Project Manager Contracts in Berkshire

Project Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Project Manager daily rate in Berkshire is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 16 4
Rank change year-on-year -16 -12 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 102 170 349
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.29% 9.57% 14.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.67% 10.09% 15.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 125 237
10th Percentile £413 £350 £381
25th Percentile £501 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +1.00% +0.91%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £538
90th Percentile £663 £624 £590
South East median daily rate £525 £515 £500
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 1
10th Percentile £41.25 - -
25th Percentile £41.38 - £77.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -18.75% +190.91%
75th Percentile £72.33 - £82.50
90th Percentile £100.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £42.50 £61.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year -30.76% -5.57% +91.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,798 1,685 2,252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 94.88% 95.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 932 1,052 1,437
10th Percentile £243 £325 £213
25th Percentile £388 £419 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £688 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 59 37
10th Percentile £19.12 £17.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £42.00 £24.75 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.03 £64.68 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.64% +207.98% -2.33%
75th Percentile £75.24 £74.90 £34.89
90th Percentile £87.53 £79.40 £67.80
South East median hourly rate £48.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.00% +150.00% -20.00%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Project Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Project Manager in Berkshire

Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -16 56 £608 +15.71% 13
Bracknell -9 20 £525 +1.94% 1
Slough -4 7 £538 +18.13% 6
Wokingham - 4 £575 - 2
Maidenhead -8 2 £550 -12.80% 1
Newbury -8 1 £475 +11.76% 2
Windsor -10 1 £625 +31.58% 2
Project Manager
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 Berkshire region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 47 (46.08%) Project Management
2 24 (23.53%) Agile
3 23 (22.55%) Social Skills
4 22 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (19.61%) Security Cleared
6 18 (17.65%) PRINCE2
7 17 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 15 (14.71%) Change Management
8 15 (14.71%) Project Delivery
9 14 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (13.73%) Risk Management
9 14 (13.73%) Finance
10 13 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
11 12 (11.76%) Migration
11 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
11 12 (11.76%) Degree
12 11 (10.78%) Telecoms
12 11 (10.78%) Waterfall
12 11 (10.78%) Budget Management
13 10 (9.80%) PMI Certification
14 9 (8.82%) Life Science
14 9 (8.82%) Performance Measurement
14 9 (8.82%) Smartsheet
15 8 (7.84%) Decision-Making
15 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
15 8 (7.84%) PMI
16 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
16 7 (6.86%) Resource Management
16 7 (6.86%) QA

Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.96%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.82%) Smartsheet
2 5 (4.90%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) SaaS
3 4 (3.92%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.94%) 5G
2 1 (0.98%) MPLS
2 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.98%) VoLTE
2 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.96%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (0.98%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.98%) GIS
2 1 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 23 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (13.73%) Finance
3 12 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 11 (10.78%) Telecoms
5 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.88%) Legal
6 6 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Retail
9 2 (1.96%) Aviation
9 2 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Automotive
10 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.98%) Law
10 1 (0.98%) Marketing
10 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
1 2 (1.96%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.82%) Life Science
2 8 (7.84%) PMI
3 5 (4.90%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.94%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.96%) Replication
7 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.98%) FMCG
7 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (46.08%) Project Management
2 24 (23.53%) Agile
3 22 (21.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 15 (14.71%) Change Management
5 15 (14.71%) Project Delivery
6 14 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (13.73%) Risk Management
7 13 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (11.76%) Migration
9 11 (10.78%) Budget Management
9 11 (10.78%) Waterfall
10 9 (8.82%) Performance Measurement
11 8 (7.84%) Decision-Making
12 7 (6.86%) Matrix Organization
12 7 (6.86%) Resource Management
13 6 (5.88%) Analytics
13 6 (5.88%) Data Protection
13 6 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 6 (5.88%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) Security Cleared
2 17 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 12 (11.76%) Degree
4 10 (9.80%) PMI Certification
5 6 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (3.92%) CISM
6 4 (3.92%) CISSP
6 4 (3.92%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.94%) APMP
8 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.96%) PMP
9 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) QA
2 4 (3.92%) PMO
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.98%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.92%) Workday
3 3 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.94%) SAP
4 2 (1.96%) Ariba
4 2 (1.96%) Citrix
4 2 (1.96%) NEC
4 2 (1.96%) Oracle
4 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.98%) Cisco
5 1 (0.98%) EMC
5 1 (0.98%) Fujitsu
5 1 (0.98%) IBM
5 1 (0.98%) Isilon
5 1 (0.98%) Nokia