Project Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 23 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +9
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,138 1,825 3,301
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.64% 7.30% 7.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.69% 8.14% 8.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 722 1,235 2,427
10th Percentile £319 £363 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £593
90th Percentile £725 £717 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 75 69
10th Percentile £23.54 £22.70 £22.37
25th Percentile £35.00 £33.13 £36.00
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +10.11% +18.67%
75th Percentile £46.94 £69.38 £51.00
90th Percentile £60.63 £85.00 £81.90
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £48.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +46.97% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,102 22,417 40,338
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.99% 89.73% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,786 15,844 29,294
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 517 543
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.30
25th Percentile £25.25 £28.62 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £37.78
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +38.98% +54.18%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £71.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%

Project Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Project Management.

Project Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Project Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Project Management.

Project Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Management over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Project Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
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 56 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 30 (2.64%) Confluence
3 12 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.79%) CMS
4 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.35%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.088%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.088%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.088%) CICS
8 1 (0.088%) Drupal
8 1 (0.088%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 66 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 64 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (4.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 50 (4.39%) Microsoft Project
5 19 (1.67%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.88%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.62%) Trello
9 5 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.44%) InDesign
10 3 (0.26%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.26%) Revit
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.18%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.18%) Lectora
12 1 (0.088%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.088%) Chatbot
12 1 (0.088%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 41 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.49%) Loan IQ
3 11 (0.97%) SAP HCM
4 10 (0.88%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.79%) SAP Hybris
6 7 (0.62%) Primavera
7 4 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.35%) Workfront
8 3 (0.26%) SAP PS
8 3 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.18%) Endur
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.18%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 95 (8.35%) Azure
2 51 (4.48%) SaaS
3 47 (4.13%) AWS
4 41 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (2.90%) GitHub
6 31 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.76%) SuccessFactors
9 18 (1.58%) PaaS
10 16 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (1.14%) Smartsheet
12 12 (1.05%) GCP
13 11 (0.97%) IaaS
13 11 (0.97%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.79%) Miro
14 9 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 9 (0.79%) Slack
15 7 (0.62%) Google Workspace
15 7 (0.62%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (1.14%) Firewall
4 12 (1.05%) VPN
5 10 (0.88%) WAN
6 9 (0.79%) Network Security
7 8 (0.70%) DNS
7 8 (0.70%) LAN
7 8 (0.70%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.53%) Intranet
9 5 (0.44%) Internet
10 4 (0.35%) 5G
10 4 (0.35%) DHCP
10 4 (0.35%) FIX Connectivity
10 4 (0.35%) HTTP
10 4 (0.35%) VLAN
10 4 (0.35%) VoIP
11 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.18%) PBX
11 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (2.46%) Power BI
2 14 (1.23%) SQL Server
3 13 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.79%) Metadata
5 8 (0.70%) GIS
6 7 (0.62%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (0.53%) MySQL
7 6 (0.53%) Tableau
8 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.26%) Big Data
9 3 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.26%) DB2
9 3 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.18%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.18%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 89 (7.82%) JIRA
2 14 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.97%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.79%) GitLab
4 9 (0.79%) Postman
5 8 (0.70%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.53%) Git
6 6 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.26%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.26%) TestRail
7 3 (0.26%) Travis CI
7 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.088%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.088%) JUnit
9 1 (0.088%) RStudio
9 1 (0.088%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 490 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 339 (29.79%) Finance
3 184 (16.17%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (11.34%) Public Sector
5 108 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
6 96 (8.44%) Influencing Skills
7 56 (4.92%) Banking
8 51 (4.48%) Marketing
9 47 (4.13%) Manufacturing
10 46 (4.04%) Legal
11 43 (3.78%) Telecoms
12 39 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (3.34%) Retail
14 30 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
15 25 (2.20%) Local Government
16 24 (2.11%) Electronics
17 21 (1.85%) Aerospace
18 18 (1.58%) Front Office
19 17 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 12 (1.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 447 (39.28%) Project Manager
2 104 (9.14%) Senior
3 99 (8.70%) Analyst
4 92 (8.08%) Lead
5 65 (5.71%) Business Analyst
6 61 (5.36%) Senior Manager
7 53 (4.66%) Consultant
8 47 (4.13%) IT Manager
8 47 (4.13%) Senior Project Manager
9 41 (3.60%) Delivery Manager
10 37 (3.25%) Technical Manager
11 32 (2.81%) IT Project Manager
12 30 (2.64%) Security Manager
13 28 (2.46%) Architect
14 26 (2.28%) SAP Manager
15 24 (2.11%) Change Manager
15 24 (2.11%) Security Project Manager
15 24 (2.11%) Technical Project Manager
16 22 (1.93%) Developer
17 21 (1.85%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.05%) .NET
2 11 (0.97%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.97%) XML
2 11 (0.97%) YAML
3 10 (0.88%) Azure Blueprints
4 5 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.44%) React
5 4 (0.35%) EDI
5 4 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.35%) Laravel
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.35%) PySpark
5 4 (0.35%) Vue
6 3 (0.26%) ADO
6 3 (0.26%) CSS
6 3 (0.26%) JSON
7 2 (0.18%) Murex MxML
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 2 (0.18%) REST
7 2 (0.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 65 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 28 (2.46%) Onboarding
3 27 (2.37%) Product Ownership
4 22 (1.93%) Data Centre
5 19 (1.67%) PMI
5 19 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 13 (1.14%) NHS
9 12 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.05%) Life Science
10 10 (0.88%) Derivative
10 10 (0.88%) Fixed Income
10 10 (0.88%) Public Cloud
11 9 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.70%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.70%) FMCG
13 7 (0.62%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.62%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.11%) Linux
2 22 (1.93%) Windows
3 11 (0.97%) zOS
4 5 (0.44%) Unix
5 4 (0.35%) Android
5 4 (0.35%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.18%) VMS
6 2 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.088%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (31.02%) Agile
2 224 (19.68%) Project Delivery
3 216 (18.98%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (18.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 176 (15.47%) PRINCE2
6 143 (12.57%) Change Management
7 130 (11.42%) Risk Management
8 101 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (8.00%) Migration
9 91 (8.00%) Scrum
10 89 (7.82%) Decision-Making
11 86 (7.56%) Waterfall
12 76 (6.68%) DevOps
13 67 (5.89%) Project Planning
14 65 (5.71%) Programme Management
15 64 (5.62%) Business Strategy
16 62 (5.45%) Budget Management
16 62 (5.45%) Business Case
17 61 (5.36%) Business Analysis
18 59 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.87%) SQL
2 33 (2.90%) Python
3 11 (0.97%) JavaScript
4 10 (0.88%) Java
4 10 (0.88%) JCL
4 10 (0.88%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.70%) REXX
6 5 (0.44%) C#
6 5 (0.44%) PHP
7 4 (0.35%) Bash
7 4 (0.35%) C
7 4 (0.35%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.26%) R
9 2 (0.18%) ABAP
9 2 (0.18%) Perl
10 1 (0.088%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.088%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.088%) VBA
Qualifications
1 191 (16.78%) Degree
2 161 (14.15%) Security Cleared
3 130 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 79 (6.94%) PMI Certification
4 79 (6.94%) PMP
5 34 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 32 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 26 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.32%) APMP
9 15 (1.32%) CISSP
10 13 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 10 (0.88%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.79%) CISM
12 9 (0.79%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.53%) CCNA
13 6 (0.53%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.44%) CEH
14 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (9.67%) PMO
2 68 (5.98%) QA
3 21 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 18 (1.58%) GDPR
5 10 (0.88%) NCSC
6 9 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
7 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.53%) SLA
8 4 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
8 4 (0.35%) AUTOSAR
8 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.26%) Basel III
9 3 (0.26%) COBIT
9 3 (0.26%) IFRS
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
10 2 (0.18%) P3O
10 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (1.58%) Docker
2 10 (0.88%) NFS
2 10 (0.88%) Time Sharing Option
3 8 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.088%) ACF2
5 1 (0.088%) RACF
5 1 (0.088%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.088%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (2.28%) Ansible
2 19 (1.67%) Terraform
3 16 (1.41%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (0.62%) Grafana
6 5 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.35%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.35%) Puppet
8 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (0.26%) Kibana
8 3 (0.26%) logstash
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.26%) SCCM
9 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.18%) Graylog
9 2 (0.18%) TrustSec
10 1 (0.088%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.088%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.088%) OMEGAMON
10 1 (0.088%) WSUS
Vendors
1 148 (13.01%) Microsoft
2 108 (9.49%) SAP
3 28 (2.46%) Oracle
4 27 (2.37%) Adobe
5 18 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.23%) Ariba
6 14 (1.23%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.05%) CA
7 12 (1.05%) Google
7 12 (1.05%) Splunk
8 11 (0.97%) Dell
8 11 (0.97%) IBM
9 10 (0.88%) Broadcom
9 10 (0.88%) Brocade
10 8 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.70%) Cisco
10 8 (0.70%) Workday
11 7 (0.62%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.53%) IFS
13 4 (0.35%) MuleSoft