Lead Project Manager Contracts in Reading

Lead Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £596, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 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
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% - 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £586 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 - -
75th Percentile £607 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £596 - -

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 565 1,020 1,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.03% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 575 679
10th Percentile £350 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £545
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% +9.00%
75th Percentile £616 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 44 20
10th Percentile - £48.18 £44.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.25 £57.44
Median hourly rate £28.00 £62.05 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.88% -5.98% +135.71%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.47 £74.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £77.21
Berkshire median hourly rate £34.80 £61.60 £56.89
% change year-on-year -43.51% +8.29% +103.16%

Lead Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Project Manager in Reading

Lead Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Project Manager in Reading

Lead Project Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 12 August 2025, Lead 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 Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle CX
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle CX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle