Project Delivery Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Delivery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Project Delivery skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Delivery 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 58 49 53
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 370 581 1,092
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.74% 3.79% 4.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 4.31% 4.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 405 790
10th Percentile £363 £375 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £638 £637 £650
90th Percentile £700 £712 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 11
10th Percentile £19.04 £25.15 £41.50
25th Percentile £21.06 £26.51 £55.63
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.26 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.02% -47.90% +34.83%
75th Percentile £43.50 £35.00 £67.13
90th Percentile £65.63 - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £35.65 £65.00
% change year-on-year +43.76% -45.15% +46.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Delivery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Project Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Project Delivery
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 Delivery.

Project Delivery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Delivery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Delivery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Delivery hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
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 20 (5.41%) Confluence
2 13 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.08%) CMS
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 26 (7.03%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.70%) Trello
5 5 (1.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.27%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (4.05%) Oracle EBS
1 15 (4.05%) Oracle EBS R12
2 14 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (2.97%) Maximo
4 10 (2.70%) Oracle ASCP
5 5 (1.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.27%) Actimize
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.27%) BASE24
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Endur
7 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.27%) Primavera
7 1 (0.27%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 47 (12.70%) Azure
2 28 (7.57%) AWS
3 14 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.78%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (2.43%) GCP
6 8 (2.16%) Asana
6 8 (2.16%) SaaS
7 5 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (1.35%) Power Automate
8 4 (1.08%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.08%) IaaS
8 4 (1.08%) OCI
9 3 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (0.81%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.81%) PaaS
9 3 (0.81%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.54%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.78%) Firewall
2 9 (2.43%) BGP
3 8 (2.16%) OSPF
4 7 (1.89%) Multicast
5 6 (1.62%) Broadband
5 6 (1.62%) IPv6
5 6 (1.62%) MPLS
5 6 (1.62%) VPN
6 5 (1.35%) GPON
6 5 (1.35%) Network Security
7 2 (0.54%) 5G
7 2 (0.54%) ATM
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.54%) EIGRP
7 2 (0.54%) HTTP
7 2 (0.54%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (2.70%) Power BI
2 8 (2.16%) Big Data
2 8 (2.16%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.08%) Tableau
4 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.54%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.54%) GIS
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.54%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.27%) Parquet
5 1 (0.27%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 35 (9.46%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Git
3 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.54%) JMeter
3 2 (0.54%) MLflow
4 1 (0.27%) ERwin
4 1 (0.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.27%) JProfiler
4 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.27%) Postman
4 1 (0.27%) RStudio
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
4 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 162 (43.78%) Social Skills
2 128 (34.59%) Finance
3 45 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (9.19%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.22%) Organisational Skills
6 20 (5.41%) Banking
7 18 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (4.05%) Legal
9 14 (3.78%) Manufacturing
9 14 (3.78%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (2.16%) Law
12 8 (2.16%) Marketing
13 7 (1.89%) Advertising
13 7 (1.89%) Billing
13 7 (1.89%) Retail
14 6 (1.62%) Back Office
14 6 (1.62%) Military
15 5 (1.35%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 102 (27.57%) Project Manager
2 41 (11.08%) Lead
3 33 (8.92%) Senior
4 32 (8.65%) Consultant
5 22 (5.95%) Architect
6 19 (5.14%) Analyst
7 17 (4.59%) Delivery Manager
7 17 (4.59%) IT Manager
7 17 (4.59%) Programme Manager
8 15 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
9 14 (3.78%) Developer
9 14 (3.78%) Functional Consultant
9 14 (3.78%) Oracle Consultant
10 13 (3.51%) Oracle Functional Consultant
11 12 (3.24%) Senior Manager
12 11 (2.97%) SAP Manager
12 11 (2.97%) Senior Project Manager
13 10 (2.70%) Business Analyst
13 10 (2.70%) Change Manager
13 10 (2.70%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.78%) React
2 7 (1.89%) .NET
2 7 (1.89%) Spring
2 7 (1.89%) Spring Boot
3 6 (1.62%) .NET Core
4 4 (1.08%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.81%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.81%) JSON
5 3 (0.81%) PySpark
5 3 (0.81%) SAML
5 3 (0.81%) SOAP
5 3 (0.81%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.54%) ADO
6 2 (0.54%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.54%) CSS
6 2 (0.54%) Middleware
6 2 (0.54%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.54%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.54%) Web Services
6 2 (0.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 16 (4.32%) PMI
3 9 (2.43%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.16%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.16%) Operational Technology
5 7 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.08%) Life Science
7 3 (0.81%) Mainframe
7 3 (0.81%) NHS
7 3 (0.81%) Reference Data
7 3 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.54%) CMDB
8 2 (0.54%) Taxonomies
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.24%) Windows
2 10 (2.70%) Linux
3 7 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.35%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.27%) AIX
6 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (36.49%) Agile
2 127 (34.32%) Project Management
3 109 (29.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 72 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (12.16%) Change Management
6 40 (10.81%) PRINCE2
7 39 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 37 (10.00%) Migration
9 36 (9.73%) DevOps
10 35 (9.46%) Risk Management
11 33 (8.92%) Scrum
11 33 (8.92%) Waterfall
12 32 (8.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 28 (7.57%) Decision-Making
14 26 (7.03%) ITIL
14 26 (7.03%) Programme Management
15 24 (6.49%) Process Improvement
16 22 (5.95%) Resource Allocation
17 21 (5.68%) Project Planning
18 20 (5.41%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 20 (5.41%) Python
2 19 (5.14%) SQL
3 13 (3.51%) Java
4 9 (2.43%) JavaScript
4 9 (2.43%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.89%) C#
5 7 (1.89%) PHP
6 2 (0.54%) Bash
6 2 (0.54%) C
6 2 (0.54%) R
7 1 (0.27%) Assembly Language
7 1 (0.27%) C++
7 1 (0.27%) COBOL
7 1 (0.27%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) Groovy
7 1 (0.27%) JCL
7 1 (0.27%) Natural
7 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (14.59%) Security Cleared
2 48 (12.97%) SC Cleared
3 46 (12.43%) PMI Certification
4 44 (11.89%) Degree
5 33 (8.92%) PMP
6 8 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.89%) CCIE
8 5 (1.35%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.35%) CCIE Service Provider
8 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.08%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.81%) APMP
10 3 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.54%) CCNP
11 2 (0.54%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.54%) RIBA
11 2 (0.54%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.95%) PMO
2 8 (2.16%) QA
3 7 (1.89%) GDPR
3 7 (1.89%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.08%) NIST
5 4 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.54%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.54%) SLA
6 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.27%) MiFID
7 1 (0.27%) P3O
7 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.27%) SEPA
System Software
1 7 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.08%) Docker
4 3 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (4.86%) Terraform
2 7 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.35%) Ansible
3 5 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.35%) ZABBIX
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Nagios
5 1 (0.27%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.27%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.27%) Rancher
5 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.27%) VxRail
Vendors
1 44 (11.89%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.92%) SAP
3 26 (7.03%) Oracle
4 14 (3.78%) Databricks
5 12 (3.24%) VMware
6 11 (2.97%) Cisco
7 9 (2.43%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.89%) Adobe
8 7 (1.89%) SolarWinds
9 6 (1.62%) Google
9 6 (1.62%) IBM
10 5 (1.35%) Ariba
10 5 (1.35%) Nokia
10 5 (1.35%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.08%) Dell
12 3 (0.81%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.81%) Splunk
12 3 (0.81%) Workday
13 2 (0.54%) IFS
13 2 (0.54%) Virgin Media