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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 -23
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 34 61 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.78% 5.28% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 6.11% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 28
10th Percentile £357 £248 £363
25th Percentile £455 £413 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £501 £508
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -1.38% +1.50%
75th Percentile £630 £619 £555
90th Percentile £650 £638 £601
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £538 £518
% change year-on-year -2.37% +3.91% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £51.00 £62.57 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.49% +39.04% -

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 542 999 984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.18% 86.49% 88.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 528 650
10th Percentile £350 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £580 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £714 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -6.76% +2.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 38 25
10th Percentile - £14.50 £29.10
25th Percentile £14.75 £51.86 £53.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £61.60 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year -66.31% -5.41% +117.08%
75th Percentile £38.42 £75.83 £74.00
90th Percentile £60.50 £87.47 £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £61.33 £59.38
% change year-on-year -39.21% +3.29% +163.89%

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 27 July 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 6 (17.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
1 4 (11.76%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle CX
3 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.94%) OCI
4 1 (2.94%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Network Security
2 2 (5.88%) 5G
2 2 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Selenium
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Telecoms
3 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Billing
7 1 (2.94%) Marketing
7 1 (2.94%) Military
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.59%) Lead
3 3 (8.82%) Consultant
3 3 (8.82%) CyberArk Consultant
3 3 (8.82%) Security Consultant
4 2 (5.88%) Presales Consultant
4 2 (5.88%) Security Presales Consultant
4 2 (5.88%) Senior
4 2 (5.88%) Technical Writer
4 2 (5.88%) Test Leader
4 2 (5.88%) Test Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Architect
5 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (2.94%) IT Manager
5 1 (2.94%) Logistics Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) Programme Manager
5 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow Architect
5 1 (2.94%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) CMDB
1 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Project Management
2 12 (35.29%) PRINCE2
3 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (23.53%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (17.65%) ITIL
5 6 (17.65%) Project Governance
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (14.71%) Change Control
6 5 (14.71%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (14.71%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (11.76%) CRM
7 4 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (11.76%) Waterfall
8 3 (8.82%) Defect Management
8 3 (8.82%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (8.82%) Test Management
8 3 (8.82%) Test Strategy
8 3 (8.82%) Validation
9 2 (5.88%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) APMP
1 5 (14.71%) PMI Certification
1 5 (14.71%) PMP
2 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) P3O
2 2 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) IFS
1 5 (14.71%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.82%) Broadcom
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (8.82%) CyberArk
3 3 (8.82%) Splunk
3 3 (8.82%) Symantec
4 2 (5.88%) Databricks
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.94%) Adobe
5 1 (2.94%) Computacenter
5 1 (2.94%) Cramer
5 1 (2.94%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.94%) Genesys
5 1 (2.94%) Remedy
5 1 (2.94%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow