PMP Contract Job Trends in Reading

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 86 75
Rank change year-on-year +31 -11 +14
Contract jobs citing PMP 7 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.20% 0.82% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.14% 2.14% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 11
10th Percentile £469 £408 £506
25th Percentile £478 £419 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £430 £625
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -31.20% +38.89%
75th Percentile £516 £636 £688
90th Percentile £521 £703 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £530 £550 £638
% change year-on-year -3.64% -13.73% +41.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

PMP 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 169 421 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 28.99% 38.52% 39.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 224 290
10th Percentile £253 £343 £213
25th Percentile £366 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £605 £546
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% +10.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £593 £663 £625
90th Percentile £663 £738 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £570 £525
% change year-on-year -12.28% +8.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 26 10
10th Percentile £42.05 £51.97 £58.63
25th Percentile - £60.72 £63.42
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.26 £70.63
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -6.18% +28.41%
75th Percentile £72.00 £99.38 £74.95
90th Percentile £85.05 £100.00 £75.42
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £61.60 £65.13
% change year-on-year -28.64% -5.41% +177.13%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Reading

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PMP

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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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HCM
1 1 (14.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 5G
1 5 (71.43%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) EPoS Manager
3 1 (14.29%) EPoS Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) HR Manager
3 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) EPoS
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
3 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Project Governance
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Workday