Delivery Project Manager Contract Job Trends in Reading

Delivery Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Delivery Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £610, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 87 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Delivery Project Manager 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.55% 0.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £543 £536 -
25th Percentile £570 £553 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.09% - -
75th Percentile £636 £602 -
90th Percentile - £627 -
Berkshire median daily rate £610 £575 -
% change year-on-year +6.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 680 931 952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.79% 89.69% 92.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 477 543 636
10th Percentile £325 £326 £213
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £523
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +10.05% -0.48%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £615
90th Percentile £653 £700 £678
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 15
10th Percentile £14.75 £49.38 £59.21
25th Percentile £18.84 £57.58 £60.93
Median hourly rate £75.00 £66.26 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +13.19% +4.70% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £73.57 £65.63
90th Percentile £97.50 £81.18 £67.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.65
% change year-on-year -31.47% -4.29% +84.01%

Delivery Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Delivery Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Delivery Project Manager job vacancy trend in Reading

Delivery Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Delivery Project Manager job vacancies in Reading

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Delivery Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Delivery Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Case Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle CX
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Delivery Project Manager Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle CX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Case Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle