Project Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Project Manager daily rate in Work from Home is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 26 21
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 884 1,720 3,487
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.04% 7.10% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.45% 7.45% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 1,241 2,626
10th Percentile £328 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +7.24%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £691 £700 £659
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £513
% change year-on-year - +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 28
10th Percentile £23.56 £30.54 £24.90
25th Percentile £27.26 £45.00 £53.19
Median hourly rate £40.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% - +91.15%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £62.00 £71.25 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £36.23 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.03% +15.74% +54.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 13,696 23,095 42,294
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.27% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,252 16,383 30,711
10th Percentile £325 £360 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.60
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +32.91% +70.19%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
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 Manager.

Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
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 Manager.

Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Project Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 412 (46.61%) Project Management
2 271 (30.66%) Finance
3 238 (26.92%) Agile
4 220 (24.89%) Social Skills
5 163 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
6 160 (18.10%) Project Delivery
7 154 (17.42%) PRINCE2
8 101 (11.43%) Change Management
9 99 (11.20%) Migration
10 97 (10.97%) Security Cleared
11 89 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
12 87 (9.84%) Risk Management
13 85 (9.62%) Public Sector
14 81 (9.16%) SC Cleared
15 77 (8.71%) Degree
16 74 (8.37%) Waterfall
17 69 (7.81%) Microsoft
18 65 (7.35%) Budget Management
19 63 (7.13%) Scrum
20 58 (6.56%) Banking
21 57 (6.45%) SAP
21 57 (6.45%) Azure
22 52 (5.88%) Business Case
22 52 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
23 51 (5.77%) PMP
24 50 (5.66%) Project Planning
25 49 (5.54%) PMI Certification
26 48 (5.43%) ERP
26 48 (5.43%) Decision-Making
27 46 (5.20%) JIRA

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 27 (3.05%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.47%) Confluence
3 7 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.45%) CMS
5 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.11%) Appian
6 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 36 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.73%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 19 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.90%) Sage 200
2 8 (0.90%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.79%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.34%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.23%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.11%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (6.45%) Azure
2 22 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (1.92%) SaaS
4 16 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (1.70%) Smartsheet
6 14 (1.58%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.36%) WhatsApp
8 11 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.02%) AWS
9 9 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (0.79%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 5 (0.57%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.34%) GCP
12 3 (0.34%) OCI
12 3 (0.34%) SAP Fieldglass
13 2 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
13 2 (0.23%) Google Docs
13 2 (0.23%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
2 17 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (0.68%) 5G
4 4 (0.45%) Firewall
4 4 (0.45%) Internet
4 4 (0.45%) LAN
4 4 (0.45%) Network Security
4 4 (0.45%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.34%) WAN
5 3 (0.34%) Wireless
6 2 (0.23%) Broadband
6 2 (0.23%) CTI
6 2 (0.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.23%) SAN
6 2 (0.23%) SNA
6 2 (0.23%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.11%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.11%) DMZ
7 1 (0.11%) NAS
7 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (1.13%) Power BI
3 5 (0.57%) Data Lake
4 4 (0.45%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.34%) Metadata
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (0.34%) Tableau
6 2 (0.23%) Big Data
6 2 (0.23%) DB2
6 2 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.23%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.11%) MySQL
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 46 (5.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 271 (30.66%) Finance
2 220 (24.89%) Social Skills
3 85 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 58 (6.56%) Banking
5 52 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (4.64%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.41%) Retail
8 34 (3.85%) Marketing
9 29 (3.28%) Telecoms
10 27 (3.05%) Legal
11 26 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (2.26%) Local Government
14 18 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.81%) Electronics
17 10 (1.13%) Investment Banking
18 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
18 8 (0.90%) Front Office
18 8 (0.90%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.45%) ADO
2 3 (0.34%) Middleware
2 3 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.34%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.23%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 1 (0.11%) Express.js
4 1 (0.11%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.11%) MERN Stack
4 1 (0.11%) Node.js
4 1 (0.11%) React
4 1 (0.11%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.11%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 26 (2.94%) Management Information System
2 21 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.15%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.04%) NHS
5 15 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.58%) Virtual Team
7 13 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.36%) Life Science
9 11 (1.24%) FMCG
10 10 (1.13%) PMI
10 10 (1.13%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.79%) Over-the-Top Content
12 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (0.79%) Taxonomies
12 7 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.57%) Mobile App
14 4 (0.45%) Biopharmaceutical
14 4 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.13%) Windows
2 4 (0.45%) Linux
2 4 (0.45%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.11%) Unix
3 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (46.61%) Project Management
2 238 (26.92%) Agile
3 163 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 160 (18.10%) Project Delivery
5 154 (17.42%) PRINCE2
6 101 (11.43%) Change Management
7 99 (11.20%) Migration
8 89 (10.07%) Problem-Solving
9 87 (9.84%) Risk Management
10 74 (8.37%) Waterfall
11 65 (7.35%) Budget Management
12 63 (7.13%) Scrum
13 52 (5.88%) Business Case
14 50 (5.66%) Project Planning
15 48 (5.43%) Decision-Making
15 48 (5.43%) ERP
16 43 (4.86%) Programme Management
17 39 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
17 39 (4.41%) Project Governance
18 36 (4.07%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.70%) SQL
2 8 (0.90%) Python
3 4 (0.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.23%) Java
4 2 (0.23%) PHP
4 2 (0.23%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.11%) C
5 1 (0.11%) C#
5 1 (0.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 97 (10.97%) Security Cleared
2 81 (9.16%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.71%) Degree
4 51 (5.77%) PMP
5 49 (5.54%) PMI Certification
6 39 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 21 (2.38%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 15 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (0.57%) APMP
12 4 (0.45%) CIPD
12 4 (0.45%) CISM
12 4 (0.45%) CISSP
12 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.34%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.34%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.23%) ACCA
14 2 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.23%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (4.19%) PMO
2 24 (2.71%) QA
3 7 (0.79%) SLA
4 6 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.68%) GRC
4 6 (0.68%) NIST
5 5 (0.57%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.45%) GxP
6 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.23%) Basel III
7 2 (0.23%) COBIT
7 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.23%) IFRS
8 1 (0.11%) GAMP
8 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.23%) Argo
1 2 (0.23%) SCCM
2 1 (0.11%) Ansible
2 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
2 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 69 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 57 (6.45%) SAP
3 29 (3.28%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.26%) Sage
5 18 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.81%) Oracle
7 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.02%) Cisco
8 7 (0.79%) Adobe
8 7 (0.79%) Google
9 5 (0.57%) Databricks
9 5 (0.57%) MuleSoft
9 5 (0.57%) Splunk
9 5 (0.57%) Workday
10 4 (0.45%) Citrix
10 4 (0.45%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.45%) VMware
11 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.34%) BT
11 3 (0.34%) Cadence