Project Manager Jobs in Reading

Project Manager
Berkshire > Reading

The median Project Manager salary in Reading is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 92 78
Rank change year-on-year +29 -14 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Manager 63 34 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.38% 2.25% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.57% 2.40% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 33 28 24
10th Percentile £43,750 - £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,300 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.10% -8.80% -9.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,813 £63,125
90th Percentile - £70,250 £71,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.61% -24.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 1,766 1,416 1,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 93.84% 96.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 743 1,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £38,880 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +1.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.02% +2.61% +4.55%

Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Manager in Reading.

Salary trend for Project Manager in Reading

Project Manager
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Manager in Reading over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Manager in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Project Manager 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 permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 45 (71.43%) Project Management
2 30 (47.62%) Project Delivery
3 23 (36.51%) Agile
4 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 17 (26.98%) Actionable Insight
5 17 (26.98%) Agile Project Management
5 17 (26.98%) SDLC
6 16 (25.40%) PRINCE2
7 13 (20.63%) Presales
7 13 (20.63%) Software Delivery
8 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
9 7 (11.11%) Wireless
9 7 (11.11%) Risk Management
9 7 (11.11%) PMI Certification
9 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (11.11%) Project Planning
10 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
10 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (9.52%) Change Management
11 5 (7.94%) Risk Register
11 5 (7.94%) Business Strategy
11 5 (7.94%) Business Case
11 5 (7.94%) Decision-Making
11 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (7.94%) Finance
11 5 (7.94%) B2B
11 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
11 5 (7.94%) PMP
11 5 (7.94%) Degree
12 4 (6.35%) Content Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.17%) CMS
3 1 (1.59%) Kentico
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) OneDrive
2 1 (1.59%) Basecamp
2 1 (1.59%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.11%) Wireless
2 1 (1.59%) LAN
2 1 (1.59%) SMS
2 1 (1.59%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Finance
3 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) Flash
2 1 (1.59%) .NET
2 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.59%) CSS
2 1 (1.59%) HTML
2 1 (1.59%) JSON
2 1 (1.59%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.35%) FMCG
2 4 (6.35%) PMI
3 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Android
1 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (71.43%) Project Management
2 30 (47.62%) Project Delivery
3 23 (36.51%) Agile
4 17 (26.98%) Actionable Insight
4 17 (26.98%) Agile Project Management
4 17 (26.98%) SDLC
5 16 (25.40%) PRINCE2
6 13 (20.63%) Presales
6 13 (20.63%) Software Delivery
7 7 (11.11%) Project Planning
7 7 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 6 (9.52%) Change Management
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.94%) B2B
9 5 (7.94%) Business Case
9 5 (7.94%) Business Strategy
9 5 (7.94%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.94%) Risk Register
10 4 (6.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 4 (6.35%) Records Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.94%) Degree
4 5 (7.94%) PMP
5 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.59%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (1.59%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.59%) NEC