Project Management Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Management
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 Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 24
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,156 1,873 3,300
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.63% 7.32% 7.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.68% 8.16% 8.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 1,270 2,423
10th Percentile £318 £363 £320
25th Percentile £425 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £593
90th Percentile £722 £720 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 80 70
10th Percentile £23.56 £22.95 £22.44
25th Percentile £35.00 £34.06 £36.94
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +10.11% +21.09%
75th Percentile £48.50 £71.56 £50.56
90th Percentile £60.50 £85.00 £74.55
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £33.90
% change year-on-year -22.20% +44.54% +25.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Management 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 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
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 £626
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 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
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 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Project Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Management trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
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 Management.

Project Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Project Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
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 Management.

Project Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Management over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Project Management hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 55 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.42%) Confluence
3 12 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.78%) CMS
4 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.35%) SAS
6 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.087%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.087%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.087%) CICS
8 1 (0.087%) Drupal
8 1 (0.087%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.087%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (5.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 65 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 49 (4.24%) Microsoft Project
4 18 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 14 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.87%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.61%) Trello
8 5 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
8 5 (0.43%) InDesign
9 3 (0.26%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.26%) Revit
10 2 (0.17%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
10 2 (0.17%) Lectora
11 1 (0.087%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.087%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 43 (3.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.47%) Loan IQ
3 11 (0.95%) SAP HCM
4 10 (0.87%) SAP HR
5 9 (0.78%) SAP Hybris
6 8 (0.69%) Primavera
7 4 (0.35%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.35%) SAP PS
7 4 (0.35%) Workfront
8 3 (0.26%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.17%) Endur
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.17%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 99 (8.56%) Azure
2 50 (4.33%) SaaS
3 48 (4.15%) AWS
4 42 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (3.20%) Power Platform
6 33 (2.85%) GitHub
7 24 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
9 18 (1.56%) PaaS
10 15 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (1.12%) Smartsheet
13 12 (1.04%) PowerApps
14 11 (0.95%) GCP
14 11 (0.95%) IaaS
15 9 (0.78%) Miro
15 9 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
15 9 (0.78%) Slack
16 8 (0.69%) OCI
17 7 (0.61%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.47%) Structured Cabling
2 14 (1.21%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (1.04%) Firewall
3 12 (1.04%) VPN
4 11 (0.95%) WAN
5 9 (0.78%) LAN
5 9 (0.78%) Network Security
6 8 (0.69%) DNS
7 7 (0.61%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.52%) Intranet
9 5 (0.43%) 5G
9 5 (0.43%) DHCP
10 4 (0.35%) FIX Connectivity
10 4 (0.35%) SNA
10 4 (0.35%) VLAN
10 4 (0.35%) VoIP
11 3 (0.26%) HTTP
11 3 (0.26%) Internet
12 2 (0.17%) PBX
12 2 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.77%) Power BI
2 14 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (0.95%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.87%) Metadata
5 8 (0.69%) GIS
6 7 (0.61%) MySQL
6 7 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.61%) Tableau
7 6 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.26%) Big Data
9 3 (0.26%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.26%) DB2
10 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.17%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.17%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.17%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 86 (7.44%) JIRA
2 13 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.95%) SonarQube
4 9 (0.78%) Postman
5 8 (0.69%) Cypress.io
5 8 (0.69%) GitLab
6 6 (0.52%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.43%) Git
8 3 (0.26%) TestRail
8 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.17%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.17%) Rational DOORS
9 2 (0.17%) Selenium
9 2 (0.17%) Travis CI
9 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.087%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.087%) JUnit
10 1 (0.087%) RStudio
10 1 (0.087%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 500 (43.25%) Social Skills
2 351 (30.36%) Finance
3 196 (16.96%) Analytical Skills
4 125 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 111 (9.60%) Organisational Skills
6 93 (8.04%) Influencing Skills
7 56 (4.84%) Banking
8 51 (4.41%) Marketing
9 46 (3.98%) Telecoms
10 44 (3.81%) Legal
10 44 (3.81%) Manufacturing
11 42 (3.63%) Retail
12 40 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 23 (1.99%) Electronics
14 23 (1.99%) Local Government
15 21 (1.82%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 18 (1.56%) Front Office
18 14 (1.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 446 (38.58%) Project Manager
2 107 (9.26%) Senior
3 105 (9.08%) Analyst
4 94 (8.13%) Lead
5 70 (6.06%) Business Analyst
6 63 (5.45%) Senior Manager
7 55 (4.76%) Consultant
8 49 (4.24%) IT Manager
9 48 (4.15%) Senior Project Manager
10 41 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
11 39 (3.37%) Technical Manager
12 33 (2.85%) IT Project Manager
12 33 (2.85%) Security Manager
13 30 (2.60%) Architect
13 30 (2.60%) SAP Manager
14 25 (2.16%) Programme Manager
14 25 (2.16%) Technical Project Manager
15 24 (2.08%) Change Manager
15 24 (2.08%) Developer
15 24 (2.08%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.12%) .NET
2 11 (0.95%) ARM Templates
2 11 (0.95%) XML
3 10 (0.87%) Azure Blueprints
3 10 (0.87%) YAML
4 5 (0.43%) CSS
4 5 (0.43%) React
5 4 (0.35%) EDI
5 4 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (0.35%) FIX Protocol
5 4 (0.35%) HTML
5 4 (0.35%) JSON
5 4 (0.35%) Laravel
5 4 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.35%) PySpark
5 4 (0.35%) REST
5 4 (0.35%) Vue
6 3 (0.26%) ADO
7 2 (0.17%) SOAP
7 2 (0.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 30 (2.60%) Onboarding
3 26 (2.25%) Product Ownership
4 22 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 19 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.56%) PMI
7 17 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
9 13 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 12 (1.04%) Life Science
10 12 (1.04%) NHS
11 10 (0.87%) Derivative
11 10 (0.87%) Fixed Income
11 10 (0.87%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.78%) FMCG
13 8 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.61%) EMV
14 7 (0.61%) Renewable Energy
14 7 (0.61%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 24 (2.08%) Linux
2 23 (1.99%) Windows
3 11 (0.95%) zOS
4 5 (0.43%) Android
4 5 (0.43%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.43%) Unix
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.087%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (30.97%) Agile
2 227 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (19.64%) Project Delivery
3 213 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 168 (14.53%) PRINCE2
5 144 (12.46%) Change Management
6 132 (11.42%) Risk Management
7 98 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (8.13%) Decision-Making
9 92 (7.96%) Migration
10 89 (7.70%) Waterfall
11 83 (7.18%) Scrum
12 74 (6.40%) DevOps
13 69 (5.97%) Project Planning
14 68 (5.88%) Business Strategy
14 68 (5.88%) Programme Management
15 62 (5.36%) Budget Management
15 62 (5.36%) Business Case
16 60 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
16 60 (5.19%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 44 (3.81%) SQL
2 35 (3.03%) Python
3 14 (1.21%) JavaScript
4 12 (1.04%) Java
5 11 (0.95%) PowerShell
6 10 (0.87%) JCL
7 8 (0.69%) REXX
8 6 (0.52%) C#
8 6 (0.52%) PHP
9 4 (0.35%) C
9 4 (0.35%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.35%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.26%) Bash
10 3 (0.26%) R
11 2 (0.17%) ABAP
11 2 (0.17%) Perl
12 1 (0.087%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.087%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.087%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.087%) VBA
Qualifications
1 201 (17.39%) Degree
2 163 (14.10%) Security Cleared
3 132 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.18%) PMP
5 82 (7.09%) PMI Certification
6 31 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 31 (2.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 25 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.30%) CISSP
10 14 (1.21%) APMP
11 13 (1.12%) Master's Degree
11 13 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 9 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.78%) CISM
12 9 (0.78%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.52%) CCNA
13 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.52%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.86%) PMO
2 71 (6.14%) QA
3 23 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 19 (1.64%) GDPR
5 10 (0.87%) NCSC
6 9 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
7 7 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.61%) SLA
8 6 (0.52%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
9 4 (0.35%) AUTOSAR
9 4 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.26%) COBIT
10 3 (0.26%) IFRS
11 2 (0.17%) Basel III
11 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.17%) P3O
11 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (1.47%) Docker
2 10 (0.87%) NFS
2 10 (0.87%) Time Sharing Option
3 9 (0.78%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.087%) ACF2
6 1 (0.087%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.087%) RACF
6 1 (0.087%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.087%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (2.16%) Ansible
2 18 (1.56%) Terraform
3 15 (1.30%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (0.52%) Grafana
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.26%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.26%) Puppet
7 3 (0.26%) SCCM
8 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.17%) Graylog
8 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.17%) logstash
8 2 (0.17%) TrustSec
9 1 (0.087%) Argo
9 1 (0.087%) CASB
9 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.087%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 147 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.95%) SAP
3 27 (2.34%) Adobe
4 24 (2.08%) Oracle
5 19 (1.64%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.47%) Ariba
7 14 (1.21%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.04%) CA
8 12 (1.04%) Google
9 11 (0.95%) Dell
9 11 (0.95%) IBM
9 11 (0.95%) Splunk
10 10 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 10 (0.87%) Broadcom
10 10 (0.87%) Brocade
11 8 (0.69%) Cisco
11 8 (0.69%) Workday
12 7 (0.61%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.52%) IFS
14 5 (0.43%) VMware