Project Delivery Contracts in Reading

Project Delivery
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 25 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 -34
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 50 80 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 8.38% 6.71% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.01% 7.44% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 31 28
10th Percentile £300 £180 £359
25th Percentile £525 £394 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% +11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 £615 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £582
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £543 £540
% change year-on-year +10.60% +0.46% +24.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Berkshire median hourly rate - £57.32 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +27.38% -44.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Project 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 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Project Delivery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in Reading

Project Delivery
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Project Delivery in Reading

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Delivery in Reading

Project Delivery
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Project Delivery in Reading

Project Delivery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) OpenStack
1 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (46.00%) Oracle EBS
1 23 (46.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (24.00%) Maximo
2 12 (24.00%) Oracle ASCP
3 4 (8.00%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (4.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle CX
3 1 (2.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) OCI
3 1 (2.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) 3G
1 2 (4.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (4.00%) 4G
1 2 (4.00%) 5G
1 2 (4.00%) LTE
2 1 (2.00%) LAN
2 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Selenium
General
1 28 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (42.00%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (36.00%) Finance
4 7 (14.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.00%) Billing
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (44.00%) Consultant
1 22 (44.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 21 (42.00%) Functional Consultant
2 21 (42.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 7 (14.00%) Lead
3 7 (14.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Logistics Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) Procurement Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) Senior
5 3 (6.00%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.00%) HR Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) Junior
6 2 (4.00%) Junior Project Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) Technical Design Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Technical Design Authority
6 2 (4.00%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.00%) CMDB
2 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.00%) Windows
1 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.00%) E-business
3 13 (26.00%) Project Management
4 9 (18.00%) Logistics
5 8 (16.00%) Agile
6 6 (12.00%) PRINCE2
6 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (10.00%) Migration
7 5 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (10.00%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.00%) Project Governance
8 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (6.00%) Change Management
9 3 (6.00%) Data Architecture
9 3 (6.00%) Data Science
9 3 (6.00%) Data Transformation
9 3 (6.00%) Decision-Making
9 3 (6.00%) Defect Management
9 3 (6.00%) Matrix Organization
9 3 (6.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) Java
1 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (6.00%) PMP
2 2 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (2.00%) APMP
3 1 (2.00%) CCDA
3 1 (2.00%) CCDP
3 1 (2.00%) CCNA
3 1 (2.00%) CCNP
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.00%) CISSP
3 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) ISEB
3 1 (2.00%) MCSE
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.00%) P3O
2 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Oracle
2 3 (6.00%) VMware
3 2 (4.00%) Databricks
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) SAP
3 2 (4.00%) Virgin Media
4 1 (2.00%) Adobe
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Cramer
4 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.00%) Genesys
4 1 (2.00%) IFS
4 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
4 1 (2.00%) Remedy
4 1 (2.00%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow