IT Project Manager Contracts in Reading

IT Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median IT Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025.

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

 6 months to
27 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.51% - 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £468 - £313
25th Percentile £475 - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.77%
75th Percentile £525 - £603
90th Percentile £533 - £681
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £474
% change year-on-year - +5.49% -9.71%

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 554 1,048 1,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 90.74% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 578 696
10th Percentile £350 £315 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £717
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 49 23
10th Percentile - £37.75 £45.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.25 £56.13
Median hourly rate £28.00 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -6.67% +135.71%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.46 £74.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £76.64
Berkshire median hourly rate £48.00 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -22.08% +6.54% +156.97%

IT Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Project Manager in Reading

IT Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for IT Project Manager in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 2025, IT 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 Reading region featuring IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) SAP HCM
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Workday HCM
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Workday
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

IT Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP HCM
1 1 (33.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Workday
4 IT Project Manager jobs in Berkshire