Telecoms Project Manager Contracts in Reading

Project Manager - Telecommunications
Berkshire > Reading

The median Project Manager - Telecommunications daily rate in Reading is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 91 89
Rank change year-on-year +26 -2 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Telecoms Project Manager 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.33% 0.090% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.10% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £568 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +56.00% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £603 £388 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +21.76% -15.00% -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 562 993 1,035
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 89.70% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 555 691
10th Percentile £350 £327 £325
25th Percentile £450 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £716 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 42 20
10th Percentile - £48.26 £44.60
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.56 £57.44
Median hourly rate £28.00 £65.49 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.24% -0.78% +135.71%
75th Percentile £58.44 £87.46 £74.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £100.00 £77.21
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -39.48% +6.54% +122.38%

Telecoms Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Telecoms Project Manager in Reading

Telecoms Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Project Manager job vacancies in Reading

Telecoms Project Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 20 August 2025, Telecoms 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 Telecoms Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance

Telecoms 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Management
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft