Category Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Category Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Category Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £607 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 454 620
Rank change year-on-year +127 +166 -137
Contract jobs requiring a Category Manager 10 13 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.051% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.053% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 4
10th Percentile £544 £398 £347
25th Percentile £567 £450 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £463 £430
Median % change year-on-year +31.14% +7.56% -28.33%
75th Percentile £626 £575 £513
90th Percentile - £665 £535
UK median daily rate £619 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +30.32% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £31.92 -
UK median hourly rate - £31.92 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,162 24,375 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.31% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,491 17,215 30,853
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 603
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.75 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.60%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Category Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Category Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Category Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Category Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Category Manager.

Category Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Category Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Category 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Category Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 5 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 5 (50.00%) Legal
3 5 (50.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing
5 2 (20.00%) People Management
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
6 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 1 (10.00%) Facilities Management
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (10.00%) SaaS
6 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (10.00%) Finance

Category Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 5 (50.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (40.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) People Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Contract Negotiation
5 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (10.00%) Facilities Management
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle