Payments Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Manager - Payments
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager - Payments daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £375, 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 296 339 472
Rank change year-on-year +43 +133 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Payments Project Manager 8 6 5
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.039% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.042% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile £357 £330 -
25th Percentile £363 £375 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £509 £628 £575
90th Percentile £656 £679 £635
UK median daily rate £613 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +22.50% -18.37% +4.26%

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%

Payments Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Payments 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 Payments Project Manager.

Payments Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

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

Payments Project Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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

1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Banking
3 5 (62.50%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Change Management
4 4 (50.00%) Legal
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Kanban
4 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
4 4 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
4 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
4 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (37.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
6 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
6 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
6 1 (12.50%) SEPA
6 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
6 1 (12.50%) PACS
6 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis

Payments 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) Banking
3 4 (50.00%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (37.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (12.50%) PACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Change Management
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 4 (50.00%) Kanban
2 4 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Data Mapping
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Product Backlog
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 20022
1 1 (12.50%) SEPA
6 Payments Project Manager jobs Nationwide