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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 24 23
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 1,082 1,736 3,344
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 7.37% 7.27% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.45% 8.11% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 686 1,180 2,468
10th Percentile £313 £350 £326
25th Percentile £413 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £594
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 74 69
10th Percentile £23.50 £25.20 £21.64
25th Percentile £35.00 £32.57 £35.42
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +10.11% +21.09%
75th Percentile £40.94 £68.75 £52.25
90th Percentile £60.88 £85.00 £81.90
UK median hourly rate £38.12 £48.75 £32.45
% change year-on-year -21.81% +50.23% +19.08%

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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 58 (5.36%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.87%) Confluence
3 12 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.65%) CMS
6 6 (0.55%) SAS
7 3 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.28%) SharePoint 2013
8 2 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.092%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.092%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.092%) CICS
9 1 (0.092%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.092%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 59 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (4.34%) Microsoft Project
4 45 (4.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (1.66%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.92%) Photoshop
7 9 (0.83%) Trello
8 7 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
9 5 (0.46%) InDesign
10 3 (0.28%) Acrobat
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Captivate
11 2 (0.18%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.18%) Lectora
11 2 (0.18%) Revit
12 1 (0.092%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 36 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.92%) Loan IQ
3 9 (0.83%) SAP HCM
3 9 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
4 8 (0.74%) SAP HR
5 7 (0.65%) Primavera
6 5 (0.46%) Workfront
7 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.37%) SAP PS
8 3 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.18%) Endur
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.18%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.18%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.18%) SAP WM
9 2 (0.18%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 96 (8.87%) Azure
2 48 (4.44%) SaaS
3 47 (4.34%) AWS
4 43 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (2.77%) GitHub
5 30 (2.77%) Power Platform
6 24 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (1.66%) PaaS
7 18 (1.66%) SuccessFactors
8 14 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.29%) GCP
9 13 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (1.20%) Smartsheet
10 12 (1.11%) PowerApps
11 11 (1.02%) IaaS
12 9 (0.83%) Miro
12 9 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 9 (0.83%) Slack
13 7 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (0.65%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.48%) Structured Cabling
1 16 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (1.11%) Firewall
3 11 (1.02%) VPN
4 10 (0.92%) WAN
5 9 (0.83%) DNS
6 7 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.55%) Intranet
7 6 (0.55%) LAN
8 5 (0.46%) 5G
8 5 (0.46%) DHCP
8 5 (0.46%) Internet
8 5 (0.46%) Network Security
9 4 (0.37%) FIX Connectivity
9 4 (0.37%) HTTP
9 4 (0.37%) VLAN
9 4 (0.37%) VoIP
10 2 (0.18%) 4G
10 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.50%) Power BI
2 14 (1.29%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (0.92%) Metadata
5 8 (0.74%) GIS
6 6 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.55%) MySQL
6 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.46%) Tableau
8 3 (0.28%) DB2
8 3 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.28%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.18%) Big Data
9 2 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.18%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.18%) EDMS
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 84 (7.76%) JIRA
2 11 (1.02%) SonarQube
3 10 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.83%) GitLab
4 9 (0.83%) Postman
5 8 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.65%) Git
7 6 (0.55%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.28%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.28%) Travis CI
10 2 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.18%) Selenium
10 2 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.092%) AppScan
11 1 (0.092%) ERwin
11 1 (0.092%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.092%) PowerDesigner
11 1 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 456 (42.14%) Social Skills
2 321 (29.67%) Finance
3 163 (15.06%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (10.44%) Public Sector
5 107 (9.89%) Organisational Skills
6 99 (9.15%) Influencing Skills
7 53 (4.90%) Banking
8 50 (4.62%) Legal
8 50 (4.62%) Marketing
9 42 (3.88%) Manufacturing
10 40 (3.70%) Telecoms
11 35 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (3.23%) Retail
12 28 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 24 (2.22%) Local Government
14 20 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.66%) Aerospace
15 18 (1.66%) Electronics
16 16 (1.48%) Front Office
17 9 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 414 (38.26%) Project Manager
2 101 (9.33%) Senior
3 93 (8.60%) Analyst
4 71 (6.56%) Lead
5 64 (5.91%) Business Analyst
6 61 (5.64%) Consultant
7 60 (5.55%) Senior Manager
8 47 (4.34%) IT Manager
9 45 (4.16%) Senior Project Manager
10 41 (3.79%) Delivery Manager
11 34 (3.14%) Technical Manager
12 30 (2.77%) IT Project Manager
13 29 (2.68%) Security Manager
14 27 (2.50%) Architect
15 25 (2.31%) Coordinator
15 25 (2.31%) SAP Manager
16 23 (2.13%) Developer
16 23 (2.13%) Security Project Manager
16 23 (2.13%) Technical Project Manager
17 22 (2.03%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.11%) .NET
2 11 (1.02%) ARM Templates
2 11 (1.02%) XML
3 10 (0.92%) Azure Blueprints
4 9 (0.83%) YAML
5 5 (0.46%) React
6 4 (0.37%) EDI
6 4 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
6 4 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.37%) Laravel
6 4 (0.37%) PySpark
6 4 (0.37%) Vue
7 3 (0.28%) ADO
7 3 (0.28%) CSS
7 3 (0.28%) HTML
7 3 (0.28%) JSON
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.18%) Murex MxML
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 2 (0.18%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 56 (5.18%) Management Information System
2 28 (2.59%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.31%) Product Ownership
4 18 (1.66%) Data Centre
4 18 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
6 14 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.29%) Life Science
7 13 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.11%) NHS
9 11 (1.02%) PMI
10 10 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (0.92%) FMCG
11 8 (0.74%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.65%) EMV
12 7 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (0.65%) Robotics
12 7 (0.65%) Video Editing
13 6 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.85%) Linux
2 17 (1.57%) Windows
3 9 (0.83%) zOS
4 5 (0.46%) Unix
5 4 (0.37%) Android
5 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.092%) Solaris
8 1 (0.092%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (31.15%) Agile
2 214 (19.78%) Project Delivery
3 202 (18.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 196 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
5 165 (15.25%) PRINCE2
6 132 (12.20%) Risk Management
7 127 (11.74%) Change Management
8 101 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 86 (7.95%) Scrum
10 79 (7.30%) Waterfall
11 76 (7.02%) Decision-Making
12 72 (6.65%) DevOps
13 71 (6.56%) Migration
14 66 (6.10%) Project Planning
15 59 (5.45%) Business Strategy
16 58 (5.36%) Business Analysis
16 58 (5.36%) Programme Management
17 56 (5.18%) Budget Management
17 56 (5.18%) Business Case
18 50 (4.62%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 50 (4.62%) SQL
2 33 (3.05%) Python
3 10 (0.92%) Java
3 10 (0.92%) JavaScript
4 9 (0.83%) PowerShell
5 8 (0.74%) JCL
6 6 (0.55%) REXX
7 5 (0.46%) C#
7 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.37%) Bash
8 4 (0.37%) C
8 4 (0.37%) PHP
8 4 (0.37%) R
8 4 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.18%) ABAP
10 1 (0.092%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.092%) Perl
10 1 (0.092%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.092%) VBA
Qualifications
1 177 (16.36%) Degree
2 156 (14.42%) Security Cleared
3 125 (11.55%) SC Cleared
4 77 (7.12%) PMP
5 72 (6.65%) PMI Certification
6 30 (2.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 29 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 29 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (1.39%) CISSP
9 15 (1.39%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 10 (0.92%) CISM
12 9 (0.83%) APMP
12 9 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.83%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.55%) CCNA
13 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.46%) ISEB
14 5 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.78%) PMO
2 56 (5.18%) QA
3 22 (2.03%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.48%) GDPR
5 10 (0.92%) NCSC
6 9 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
7 7 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.37%) COBIT
9 4 (0.37%) NIST
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.28%) Basel III
10 3 (0.28%) IFRS
10 3 (0.28%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) P3O
10 3 (0.28%) SLA
11 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.18%) GAAP
11 2 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 17 (1.57%) Docker
2 8 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.74%) NFS
2 8 (0.74%) Time Sharing Option
3 3 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.18%) HDFS
4 2 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.092%) ACF2
5 1 (0.092%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.092%) RACF
5 1 (0.092%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.092%) vSphere
5 1 (0.092%) XenApp
5 1 (0.092%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (2.22%) Ansible
2 17 (1.57%) Terraform
3 15 (1.39%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 6 (0.55%) Grafana
6 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.37%) Puppet
7 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.28%) Kibana
7 3 (0.28%) logstash
8 2 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.18%) SCCM
9 1 (0.092%) AppManager
9 1 (0.092%) CASB
9 1 (0.092%) Graylog
9 1 (0.092%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.092%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.092%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 142 (13.12%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.69%) SAP
3 30 (2.77%) Oracle
4 27 (2.50%) Adobe
5 16 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.29%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.02%) Google
7 11 (1.02%) Splunk
8 10 (0.92%) CA
9 9 (0.83%) Dell
9 9 (0.83%) IBM
10 8 (0.74%) Ariba
10 8 (0.74%) Broadcom
10 8 (0.74%) Brocade
10 8 (0.74%) IFS
11 7 (0.65%) Atlassian
11 7 (0.65%) Cisco
11 7 (0.65%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.65%) Workday
12 5 (0.46%) VMware