Project Planning Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Project Planning
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Project Planning skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Project Planning 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 208 200 293
Rank change year-on-year -8 +93 -14
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 96 149 188
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.97% 0.97% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.11% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 94 112
10th Percentile £363 £214 £314
25th Percentile £396 £318 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £606
90th Percentile £641 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 15
10th Percentile £28.18 £24.61 £35.25
25th Percentile £34.05 £35.00 £45.25
Median hourly rate £58.75 £53.25 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.33% +8.67% +10.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.73 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £46.30 £56.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -17.69% +14.80% +10.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Planning 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 Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Project Planning
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 Planning.

Project Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 Planning.

Project Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Planning hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 1 (1.04%) Appian
1 1 (1.04%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.04%) Confluence
1 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) Primavera
2 3 (3.13%) SAP PS
3 2 (2.08%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.08%) OPENHousing
3 2 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.04%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.04%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
1 4 (4.17%) Amazon Glacier
1 4 (4.17%) Amazon Kinesis
1 4 (4.17%) Amazon S3
1 4 (4.17%) AWS
1 4 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
1 4 (4.17%) Serverless
2 2 (2.08%) SaaS
3 1 (1.04%) Azure
3 1 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) 4G
1 1 (1.04%) 5G
1 1 (1.04%) DNS
1 1 (1.04%) LAN
1 1 (1.04%) Network Security
1 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (1.04%) WAN
1 1 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.08%) GIS
3 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) JIRA
2 4 (4.17%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 37 (38.54%) Finance
3 14 (14.58%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (6.25%) Retail
6 5 (5.21%) Aerospace
6 5 (5.21%) Automotive
7 4 (4.17%) Banking
8 3 (3.13%) Local Government
8 3 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.08%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.08%) Law
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Military
9 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.04%) Back Office
10 1 (1.04%) Billing
10 1 (1.04%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 34 (35.42%) Project Manager
2 13 (13.54%) Senior
3 10 (10.42%) Consultant
4 9 (9.38%) Architect
5 8 (8.33%) Change Manager
5 8 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.29%) Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Business Analyst
6 7 (7.29%) Business Change Manager
6 7 (7.29%) Business Manager
7 6 (6.25%) Programme Manager
7 6 (6.25%) Project Planner
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Manager
7 6 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (5.21%) Implementation Manager
8 5 (5.21%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.21%) Technical Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.17%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) ActiveMQ
1 4 (4.17%) Kafka
1 4 (4.17%) RESTful
2 2 (2.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.04%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.17%) PMI
1 4 (4.17%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.08%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.08%) EPoS
3 2 (2.08%) Housing Association
3 2 (2.08%) Infotainment
3 2 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.08%) NHS
3 2 (2.08%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.08%) Reinsurance
3 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.04%) Derivative
4 1 (1.04%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.04%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.04%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.04%) Life Science
4 1 (1.04%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Windows
2 2 (2.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (41.67%) Project Management
2 36 (37.50%) Agile
3 31 (32.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 23 (23.96%) Waterfall
5 22 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (21.88%) Project Delivery
7 20 (20.83%) Change Management
8 18 (18.75%) Risk Management
9 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 15 (15.63%) PRINCE2
11 10 (10.42%) Migration
12 9 (9.38%) Impact Assessments
13 8 (8.33%) Budget Management
13 8 (8.33%) Change Control
13 8 (8.33%) CI/CD
13 8 (8.33%) DevOps
14 7 (7.29%) Budget Control
14 7 (7.29%) Contingency Planning
14 7 (7.29%) Programme Delivery
14 7 (7.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) Java
1 4 (4.17%) Python
2 3 (3.13%) SQL
3 1 (1.04%) Bash
3 1 (1.04%) Perl
3 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (13.54%) Degree
2 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.42%) PMI Certification
4 9 (9.38%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.33%) PMP
6 2 (2.08%) CBAP
6 2 (2.08%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.21%) NIST
2 3 (3.13%) PMO
3 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.08%) COSHH
3 2 (2.08%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.08%) EMIR
3 2 (2.08%) ISO 14001
3 2 (2.08%) MiFID
3 2 (2.08%) PMBOK
4 1 (1.04%) COBIT
4 1 (1.04%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.04%) IFRS
4 1 (1.04%) IFRS 17
4 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.04%) QA
4 1 (1.04%) SLA
4 1 (1.04%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (4.17%) Docker
2 1 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 7 (7.29%) Microsoft
1 7 (7.29%) SAP
2 2 (2.08%) Capita
2 2 (2.08%) Civica
2 2 (2.08%) NEC
2 2 (2.08%) Northgate
3 1 (1.04%) Ariba
3 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.04%) Blue Prism
3 1 (1.04%) Cisco
3 1 (1.04%) eFront
3 1 (1.04%) ESRI
3 1 (1.04%) Kronos
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle
3 1 (1.04%) Planview
3 1 (1.04%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.04%) VMware