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 in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 18 4
Rank change year-on-year -16 -14 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 106 164 340
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.41% 9.22% 14.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.80% 9.73% 15.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 121 227
10th Percentile £411 £350 £381
25th Percentile £500 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +2.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £625 £588
South East median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 1
10th Percentile £41.25 - -
25th Percentile £41.44 - £77.50
Median hourly rate £66.58 - £80.00
75th Percentile £79.25 - £82.50
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £68.61 £65.00
% change year-on-year -38.06% +5.55% +91.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,829 1,686 2,239
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 94.77% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 945 1,049 1,428
10th Percentile £259 £325 £220
25th Percentile £400 £413 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 57 38
10th Percentile £20.05 £17.34 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.13 £24.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £64.68 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +227.47% -8.14%
75th Percentile £75.24 £75.00 £34.29
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.61 £71.89
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -13 59 £615 +17.14% 13
Bracknell -8 21 £488 -5.34%
Slough -5 7 £538 +16.85% 9
Wokingham - 4 £575 - 2
Windsor -9 2 £514 +8.16% 1
Maidenhead -10 2 £550 -16.86% 3
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 47 (44.34%) Project Management
2 28 (26.42%) Agile
3 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (21.70%) Social Skills
5 21 (19.81%) Security Cleared
6 18 (16.98%) PRINCE2
6 18 (16.98%) DV Cleared
7 16 (15.09%) Project Delivery
8 15 (14.15%) Change Management
8 15 (14.15%) Finance
9 14 (13.21%) Microsoft
10 13 (12.26%) Waterfall
10 13 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.26%) Risk Management
11 12 (11.32%) Migration
11 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
12 11 (10.38%) Degree
12 11 (10.38%) Budget Management
13 10 (9.43%) Telecoms
13 10 (9.43%) PMI Certification
14 9 (8.49%) Performance Measurement
14 9 (8.49%) Smartsheet
14 9 (8.49%) Life Science
15 8 (7.55%) PMI
15 8 (7.55%) Decision-Making
15 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
16 7 (6.60%) Matrix Organization
16 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
16 7 (6.60%) Resource Management

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 3 (2.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.89%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.49%) Smartsheet
2 6 (5.66%) Azure
3 4 (3.77%) SaaS
3 4 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.83%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.83%) 5G
2 1 (0.94%) MPLS
2 1 (0.94%) Network Security
2 1 (0.94%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.94%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.89%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.89%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (0.94%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.94%) GIS
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (0.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) JIRA
General
1 23 (21.70%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.15%) Finance
3 12 (11.32%) Public Sector
4 10 (9.43%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.66%) Legal
6 6 (5.66%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.77%) Retail
8 3 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.89%) Aviation
9 2 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Automotive
10 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Law
10 1 (0.94%) Marketing
10 1 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.89%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (1.89%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.49%) Life Science
2 8 (7.55%) PMI
3 5 (4.72%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.83%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.89%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.89%) Replication
7 1 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.94%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.94%) FMCG
7 1 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (44.34%) Project Management
2 28 (26.42%) Agile
3 24 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (16.98%) PRINCE2
5 16 (15.09%) Project Delivery
6 15 (14.15%) Change Management
7 13 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (12.26%) Risk Management
7 13 (12.26%) Waterfall
8 12 (11.32%) Migration
9 11 (10.38%) Budget Management
10 9 (8.49%) Performance Measurement
11 8 (7.55%) Decision-Making
12 7 (6.60%) Matrix Organization
12 7 (6.60%) Resource Management
13 6 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (5.66%) Data Protection
13 6 (5.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (5.66%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 21 (19.81%) Security Cleared
2 18 (16.98%) DV Cleared
3 11 (10.38%) Degree
4 10 (9.43%) PMI Certification
5 6 (5.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.77%) CISM
6 4 (3.77%) CISSP
6 4 (3.77%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.83%) APMP
8 2 (1.89%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.89%) PMP
9 1 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.66%) QA
2 4 (3.77%) PMO
3 1 (0.94%) COBIT
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.83%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.77%) Workday
3 3 (2.83%) SAP
4 2 (1.89%) Ariba
4 2 (1.89%) Citrix
4 2 (1.89%) NEC
4 2 (1.89%) Oracle
4 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.89%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.94%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco
5 1 (0.94%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.94%) EMC
5 1 (0.94%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.94%) IBM
5 1 (0.94%) Isilon
5 1 (0.94%) Nokia