P3O Contracts with Work from Home Options

Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O) Guidance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for P3O skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited P3O over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 462 601
Rank change year-on-year +128 +139 -119
Contract jobs citing P3O 7 5 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.020% 0.041%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.32% 0.16% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 13
10th Percentile £358 £410 £285
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £480 £498
90th Percentile £588 £635 £549
UK median daily rate £525 £503 £425
% change year-on-year +4.48% +18.24% -22.73%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

P3O is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,162 3,067 5,880
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.39% 12.21% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,489 2,245 4,192
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -47.24% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £20.55 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.28% +27.27% +30.95%

P3O
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

P3O trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 P3O.

P3O daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing P3O over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

P3O daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) PMO Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) ERP Support
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Planner
3 1 (14.29%) Project Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Solutions Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (14.29%) APMP
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) PMO
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft