Programme Delivery Contract Job Trends in Reading

Programme Delivery
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Programme Delivery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs citing Programme Delivery 5 0 19
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.75% - 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% - 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 15
10th Percentile - - £434
25th Percentile £513 - £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.92%
75th Percentile £622 - £763
90th Percentile £751 - £775
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £451 £625
% change year-on-year +22.09% -27.92% +42.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Programme Delivery 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 607 967 966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.14% 88.55% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 532 624
10th Percentile £325 £350 £213
25th Percentile £450 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £623
90th Percentile £648 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 16 17
10th Percentile £14.75 £23.50 £41.24
25th Percentile £17.40 £52.81 £60.82
Median hourly rate £58.00 £60.53 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -4.36% +15.07%
75th Percentile £81.00 £65.97 £66.44
90th Percentile £96.00 £81.18 £75.10
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.47 £61.72
% change year-on-year -32.01% -3.64% +23.44%

Programme Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Programme Delivery job vacancy trend in Reading

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Programme Delivery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Programme Delivery

Programme Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Programme Delivery in Reading over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Programme Delivery in Reading

Programme Delivery
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Service Design
2 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) PMO