Project Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £515 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 27 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 925 1,848 3,390
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.11% 7.23% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.53% 7.58% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 1,317 2,544
10th Percentile £333 £388 £370
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.06% +4.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 43 35
10th Percentile £23.59 £31.93 £20.25
25th Percentile £28.71 £56.25 £42.09
Median hourly rate £42.31 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.92% +8.33% +108.84%
75th Percentile £60.00 £66.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £63.25 £51.25
% change year-on-year -42.42% +23.41% +73.73%

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%

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project 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 Project Manager.

Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Project Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Project Manager in the job title.

1 446 (48.22%) Project Management
2 279 (30.16%) Finance
3 243 (26.27%) Agile
4 239 (25.84%) Social Skills
5 180 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 166 (17.95%) Project Delivery
7 157 (16.97%) PRINCE2
8 114 (12.32%) Change Management
9 109 (11.78%) Migration
10 105 (11.35%) Security Cleared
11 99 (10.70%) Public Sector
12 97 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
13 91 (9.84%) Risk Management
14 89 (9.62%) SC Cleared
15 87 (9.41%) Degree
16 79 (8.54%) Waterfall
17 78 (8.43%) Microsoft
18 67 (7.24%) Budget Management
19 63 (6.81%) Scrum
20 62 (6.70%) SAP
20 62 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
21 61 (6.59%) Business Case
22 59 (6.38%) Banking
23 58 (6.27%) PMP
23 58 (6.27%) Azure
24 57 (6.16%) Decision-Making
25 55 (5.95%) PMI Certification
26 52 (5.62%) Project Planning
27 51 (5.51%) Project Governance
28 48 (5.19%) ERP

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.51%) Confluence
3 7 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.54%) CMS
5 4 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.11%) Moodle
6 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 37 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
2 36 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 18 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.86%) Sage 200
2 8 (0.86%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.76%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (6.27%) Azure
2 24 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (2.27%) SaaS
4 18 (1.95%) Power Platform
5 17 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (1.62%) Smartsheet
7 11 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
7 11 (1.19%) WhatsApp
8 10 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (0.97%) AWS
10 7 (0.76%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 5 (0.54%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.32%) GCP
12 3 (0.32%) GitHub
12 3 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.32%) OCI
12 3 (0.32%) SAP Fieldglass
13 2 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.95%) Structured Cabling
2 16 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.76%) LAN
4 6 (0.65%) 5G
4 6 (0.65%) WAN
4 6 (0.65%) Wireless
5 5 (0.54%) Network Security
6 4 (0.43%) Firewall
7 3 (0.32%) SAN
7 3 (0.32%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.32%) SNA
7 3 (0.32%) VPN
8 2 (0.22%) Broadband
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.22%) CTI
8 2 (0.22%) Internet
8 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
2 14 (1.51%) Power BI
3 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.43%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.22%) Big Data
5 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.22%) DB2
5 2 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.22%) Metadata
5 2 (0.22%) MySQL
5 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.22%) Tableau
6 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 45 (4.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 279 (30.16%) Finance
2 239 (25.84%) Social Skills
3 99 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 62 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (6.38%) Banking
6 43 (4.65%) Retail
7 41 (4.43%) Manufacturing
8 34 (3.68%) Legal
8 34 (3.68%) Marketing
8 34 (3.68%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 21 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
12 19 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.95%) Electronics
14 17 (1.84%) Local Government
15 15 (1.62%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (1.19%) Financial Institution
18 10 (1.08%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.43%) ADO
2 3 (0.32%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.22%) Middleware
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.11%) .NET
4 1 (0.11%) Express.js
4 1 (0.11%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.11%) Node.js
4 1 (0.11%) React
4 1 (0.11%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.11%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.11%) WF
4 1 (0.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 22 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.05%) Onboarding
4 18 (1.95%) NHS
5 16 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
5 16 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.41%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.41%) Virtual Team
7 12 (1.30%) FMCG
7 12 (1.30%) PMI
8 11 (1.19%) Life Science
9 9 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.76%) Over-the-Top Content
10 7 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (0.76%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (0.65%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.73%) Windows
2 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.32%) Linux
3 3 (0.32%) Unix
4 2 (0.22%) zOS
5 1 (0.11%) Android
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (48.22%) Project Management
2 243 (26.27%) Agile
3 180 (19.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 166 (17.95%) Project Delivery
5 157 (16.97%) PRINCE2
6 114 (12.32%) Change Management
7 109 (11.78%) Migration
8 97 (10.49%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (9.84%) Risk Management
10 79 (8.54%) Waterfall
11 67 (7.24%) Budget Management
12 63 (6.81%) Scrum
13 61 (6.59%) Business Case
14 57 (6.16%) Decision-Making
15 52 (5.62%) Project Planning
16 51 (5.51%) Project Governance
17 48 (5.19%) ERP
18 42 (4.54%) Programme Management
19 38 (4.11%) Cybersecurity
20 37 (4.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 16 (1.73%) SQL
2 8 (0.86%) Python
3 4 (0.43%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.32%) PHP
5 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.22%) Java
5 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.11%) C
6 1 (0.11%) C#
6 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 105 (11.35%) Security Cleared
2 89 (9.62%) SC Cleared
3 87 (9.41%) Degree
4 58 (6.27%) PMP
5 55 (5.95%) PMI Certification
6 39 (4.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 21 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 12 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (0.86%) APMP
11 4 (0.43%) CISM
11 4 (0.43%) CISSP
11 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.32%) RIBA
13 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.11%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.86%) PMO
2 28 (3.03%) QA
3 10 (1.08%) SLA
4 6 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.65%) GRC
5 5 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.54%) GDPR
5 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.43%) NIST
7 3 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.32%) GxP
8 2 (0.22%) COBIT
8 2 (0.22%) IFRS
8 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.11%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.32%) Argo
1 3 (0.32%) TrustSec
2 2 (0.22%) SCCM
3 1 (0.11%) Ansible
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.11%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 78 (8.43%) Microsoft
2 62 (6.70%) SAP
3 28 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.16%) Sage
5 15 (1.62%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.41%) Oracle
7 12 (1.30%) Cisco
8 11 (1.19%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.76%) Adobe
9 7 (0.76%) Google
10 5 (0.54%) Databricks
10 5 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.54%) Splunk
10 5 (0.54%) Workday
11 4 (0.43%) Citrix
12 3 (0.32%) Ariba
12 3 (0.32%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.32%) BT
12 3 (0.32%) Charles River
12 3 (0.32%) VMware