P3O Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring P3O skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited P3O 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 301 339 472
Rank change year-on-year +38 +133 +142
Contract jobs citing P3O 3 6 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.039% 0.019%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.20% 0.27% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - £448 £410
25th Percentile - £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £525 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +11.70% -1.05%
75th Percentile - £566 £480
90th Percentile - £594 £635
UK median daily rate £413 £525 £503
% change year-on-year -21.43% +4.48% +18.24%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

P3O falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing P3O as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

P3O trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing P3O.

P3O daily rate 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) PMO Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Finance Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Planview
2 1 (33.33%) IFS
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