MAPM Contract Job Trends in Reading

Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for MAPM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MAPM 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.75% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

MAPM 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 229 394 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 34.54% 36.52% 42.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 208 294
10th Percentile £255 £326 £210
25th Percentile £358 £492 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -3.25%
75th Percentile £544 £675 £623
90th Percentile £622 £738 £684
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £558 £517
% change year-on-year -11.83% +7.93% -5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 12
10th Percentile £61.10 £49.69 £58.96
25th Percentile £70.00 £59.55 £62.67
Median hourly rate £90.00 £69.38 £64.21
Median % change year-on-year +29.73% +8.05% +16.74%
75th Percentile £95.00 £100.00 £75.06
90th Percentile £98.50 - £76.82
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.65 £63.29
% change year-on-year +5.43% -2.59% +169.32%

MAPM
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MAPM in Reading over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MAPM in Reading

MAPM
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 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (40.00%) Network Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PMP
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) APMP
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) PMO