Project Management Contracts in Reading

Project Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 22 17
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 32 89 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.86% 7.57% 9.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.39% 8.57% 10.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 40 65
10th Percentile £365 £346 £347
25th Percentile £420 £422 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -3.37% +2.50%
75th Percentile £638 £608 £625
90th Percentile £663 - £683
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £525 £481
% change year-on-year -14.29% +9.09% +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £72.33 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £52.75 £55.00 £68.55
% change year-on-year -4.09% -19.77% -14.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Project 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 501 1,038 919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.76% 88.27% 88.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 540 598
10th Percentile £333 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -2.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 51 24
10th Percentile £67.34 £14.50 £45.75
25th Percentile £68.99 £52.21 £60.73
Median hourly rate £72.35 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -6.67% +120.00%
75th Percentile £75.08 £80.69 £75.19
90th Percentile £76.35 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £60.80 £63.84
% change year-on-year +1.14% -4.76% +203.63%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in Reading

Project Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Project Management in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Reading over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Project Management in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Management in Reading

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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 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Maximo
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle ASCP
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (3.13%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.13%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (3.13%) AWS
3 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (3.13%) FTP
2 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Selenium
General
1 14 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 13 (40.63%) Finance
3 10 (31.25%) Telecoms
4 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.38%) Legal
6 2 (6.25%) Billing
7 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
7 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Lead
2 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle Consultant
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Business Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Change Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Test Leader
5 1 (3.13%) Commercial Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Network Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Transition Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Transition Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 9 (28.13%) Agile
3 8 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (15.63%) Change Control
5 5 (15.63%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (15.63%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (9.38%) Change Management
7 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (9.38%) DevOps
7 3 (9.38%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (9.38%) Test Management
7 3 (9.38%) Test Strategy
7 3 (9.38%) Waterfall
8 2 (6.25%) Migration
8 2 (6.25%) Service Management
8 2 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) APMP
2 4 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.25%) PMP
5 1 (3.13%) Degree
5 1 (3.13%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) P3O
2 1 (3.13%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) GRC
2 1 (3.13%) NIST
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) IFS
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) Cramer
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe
4 1 (3.13%) Dynatrace
4 1 (3.13%) Infoblox
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) NEC
4 1 (3.13%) Remedy
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow