Professional Services Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Manager - Professional Services
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager - Professional Services daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, 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 303 343 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Professional Services Project Manager 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.013% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.014% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 -

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%

Professional Services Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Professional Services Project Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Professional Services 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 Professional Services Project Manager.

Professional Services Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Professional Services Project Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Professional Services 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP