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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MAPM 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.29% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - -
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 453 160 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 43.90% 30.30% 43.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 99 247
10th Percentile £300 £342 £210
25th Percentile £413 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £605
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -2.89% +6.14%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £664
90th Percentile £775 - £725
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £569
% change year-on-year -4.76% -7.73% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 5 57
10th Percentile £35.04 £44.05 £45.71
25th Percentile £80.50 - £55.75
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -17.20%
75th Percentile £88.00 - £87.46
90th Percentile £105.30 £74.31 £100.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +18.57% +13.64% -6.67%

MAPM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

MAPM job vacancy trend in Reading

MAPM
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing MAPM

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 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Process Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO