People Management Contract Job Trends in Reading

People Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring People Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 73 93
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 -21
Contract jobs citing People Management 7 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.87% 0.50% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.54% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £358 - £383
25th Percentile £369 - £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £394
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.08%
75th Percentile £575 - £398
90th Percentile £710 - £399
Berkshire median daily rate £438 £160 £394
% change year-on-year +173.44% -59.37% -3.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

People Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 706 744 1,036
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.48% 93.12% 92.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 400 635
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -0.10%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £615
90th Percentile £665 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 6 35
10th Percentile £18.55 £27.63 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £37.14 £54.70
Median hourly rate £81.50 £62.46 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +30.49% +1.31% -5.16%
75th Percentile £97.50 £72.33 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £76.03 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.75 £61.50 £60.57
% change year-on-year -4.46% +1.53% -6.35%

People Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

People Management job vacancy trend in Reading

People Management
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing People Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing People Management

People Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing People Management in Reading over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for People Management in Reading

People Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing People Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing People Management

People Management
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Workday HCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Workday Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Workday Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Case Management
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Workday