Project Planning Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Planning
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 Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 295 272
Rank change year-on-year +89 -23 +59
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 146 187 429
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 0.73% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.82% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 111 322
10th Percentile £213 £313 £313
25th Percentile £313 £413 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £495
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +21.47%
75th Percentile £596 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 34
10th Percentile £24.61 £35.25 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £45.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £53.25 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.67% +10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £61.25 £56.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.73 £80.00 £51.62
UK median hourly rate £56.25 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +14.80% +10.11% -8.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Planning 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 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Project Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 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 a work from home option citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 4 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.42%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (2.05%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Primavera
2 8 (5.48%) SAP PS
3 7 (4.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (2.05%) Endur
6 2 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle AGIS
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.68%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 14 (9.59%) Dynamics 365
2 8 (5.48%) Azure
3 7 (4.79%) Power Platform
4 6 (4.11%) AWS
4 6 (4.11%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.05%) GCP
5 3 (2.05%) OCI
5 3 (2.05%) Serverless
5 3 (2.05%) WhatsApp
6 2 (1.37%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
7 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle CX
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
7 1 (0.68%) SaaS
7 1 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.22%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (6.16%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.11%) VPN
4 5 (3.42%) Firewall
4 5 (3.42%) Network Security
4 5 (3.42%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.74%) DHCP
5 4 (2.74%) DNS
5 4 (2.74%) VLAN
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.68%) LAN
6 1 (0.68%) VoLTE
6 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.79%) Power BI
2 3 (2.05%) Big Data
2 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.37%) Metadata
4 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.11%) JIRA
2 3 (2.05%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) TestRail
General
1 49 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 46 (31.51%) Finance
3 25 (17.12%) Public Sector
4 24 (16.44%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.85%) Retail
6 8 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.37%) Billing
10 2 (1.37%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.37%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.37%) Law
10 2 (1.37%) Legal
10 2 (1.37%) Public Speaking
11 1 (0.68%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 52 (35.62%) Project Manager
2 15 (10.27%) Analyst
3 13 (8.90%) Consultant
4 11 (7.53%) Lead
5 8 (5.48%) Senior
6 7 (4.79%) Business Analyst
6 7 (4.79%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (4.11%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.11%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 6 (4.11%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (3.42%) Functional Consultant
8 5 (3.42%) IT Manager
8 5 (3.42%) IT Project Manager
8 5 (3.42%) Security Consultant
8 5 (3.42%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (2.74%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 4 (2.74%) Project Planner
9 4 (2.74%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.68%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.05%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.37%) IVR
4 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.37%) NHS
5 1 (0.68%) Animation
5 1 (0.68%) Equities
5 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.68%) PMI
5 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Unix
2 2 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (47.26%) Project Management
2 41 (28.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 39 (26.71%) Risk Management
4 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (23.29%) Change Management
6 30 (20.55%) Agile
7 20 (13.70%) Project Delivery
8 18 (12.33%) ERP
9 17 (11.64%) Decision-Making
9 17 (11.64%) PRINCE2
10 13 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (8.90%) GAP Analysis
10 13 (8.90%) Line Management
11 11 (7.53%) Migration
11 11 (7.53%) Performance Management
12 10 (6.85%) CI/CD
12 10 (6.85%) Earned Value Management
12 10 (6.85%) Information Security
12 10 (6.85%) Performance Measurement
12 10 (6.85%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.42%) SQL
2 4 (2.74%) Python
2 4 (2.74%) Shell Script
3 3 (2.05%) Java
4 1 (0.68%) R
Qualifications
1 33 (22.60%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.92%) Degree
3 25 (17.12%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.16%) PMP
4 9 (6.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (5.48%) CISSP
6 7 (4.79%) CISM
7 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.11%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.42%) APMP
8 5 (3.42%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.74%) CCNA
9 4 (2.74%) CEH
9 4 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.05%) CRISC
11 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.27%) QA
2 12 (8.22%) PMO
3 4 (2.74%) GDPR
4 2 (1.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.68%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (2.05%) Docker
2 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) SAP
2 19 (13.01%) Microsoft
3 15 (10.27%) Oracle
4 5 (3.42%) Google
5 3 (2.05%) Teradata
6 2 (1.37%) Planview
6 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.68%) Ariba
7 1 (0.68%) Cadence
7 1 (0.68%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.68%) Workday