Project Manager Contracts in Reading

Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 23 14
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 61 80 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.15% 7.74% 9.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.51% 8.09% 10.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 53 98
10th Percentile £436 £364 £371
25th Percentile £513 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% +1.48%
75th Percentile £650 £580 £542
90th Percentile £663 £635 £600
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +15.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.58 - -
Median hourly rate £71.75 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.38% - -
75th Percentile £72.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £80.50
% change year-on-year -4.62% -19.25% +192.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 1,108 989 1,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.65% 95.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 657 881
10th Percentile £213 £363 £176
25th Percentile £413 £455 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £650 £595
90th Percentile £688 £721 £651
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 23 (37.70%) Project Management
2 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (22.95%) Agile
3 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
4 13 (21.31%) Telecoms
4 13 (21.31%) Project Delivery
5 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
5 10 (16.39%) DV Cleared
5 10 (16.39%) Social Skills
6 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
6 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.11%) Migration
7 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
7 6 (9.84%) Finance
7 6 (9.84%) Change Control
7 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (9.84%) Business Case
8 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (8.20%) Project Governance
8 5 (8.20%) Windows
8 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
8 5 (8.20%) Resource Management
9 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
9 4 (6.56%) PRINCE2
9 4 (6.56%) PMP
9 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
9 4 (6.56%) Performance Measurement
9 4 (6.56%) Matrix Organization
9 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (6.56%) Azure

Project Manager Skill Set
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 1 (1.64%) Confluence
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Maya
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
2 3 (4.92%) SaaS
3 2 (3.28%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) 5G
2 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 13 (21.31%) Telecoms
2 10 (16.39%) Public Sector
2 10 (16.39%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.84%) Finance
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.20%) Windows
2 1 (1.64%) Android
2 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.70%) Project Management
2 15 (24.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (22.95%) Agile
4 13 (21.31%) Project Delivery
5 8 (13.11%) Migration
5 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
6 6 (9.84%) Business Case
6 6 (9.84%) Change Control
6 6 (9.84%) Risk Management
6 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (8.20%) Project Governance
7 5 (8.20%) Resource Management
8 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (6.56%) Matrix Organization
8 4 (6.56%) Performance Measurement
8 4 (6.56%) PRINCE2
9 3 (4.92%) Change Management
9 3 (4.92%) Contingency Planning
9 3 (4.92%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 14 (22.95%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) PMI Certification
3 4 (6.56%) PMP
3 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) APMP
4 3 (4.92%) Degree
5 2 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.64%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) PMO
1 3 (4.92%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.28%) Citrix
2 2 (3.28%) NEC
2 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco
3 1 (1.64%) EMC
3 1 (1.64%) IBM
3 1 (1.64%) Isilon
3 1 (1.64%) Nokia
3 1 (1.64%) Salesforce