APMP Contract Job Trends in Reading

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 89 79
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 +22
Contract jobs citing APMP 4 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.57% 0.092% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.56% 0.26% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £505
25th Percentile £563 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £700
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - £775
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £450 £700
% change year-on-year +44.44% -35.71% +21.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

APMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 256 386 425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 36.26% 35.45% 41.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 210 285
10th Percentile £255 £329 £210
25th Percentile £358 £484 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -3.96%
75th Percentile £550 £672 £620
90th Percentile £625 £738 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £558 £500
% change year-on-year -12.63% +11.60% -8.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 12
10th Percentile £65.00 £42.69 £58.86
25th Percentile £76.00 £48.18 £60.59
Median hourly rate £90.00 £61.76 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% -2.42% +5.48%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.69 £66.77
90th Percentile £98.00 £77.39 £74.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

APMP job vacancy trend in Reading

APMP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing APMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing APMP

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in Reading over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in Reading

APMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (50.00%) Network Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MAPM
1 4 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (100.00%) PMP
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) PMO