Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £523, 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 41 29 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 489 941 1,874
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 4.94% 6.13% 7.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.26% 6.56% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 644 1,336
10th Percentile £372 £338 £388
25th Percentile £450 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £515 £516
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% -0.24% +3.25%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 39 46
10th Percentile £31.56 £23.59 £34.02
25th Percentile £49.08 £28.71 £60.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £42.31 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.83% -34.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £82.07 £62.00 £81.25
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £36.34 £64.75
% change year-on-year +30.73% -43.88% +26.34%

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 Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

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 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 remote working options citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025, 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.

1 258 (52.76%) Project Management
2 184 (37.63%) Finance
3 179 (36.61%) Social Skills
4 143 (29.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 131 (26.79%) Agile
6 102 (20.86%) Project Delivery
7 76 (15.54%) PRINCE2
8 74 (15.13%) Migration
9 68 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (13.09%) PMI Certification
11 60 (12.27%) PMP
11 60 (12.27%) Change Management
12 58 (11.86%) Banking
13 52 (10.63%) Risk Management
14 51 (10.43%) Waterfall
15 47 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (9.61%) Degree
16 42 (8.59%) JIRA
17 41 (8.38%) SAP
18 37 (7.57%) Microsoft
18 37 (7.57%) Public Sector
18 37 (7.57%) PMO
19 35 (7.16%) Budget Management
19 35 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
19 35 (7.16%) Azure
20 34 (6.95%) Project Planning
21 33 (6.75%) Security Cleared
22 32 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
23 31 (6.34%) Scrum
24 27 (5.52%) Legal

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 15 (3.07%) Confluence
2 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.64%) CMS
4 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (7.16%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.82%) Trello
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 19 (3.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.61%) Maximo
2 3 (0.61%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.61%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (0.61%) Teamcenter
3 2 (0.41%) OPENHousing
3 2 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 35 (7.16%) Azure
2 15 (3.07%) AWS
3 12 (2.45%) SaaS
4 10 (2.04%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.82%) Asana
9 3 (0.61%) Alation
9 3 (0.61%) Entra ID
9 3 (0.61%) OCI
9 3 (0.61%) SonarCloud
10 2 (0.41%) Contentful
10 2 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.41%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.41%) PaaS
10 2 (0.41%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.41%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.43%) Firewall
1 7 (1.43%) WAN
2 6 (1.23%) SD-WAN
3 5 (1.02%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) 5G
4 4 (0.82%) VPN
5 3 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.41%) 4G
6 2 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.41%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) 2G
7 1 (0.20%) GSM
7 1 (0.20%) Network Security
7 1 (0.20%) Packet Switching
7 1 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.20%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.84%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.43%) Power BI
3 6 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.61%) IBM InfoSphere
5 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.20%) GIS
5 1 (0.20%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.20%) Looker
5 1 (0.20%) Metadata
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.20%) Tableau
5 1 (0.20%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 42 (8.59%) JIRA
2 3 (0.61%) Snyk
3 1 (0.20%) GCC
3 1 (0.20%) MSI
3 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 184 (37.63%) Finance
2 179 (36.61%) Social Skills
3 58 (11.86%) Banking
4 37 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.52%) Legal
7 24 (4.91%) Marketing
8 22 (4.50%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.50%) Retail
9 19 (3.89%) Local Government
10 16 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (2.04%) Billing
12 10 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.84%) Law
13 9 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (1.23%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.23%) Electronics
15 6 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.82%) ADO
2 3 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.61%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.41%) HTML
3 2 (0.41%) LDAP
3 2 (0.41%) SAML
4 1 (0.20%) .NET
4 1 (0.20%) CSS
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.20%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.27%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.07%) PMI
3 14 (2.86%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.43%) Life Science
7 7 (1.43%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.23%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.02%) NHS
9 5 (1.02%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.82%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.61%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.61%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.61%) FMCG
11 3 (0.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.04%) Windows
2 4 (0.82%) Linux
3 3 (0.61%) Unix
4 2 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (52.76%) Project Management
2 143 (29.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (26.79%) Agile
4 102 (20.86%) Project Delivery
5 76 (15.54%) PRINCE2
6 74 (15.13%) Migration
7 68 (13.91%) Problem-Solving
8 60 (12.27%) Change Management
9 52 (10.63%) Risk Management
10 51 (10.43%) Waterfall
11 47 (9.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (7.16%) Budget Management
13 34 (6.95%) Project Planning
14 31 (6.34%) Scrum
15 27 (5.52%) Decision-Making
16 26 (5.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (5.32%) Resource Allocation
17 23 (4.70%) Business Case
17 23 (4.70%) Change Control
17 23 (4.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 4 (0.82%) SQL
2 2 (0.41%) C#
3 1 (0.20%) Java
3 1 (0.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 64 (13.09%) PMI Certification
2 60 (12.27%) PMP
3 47 (9.61%) Degree
4 33 (6.75%) Security Cleared
5 24 (4.91%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.64%) MRICS
8 7 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.23%) RIBA
10 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.82%) APMP
11 4 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.61%) CISSP
12 3 (0.61%) MAPM
13 2 (0.41%) CISA
13 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (0.41%) ISEB
13 2 (0.41%) MBA
14 1 (0.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.57%) PMO
2 8 (1.64%) NIST
3 6 (1.23%) GDPR
3 6 (1.23%) QA
4 5 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.61%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.61%) GxP
5 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.41%) COBIT
6 2 (0.41%) COSO
6 2 (0.41%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.41%) MiFID
6 2 (0.41%) PMBOK
6 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS
7 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.20%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (0.61%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.41%) SCCM
2 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (8.38%) SAP
2 37 (7.57%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.45%) Oracle
3 12 (2.45%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.25%) Ariba
5 7 (1.43%) CyberArk
5 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.82%) Adobe
6 4 (0.82%) Cisco
6 4 (0.82%) IBM
6 4 (0.82%) Planview
6 4 (0.82%) Workday
7 3 (0.61%) Amdocs
7 3 (0.61%) Ciena
7 3 (0.61%) Ericsson
7 3 (0.61%) Google
7 3 (0.61%) Informatica
7 3 (0.61%) NEC
7 3 (0.61%) NetCracker
7 3 (0.61%) Nokia