Hybrid/Remote Business Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Business Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Business Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 329 390
Rank change year-on-year +26 +61 +143
Contract jobs requiring a Business Project Manager 4 8 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% 0.063% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.067% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 11
10th Percentile £412 £440 £400
25th Percentile £421 £556 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £663 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +26.19% -2.33%
75th Percentile £513 £691 £563
90th Percentile - £876 £700
UK median daily rate £415 £625 £519
% change year-on-year -33.60% +20.48% -1.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 9,232 11,907 18,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.46% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,085 7,637 13,405
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 295 439
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.42 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Business Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Business Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Business Project Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Business Project Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Business Project Manager job vacancies

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Business 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Business Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management

Business 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft