Project Management Job Trends in Reading

Project Management
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 31 41
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -14
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 14 46 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 2.40% 5.76% 5.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.03% 6.53% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10 14 38
10th Percentile £41,125 £43,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £48,194 £53,188 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -5.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £59,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £112,000 £69,375
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £56,876 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.28% +8.34% +0.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 704 936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.25% 88.22% 92.58%
Number of salaries quoted 299 314 607
10th Percentile £28,600 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,313 £50,000 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Reading

Project Management
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Reading over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Reading

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (7.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Asana
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (7.14%) OCI
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Big Data
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle APEX
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) General Ledger
2 1 (7.14%) Marketing
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) CRM Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) CRM Implementation Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Implementation Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) IT Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Test Leader
3 2 (14.29%) UAT Lead
3 2 (14.29%) UAT Test Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Customer Services Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team
2 1 (7.14%) AS400
2 1 (7.14%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ERP
2 3 (21.43%) Agile
2 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
2 3 (21.43%) Change Management
2 3 (21.43%) CRM
2 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Budget Control
3 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.14%) Cash Management
4 1 (7.14%) Data Management
4 1 (7.14%) Migration
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (7.14%) CFA
3 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) HubSpot
2 1 (7.14%) IFS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP