Project Planning Contracts in Reading

Project Planning
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 66 79
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 24 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.66% 2.14% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 2.49% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £451 £425 -
25th Percentile £452 £544 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -23.96% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £464 £656 £675
90th Percentile £467 £681 -
Berkshire median daily rate £456 £425 £550
% change year-on-year +7.35% -22.73% -10.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Project Planning 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 561 964 954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.42% 85.84% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 523 628
10th Percentile £352 £342 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% +6.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £515 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 35 22
10th Percentile - £14.50 £21.40
25th Percentile £14.75 £52.21 £54.50
Median hourly rate £20.38 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.92% -6.67% +120.00%
75th Percentile £38.42 £75.93 £74.59
90th Percentile £59.13 £87.46 £76.82
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £59.38
% change year-on-year -47.97% +3.75% +97.92%

Project Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Project Planning in Reading

Project Planning
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 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 5G
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) OSS Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Design
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) COBIT
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cramer
1 1 (25.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) Workday