Senior Project Manager Contracts in Reading

Senior Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate in Reading is £615 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 74 81
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 17 12 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.43% 1.16% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.22% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 12
10th Percentile £563 £414 £508
25th Percentile £594 £468 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -2.33% +1.12%
75th Percentile £639 £550 £628
90th Percentile £675 £597 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £611 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +20.74% -3.57% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £65.00 -

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 1,110 987 1,281
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.64% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 657 874
10th Percentile £213 £363 £184
25th Percentile £413 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £599
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 25 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £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 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.60% +170.88% -1.29%

Senior Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Project Manager in Reading

Senior Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Project Manager in Reading

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Project Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Project Manager in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Waterfall
5 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 4 (23.53%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
6 3 (17.65%) Cost Accounting
6 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Identification
6 3 (17.65%) Business Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Contingency Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Conflict Resolution
6 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Change Control
6 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Resource Management
6 3 (17.65%) SaaS
7 2 (11.76%) Target Operating Model
7 2 (11.76%) Application Discovery
7 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
7 2 (11.76%) Windows
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity

Senior 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 (17.65%) SaaS
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Agile
2 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Project Management
4 5 (29.41%) Waterfall
5 4 (23.53%) Business Case
5 4 (23.53%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (17.65%) Business Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Change Control
6 3 (17.65%) Conflict Resolution
6 3 (17.65%) Contingency Planning
6 3 (17.65%) Cost Accounting
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Resource Management
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Identification
7 2 (11.76%) Application Discovery
7 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (11.76%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft