289
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 94.81% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 990 1,099 1,473
10th Percentile £213 £325 £205
25th Percentile £376 £419 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 57 41
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.31 £21.65 £17.00
Median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.47 £73.59 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.05 £79.61 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
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 Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 -12 61 £600 +14.29% 10
Bracknell -19 17 £525 +1.94% 1
Slough -1 8 £550 +22.22% 7
Wokingham - 3 £575 - 1
Maidenhead -8 1 £550 -12.80%
Newbury -10 1 £475 +11.76% 5
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Project Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 49 (49.00%) Project Management
2 25 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 24 (24.00%) Agile
4 22 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (18.00%) Security Cleared
5 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
6 17 (17.00%) PRINCE2
7 16 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 15 (15.00%) Telecoms
8 15 (15.00%) Degree
8 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (14.00%) Public Sector
9 14 (14.00%) DV Cleared
9 14 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (13.00%) Finance
10 13 (13.00%) Change Management
10 13 (13.00%) Microsoft
11 11 (11.00%) PMI Certification
11 11 (11.00%) Waterfall
11 11 (11.00%) Budget Management
12 10 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (9.00%) Matrix Organization
13 9 (9.00%) Smartsheet
13 9 (9.00%) Resource Management
13 9 (9.00%) Life Science
13 9 (9.00%) QA
13 9 (9.00%) Migration
14 8 (8.00%) Project Planning
14 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 7 (7.00%) Decision-Making

Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.00%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.00%) Smartsheet
2 5 (5.00%) Azure
3 4 (4.00%) SaaS
3 4 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.00%) 5G
2 1 (1.00%) MPLS
2 1 (1.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.00%) VoLTE
2 1 (1.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) JIRA
General
1 25 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.00%) Telecoms
3 14 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 13 (13.00%) Finance
5 10 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.00%) Legal
6 6 (6.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.00%) Retail
9 2 (2.00%) Aviation
10 1 (1.00%) Automotive
10 1 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.00%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Life Science
2 7 (7.00%) PMI
3 5 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.00%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.00%) FMCG
6 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.00%) Windows
2 1 (1.00%) Android
2 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (49.00%) Project Management
2 24 (24.00%) Agile
3 22 (22.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
5 17 (17.00%) PRINCE2
6 16 (16.00%) Risk Management
7 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (13.00%) Change Management
10 11 (11.00%) Budget Management
10 11 (11.00%) Waterfall
11 9 (9.00%) Matrix Organization
11 9 (9.00%) Migration
11 9 (9.00%) Resource Management
12 8 (8.00%) Project Planning
12 8 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (7.00%) Decision-Making
14 6 (6.00%) Business Case
14 6 (6.00%) Change Control
14 6 (6.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 18 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.00%) Degree
3 14 (14.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (11.00%) PMI Certification
5 7 (7.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.00%) APMP
7 4 (4.00%) CISM
7 4 (4.00%) CISSP
7 4 (4.00%) PMP
8 2 (2.00%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.00%) RIBA
9 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.00%) HNC
9 1 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.00%) QA
2 4 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (1.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (4.00%) Workday
3 3 (3.00%) SAP
4 2 (2.00%) Ariba
4 2 (2.00%) Citrix
4 2 (2.00%) NEC
4 2 (2.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.00%) Cisco
5 1 (1.00%) EMC
5 1 (1.00%) IBM
5 1 (1.00%) Isilon
5 1 (1.00%) Nokia