Project Planning Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Project Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Project Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 86 100
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 -13
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 9 23 12
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.73% 1.39% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.59% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £419 £276 £483
25th Percentile £439 £513 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £594
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £463 £656 £647
90th Percentile £485 £680 £664
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.83
Median hourly rate - - £68.67
75th Percentile - - £70.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £40.63 £67.27 £68.67
% change year-on-year -39.60% -2.04% +111.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Project Planning 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 1,117 1,450 1,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 91.11% 87.51% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 749 994
10th Percentile £313 £325 £263
25th Percentile £413 £450 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £690 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.49% +2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 68 59
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.35 £20.50
25th Percentile £17.50 £42.79 £47.95
Median hourly rate £37.28 £61.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.38% +2.49% +20.00%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.05 £72.17
90th Percentile £87.40 £79.72 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £22.35 £58.38 £54.37
% change year-on-year -61.72% +7.37% +86.77%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Project Planning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Project Planning job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Planning

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Project Planning

Project Planning
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 Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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 +13 3 £450 -28.00% 3
Windsor - 3 £500 -
Wokingham - 1 £413 - 2
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) PaaS
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) 5G
1 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Smart Metering Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Project Planner
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Workday Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Workday Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Budgeting
1 5 (55.56%) Roadmaps
1 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (55.56%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) Budget Management
2 4 (44.44%) Business Case
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
4 2 (22.22%) Project Governance
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) ERP
5 1 (11.11%) Financial Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) PMI Certification
1 2 (22.22%) PMP
2 1 (11.11%) ACCA
2 1 (11.11%) CIMA
2 1 (11.11%) CIPFA
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Workday