Lead Project Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Lead Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Project Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £675 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 327 436 588
Rank change year-on-year +109 +152 -116
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Project Manager 10 31 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.12% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.13% 0.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 27
10th Percentile £568 £432 £368
25th Percentile £613 £456 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £544 £600
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -9.38% +23.39%
75th Percentile £713 £691 £775
90th Percentile - £728 £874
UK median daily rate £663 £588 £600
% change year-on-year +12.77% -2.08% +26.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - £65.00 -
25th Percentile - £65.25 -
Median hourly rate - £65.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -0.76% -
75th Percentile - £65.75 £70.13
90th Percentile - - £77.55
UK median hourly rate £26.73 £65.50 £66.00
% change year-on-year -59.19% -0.76% -

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%

Lead Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Lead Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager.

Lead Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead 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 Lead Project Manager.

Lead Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead 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, Lead 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 Lead Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Budget Management
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (30.00%) PMP
4 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Identification
6 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Validation
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Servant Leadership
6 1 (10.00%) Bill of Materials
6 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Lead 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Coaching
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Kanban
4 1 (10.00%) Presales
4 1 (10.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (30.00%) PMP
1 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (10.00%) Databricks
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) VMware