Project Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Projects Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Projects Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £626, 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 300 339 468
Rank change year-on-year +39 +129 +151
Contract jobs requiring a Project Consultant 4 6 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.039% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.042% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £565 £343 £459
25th Percentile £588 £575 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £625 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +16.28% +2.38%
75th Percentile £738 £650 £550
90th Percentile £805 - £610
UK median daily rate £583 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -2.92% +9.09% +7.84%

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%

Project Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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

1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Workday
2 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) CEMLI
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SAP PS
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA

Project Consultant 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PS
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Control
1 1 (25.00%) Business Case
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
1 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Workday