Line Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Line Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Line Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Line Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 248 208 281
Rank change year-on-year -40 +73 -5
Contract jobs citing Line Management 56 139 202
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.57% 0.91% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 1.03% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 107 155
10th Percentile £351 £256 £275
25th Percentile £373 £431 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £601 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% +14.40% -
75th Percentile £544 £888 £638
90th Percentile £725 - £800
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 5
10th Percentile £18.46 £14.98 £24.02
25th Percentile £19.00 £19.41 £31.17
Median hourly rate £28.18 £25.28 £31.92
Median % change year-on-year +11.49% -20.82% +18.31%
75th Percentile - £44.74 £53.35
90th Percentile £53.27 - £60.34
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £23.32 £16.83
% change year-on-year +13.64% +38.56% -37.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Line Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Line Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Line Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Line Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Line Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Line Management.

Line Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Line Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Line Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Line Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Line Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Line Management.

Line Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Line Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Line Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Line Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Line Management
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 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) iTrent
2 1 (1.79%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.79%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.50%) Azure
1 7 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (7.14%) AWS
2 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.36%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (5.36%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (3.57%) IaaS
4 2 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.57%) 4G
1 2 (3.57%) Firewall
1 2 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (3.57%) Network Security
1 2 (3.57%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.57%) WAN
2 1 (1.79%) Intranet
2 1 (1.79%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.50%) Power BI
2 3 (5.36%) Data Lake
2 3 (5.36%) Neo4j
2 3 (5.36%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.79%) UniData
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Forms
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Finance
3 13 (23.21%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Automotive
6 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.57%) Police
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Back Office
7 1 (1.79%) Billing
7 1 (1.79%) Law
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Local Government
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (16.07%) Senior
2 7 (12.50%) Lead
3 6 (10.71%) Administrator
4 5 (8.93%) Analyst
4 5 (8.93%) Data Scientist
4 5 (8.93%) Product Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Senior Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 4 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (5.36%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (5.36%) Service Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Product Manager
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Technical Support
7 2 (3.57%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) Plotly
1 4 (7.14%) React
2 3 (5.36%) LDAP
2 3 (5.36%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.57%) Infotainment
3 2 (3.57%) Learning Management System
3 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.79%) NHS
4 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Windows
2 5 (8.93%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.14%) Unix
4 3 (5.36%) Linux
4 3 (5.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (17.86%) ITIL
4 8 (14.29%) Change Management
4 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (12.50%) Agile
5 7 (12.50%) Data Science
5 7 (12.50%) PRINCE2
5 7 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 6 (10.71%) Process Improvement
6 6 (10.71%) Project Management
6 6 (10.71%) Storage Management
7 5 (8.93%) Business Case
7 5 (8.93%) Business Continuity
7 5 (8.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (8.93%) Information Security
7 5 (8.93%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.93%) Product Management
8 4 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (7.14%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.14%) Python
3 3 (5.36%) Shell Script
3 3 (5.36%) SQL
4 2 (3.57%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.79%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 11 (19.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) Degree
4 3 (5.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.57%) ACCA
5 2 (3.57%) APMG
5 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.57%) CCAB
5 2 (3.57%) CIMA
5 2 (3.57%) CIPFA
5 2 (3.57%) HNC
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (5.36%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) COSHH
2 2 (3.57%) ISO 14001
2 2 (3.57%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) SLA
3 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.79%) MiFID
3 1 (1.79%) NIST
3 1 (1.79%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) Docker
2 3 (5.36%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.36%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.57%) vSphere
4 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Databricks
3 2 (3.57%) BT
3 2 (3.57%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.57%) VMware
4 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.79%) Snow