Senior Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £540, 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 245 253 308
Rank change year-on-year +8 +55 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 59 92 173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.60% 0.60% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.64% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 61 145
10th Percentile £450 £463 £438
25th Percentile £475 £523 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.08% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £700
90th Percentile £750 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £42.60
25th Percentile - £50.50 £44.25
Median hourly rate - £51.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.08% -
75th Percentile - £51.50 £54.25
90th Percentile - - £56.20
UK median hourly rate £73.23 £51.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +43.58% -7.27% -5.20%

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%

Senior Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager.

Senior Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager.

Senior Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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, Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in the job title.

1 25 (42.37%) Project Management
2 24 (40.68%) Finance
3 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
4 18 (30.51%) Agile
5 16 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (20.34%) Public Sector
8 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
8 11 (18.64%) PRINCE2
9 10 (16.95%) Banking
10 9 (15.25%) Risk Management
10 9 (15.25%) Migration
11 8 (13.56%) Change Management
12 7 (11.86%) Scrum
12 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
13 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
13 6 (10.17%) Waterfall
13 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
14 5 (8.47%) PMO
14 5 (8.47%) Business Case
14 5 (8.47%) JIRA
14 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
14 5 (8.47%) Programme Management
15 4 (6.78%) Windows
15 4 (6.78%) Project Governance
15 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
15 4 (6.78%) Azure
15 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
15 4 (6.78%) Budget Management
16 3 (5.08%) Risk Register

Senior 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:

Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.39%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.69%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) NEC Housing
1 2 (3.39%) OPENHousing
2 1 (1.69%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (1.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.78%) Azure
2 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.69%) Asana
3 1 (1.69%) AWS
3 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.39%) 4G
2 2 (3.39%) Firewall
2 2 (3.39%) WAN
3 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) JIRA
General
1 24 (40.68%) Finance
2 21 (35.59%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.34%) Public Sector
4 10 (16.95%) Banking
5 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.08%) Retail
6 2 (3.39%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.39%) Front Office
6 2 (3.39%) Legal
6 2 (3.39%) Local Government
6 2 (3.39%) Marketing
6 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.69%) Automotive
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.69%) Law
7 1 (1.69%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) LDAP
2 1 (1.69%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (3.39%) Housing Association
1 2 (3.39%) Robotics
2 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.69%) EPoS
2 1 (1.69%) Equities
2 1 (1.69%) Fixed Income
2 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.69%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.78%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Project Management
2 18 (30.51%) Agile
3 16 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (18.64%) PRINCE2
5 11 (18.64%) Project Delivery
6 9 (15.25%) Migration
6 9 (15.25%) Risk Management
7 8 (13.56%) Change Management
8 7 (11.86%) Scrum
9 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
9 6 (10.17%) Waterfall
10 5 (8.47%) Business Case
10 5 (8.47%) Programme Management
11 4 (6.78%) Budget Management
11 4 (6.78%) Project Governance
12 3 (5.08%) Analytics
12 3 (5.08%) Change Control
12 3 (5.08%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.39%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) C#
2 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.08%) Degree
2 3 (5.08%) MRICS
2 3 (5.08%) RIBA
3 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) ISEB
3 2 (3.39%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.39%) PMP
3 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.69%) APMP
4 1 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.69%) MBA
4 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) PMO
2 2 (3.39%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) IFRS
3 1 (1.69%) IFRS 17
3 1 (1.69%) MiFID
3 1 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) Adobe
2 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.39%) Blue Prism
3 2 (3.39%) BT
3 2 (3.39%) Capita
3 2 (3.39%) Civica
3 2 (3.39%) NEC
3 2 (3.39%) Northgate
3 2 (3.39%) Snow
4 1 (1.69%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.69%) Siemens
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