Workload Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Workload Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Workload Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Workload Management 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 300 338 458
Rank change year-on-year +38 +120 +119
Contract jobs citing Workload Management 4 7 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.046% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.052% 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £466 - £349
25th Percentile £472 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -11.54% +44.44%
75th Percentile £608 - £781
90th Percentile £693 - £793
UK median daily rate £488 £465 £700
% change year-on-year +4.84% -33.57% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £19.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year - -49.68% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Workload Management 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%

Workload Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Workload Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Workload Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Workload Management.

Workload Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Workload Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Workload Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Workload Management
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) VMware