Project Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 923 1,809 3,397
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.14% 7.18% 7.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.56% 7.53% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 1,288 2,551
10th Percentile £325 £391 £370
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £713 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £505
% change year-on-year - +3.96% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 38 33
10th Percentile £23.57 £30.54 £20.03
25th Percentile £27.98 £46.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £41.25 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.54% +8.33% +76.44%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £62.00 £69.75 £82.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £62.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -41.60% +17.92% +59.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,070 24,019 42,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 95.35% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,440 16,961 30,444
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £721
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 547 600
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.19
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.51 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
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 Manager.

Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
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 Manager.

Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Project Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 448 (48.54%) Project Management
2 282 (30.55%) Finance
3 243 (26.33%) Agile
4 239 (25.89%) Social Skills
5 178 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 164 (17.77%) Project Delivery
7 160 (17.33%) PRINCE2
8 117 (12.68%) Change Management
9 113 (12.24%) Migration
10 107 (11.59%) Security Cleared
11 99 (10.73%) Public Sector
12 93 (10.08%) Risk Management
12 93 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
13 91 (9.86%) SC Cleared
14 84 (9.10%) Degree
15 80 (8.67%) Waterfall
16 79 (8.56%) Microsoft
17 69 (7.48%) Budget Management
18 63 (6.83%) Scrum
19 61 (6.61%) SAP
20 60 (6.50%) Banking
21 59 (6.39%) Azure
21 59 (6.39%) Business Case
21 59 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
22 55 (5.96%) PMP
23 54 (5.85%) Decision-Making
24 53 (5.74%) PMI Certification
24 53 (5.74%) Project Planning
25 49 (5.31%) ERP
26 47 (5.09%) Project Governance

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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (3.14%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.52%) Confluence
3 7 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.54%) CMS
5 4 (0.43%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.11%) Moodle
6 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 37 (4.01%) Microsoft Project
2 36 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.43%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 18 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.87%) Sage 200
2 8 (0.87%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.76%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (0.43%) Loan IQ
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.11%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.11%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (6.39%) Azure
2 25 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (2.28%) SaaS
4 18 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (1.63%) Power Platform
5 15 (1.63%) Smartsheet
6 11 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (1.19%) WhatsApp
7 10 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (0.98%) AWS
9 7 (0.76%) PowerApps
9 7 (0.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 5 (0.54%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.33%) GCP
11 3 (0.33%) OCI
11 3 (0.33%) SAP Fieldglass
12 2 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.22%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.22%) Google Sheets
12 2 (0.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.95%) Structured Cabling
2 16 (1.73%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.76%) LAN
4 6 (0.65%) 5G
4 6 (0.65%) WAN
4 6 (0.65%) Wireless
5 5 (0.54%) Network Security
6 4 (0.43%) Firewall
7 3 (0.33%) SAN
7 3 (0.33%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.33%) VPN
8 2 (0.22%) Broadband
8 2 (0.22%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.22%) CTI
8 2 (0.22%) Internet
8 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.22%) SNA
8 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
9 1 (0.11%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (1.19%) Power BI
3 5 (0.54%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.43%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database 11g
6 2 (0.22%) Big Data
6 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.22%) DB2
6 2 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.22%) Metadata
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.22%) Tableau
7 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.11%) MySQL
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 45 (4.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 282 (30.55%) Finance
2 239 (25.89%) Social Skills
3 99 (10.73%) Public Sector
4 60 (6.50%) Banking
5 59 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (4.66%) Retail
7 40 (4.33%) Manufacturing
8 34 (3.68%) Marketing
9 33 (3.58%) Legal
10 31 (3.36%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (1.95%) Electronics
13 18 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
14 17 (1.84%) Local Government
15 15 (1.63%) Investment Banking
16 11 (1.19%) Financial Institution
17 10 (1.08%) Front Office
17 10 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.43%) ADO
2 3 (0.33%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.22%) Middleware
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.11%) Express.js
4 1 (0.11%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.11%) Node.js
4 1 (0.11%) React
4 1 (0.11%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.11%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 33 (3.58%) Management Information System
2 22 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.06%) NHS
3 19 (2.06%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.52%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.41%) PMI
7 13 (1.41%) Product Ownership
8 11 (1.19%) FMCG
8 11 (1.19%) Life Science
9 8 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.76%) Over-the-Top Content
10 7 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (0.76%) Taxonomies
10 7 (0.76%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (0.65%) Mobile App
12 5 (0.54%) Fixed Income
12 5 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.73%) Windows
2 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.33%) Linux
3 3 (0.33%) Unix
4 2 (0.22%) zOS
5 1 (0.11%) Android
5 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (48.54%) Project Management
2 243 (26.33%) Agile
3 178 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 164 (17.77%) Project Delivery
5 160 (17.33%) PRINCE2
6 117 (12.68%) Change Management
7 113 (12.24%) Migration
8 93 (10.08%) Problem-Solving
8 93 (10.08%) Risk Management
9 80 (8.67%) Waterfall
10 69 (7.48%) Budget Management
11 63 (6.83%) Scrum
12 59 (6.39%) Business Case
13 54 (5.85%) Decision-Making
14 53 (5.74%) Project Planning
15 49 (5.31%) ERP
16 47 (5.09%) Project Governance
17 42 (4.55%) Programme Management
18 38 (4.12%) Cybersecurity
18 38 (4.12%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.63%) SQL
2 8 (0.87%) Python
3 4 (0.43%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.22%) Java
4 2 (0.22%) PHP
4 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.11%) C
5 1 (0.11%) C#
5 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 107 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 91 (9.86%) SC Cleared
3 84 (9.10%) Degree
4 55 (5.96%) PMP
5 53 (5.74%) PMI Certification
6 41 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 21 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 15 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (0.98%) APMP
12 4 (0.43%) CISM
12 4 (0.43%) CISSP
12 4 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.33%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.22%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.22%) RIBA
15 1 (0.11%) FFIEC
15 1 (0.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (4.55%) PMO
2 26 (2.82%) QA
3 10 (1.08%) SLA
4 6 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.65%) GRC
5 5 (0.54%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.54%) GDPR
5 5 (0.54%) NIST
5 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.33%) GxP
8 2 (0.22%) Basel III
8 2 (0.22%) COBIT
8 2 (0.22%) IFRS
8 2 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.11%) MiFID
9 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (0.33%) TrustSec
2 2 (0.22%) Argo
2 2 (0.22%) SCCM
3 1 (0.11%) Ansible
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.11%) Terraform
3 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (8.56%) Microsoft
2 61 (6.61%) SAP
3 28 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.17%) Sage
5 16 (1.73%) Oracle
6 15 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 12 (1.30%) Cisco
8 10 (1.08%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.76%) Adobe
9 7 (0.76%) Google
10 5 (0.54%) Databricks
10 5 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.54%) Splunk
10 5 (0.54%) Workday
11 4 (0.43%) Citrix
12 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.33%) BT
12 3 (0.33%) Cadence
12 3 (0.33%) Charles River
12 3 (0.33%) VMware