Digital Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Digital Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Digital Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 323 427
Rank change year-on-year +36 +104 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Project Manager 17 22 50
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 43
10th Percentile £200 £228 £349
25th Percentile £295 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.13%
75th Percentile £551 £504 £600
90th Percentile £713 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £505 £413 £498
% change year-on-year +22.42% -17.09% +4.74%

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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Digital Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Project Manager.

Digital Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Digital Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Digital Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Digital Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Digital Project Manager.

Digital Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Digital 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 Digital Project Manager in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (29.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
5 4 (23.53%) SAP
6 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
6 3 (17.65%) PMP
6 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
6 3 (17.65%) Marketing
6 3 (17.65%) JIRA
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
6 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
6 3 (17.65%) Analytics
6 3 (17.65%) User Experience
7 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (11.76%) PMO
7 2 (11.76%) Business Case
7 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
7 2 (11.76%) Budget Management
7 2 (11.76%) Web Development
7 2 (11.76%) Local Government
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
7 2 (11.76%) Data Management

Digital 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 (5.88%) CMS
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Magento
1 1 (5.88%) SAP BPC
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (5.88%) Shopify
1 1 (5.88%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Asana
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.88%) Google Analytics
1 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Local Government
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Project Management
2 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
3 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Analytics
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (17.65%) User Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
5 2 (11.76%) Business Case
5 2 (11.76%) Data Management
5 2 (11.76%) Document Management
5 2 (11.76%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) Scrum
5 2 (11.76%) SEO
5 2 (11.76%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
2 3 (17.65%) PMP
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Ariba
2 1 (5.88%) Google
2 1 (5.88%) Salesforce