Project Manager Contracts in Reading

Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £526, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 41 24
Rank change year-on-year -3 -17 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 16 56 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.88% 4.84% 7.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.09% 5.24% 8.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 31 53
10th Percentile £374 £430 £364
25th Percentile £413 £519 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% +14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £575
90th Percentile £650 £663 £626
Berkshire median daily rate £482 £575 £513
% change year-on-year -16.22% +12.20% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £71.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.38% -
Berkshire median hourly rate £72.28 £62.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +16.57% -4.62% -19.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 517 1,068 975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 92.39% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 611 650
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 50 22
10th Percentile £53.50 £33.52 £45.25
25th Percentile - £52.90 £55.91
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.95% +151.92%
75th Percentile - £75.83 £74.59
90th Percentile £74.31 £87.47 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.15 £56.89
% change year-on-year +7.14% +3.98% +195.51%

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 23 May 2025.

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 23 May 2025, 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 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) NIST
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
5 3 (18.75%) OWASP
5 3 (18.75%) Azure
5 3 (18.75%) DevOps
5 3 (18.75%) Contract Negotiation
5 3 (18.75%) Snyk
5 3 (18.75%) SonarCloud
5 3 (18.75%) Programme Governance
5 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
6 2 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) PMP
6 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
6 2 (12.50%) Finance

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) SonarCloud
2 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Snyk
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (18.75%) Legal
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 5 (31.25%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Contract Negotiation
4 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) OWASP
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Programme Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (6.25%) Data Governance
6 1 (6.25%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
6 1 (6.25%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 2 (12.50%) PMP
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (6.25%) EU AI Act
2 1 (6.25%) GDPR
2 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe
1 1 (6.25%) Cramer
1 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
1 1 (6.25%) Facebook
1 1 (6.25%) Infoblox
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy
1 1 (6.25%) SAP