Technical Project Manager Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £475, 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 279 290 380
Rank change year-on-year +11 +90 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Project Manager 25 55 97
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.36% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.38% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 59
10th Percentile £372 £368 £393
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £536 £573 £581
90th Percentile £671 £640 £655
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.52% - -1.87%

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%

Technical Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Project Manager.

Technical Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Project Manager.

Technical Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical 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, Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in the job title.

1 12 (48.00%) Agile
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (24.00%) Finance
6 6 (24.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (20.00%) Scrum
8 4 (16.00%) Migration
8 4 (16.00%) Change Management
8 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
8 4 (16.00%) PMP
8 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
8 4 (16.00%) Degree
8 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
8 4 (16.00%) Azure
8 4 (16.00%) DevOps
8 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
9 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
9 3 (12.00%) SDLC
9 3 (12.00%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (12.00%) AWS
9 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
9 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (12.00%) JIRA
9 3 (12.00%) Banking

Technical 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 1 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Asana
3 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) 2G
1 1 (4.00%) 5G
1 1 (4.00%) GSM
1 1 (4.00%) Internet
1 1 (4.00%) Packet Switching
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Metadata
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (8.00%) PMI
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) Digital Media
4 1 (4.00%) Housing Association
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Agile
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 8 (32.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (24.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.00%) Scrum
6 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (16.00%) Change Management
7 4 (16.00%) DevOps
7 4 (16.00%) Migration
7 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
7 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
8 3 (12.00%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) SDLC
8 3 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (8.00%) Business Development
9 2 (8.00%) Kanban
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
1 4 (16.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (16.00%) PMP
2 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) Infor
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.00%) Pega
1 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow