Project Planning Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Planning
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 Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Planning over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 292 264
Rank change year-on-year +82 -28 +59
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 140 174 437
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 0.71% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 0.79% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 103 332
10th Percentile £213 £313 £313
25th Percentile £313 £413 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +14.45%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £600
90th Percentile £639 £749 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 15 35
10th Percentile £22.81 £41.35 -
25th Percentile £35.00 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £49.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £61.25 £56.25 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £80.00 £51.28
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year +12.24% +10.11% -10.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Planning 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 12,871 21,938 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,680 15,535 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 510 537
10th Percentile £14.66 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £27.48 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.27 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Project Planning
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Planning trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 Planning.

Project Planning daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Project Planning daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 Planning.

Project Planning hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Planning over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Project Planning hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Planning
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 4 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Primavera
2 7 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (3.57%) SAP PS
4 4 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.71%) Endur
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.71%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.71%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.29%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (4.29%) Azure
2 6 (4.29%) Power Platform
2 6 (4.29%) PowerApps
3 4 (2.86%) AWS
4 3 (2.14%) GCP
4 3 (2.14%) OCI
4 3 (2.14%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.71%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.71%) PaaS
5 1 (0.71%) SaaS
5 1 (0.71%) Serverless
5 1 (0.71%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.57%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.29%) VPN
4 5 (3.57%) Firewall
4 5 (3.57%) Network Security
4 5 (3.57%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.86%) DHCP
5 4 (2.86%) DNS
5 4 (2.86%) VLAN
6 2 (1.43%) Internet
7 1 (0.71%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.71%) LAN
7 1 (0.71%) VoLTE
7 1 (0.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.29%) Power BI
2 3 (2.14%) Big Data
3 2 (1.43%) Metadata
4 1 (0.71%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.71%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) JIRA
2 3 (2.14%) Git
3 1 (0.71%) GitLab
3 1 (0.71%) TestRail
General
1 48 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.00%) Finance
3 26 (18.57%) Public Sector
4 20 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 8 (5.71%) Retail
7 6 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.57%) Marketing
9 4 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.86%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.14%) Banking
10 3 (2.14%) Legal
11 2 (1.43%) Billing
11 2 (1.43%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.43%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.43%) Law
11 2 (1.43%) Public Speaking
12 1 (0.71%) Automotive
12 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 53 (37.86%) Project Manager
2 13 (9.29%) Consultant
3 11 (7.86%) Analyst
3 11 (7.86%) Senior
4 10 (7.14%) Lead
5 8 (5.71%) Senior Manager
6 7 (5.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (4.29%) Coordinator
7 6 (4.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 6 (4.29%) Project Coordinator
7 6 (4.29%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.57%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.57%) Functional Consultant
8 5 (3.57%) IT Manager
8 5 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
8 5 (3.57%) Security Consultant
9 4 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.86%) Information Security Consultant
9 4 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 4 (2.86%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (2.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.14%) NHS
2 3 (2.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.14%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.43%) IVR
3 2 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.71%) Animation
4 1 (0.71%) Equities
4 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.71%) PMI
4 1 (0.71%) Robotics
4 1 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.86%) Unix
2 2 (1.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (47.86%) Project Management
2 42 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 32 (22.86%) Change Management
4 32 (22.86%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (20.71%) Agile
6 21 (15.00%) Project Delivery
7 17 (12.14%) PRINCE2
8 16 (11.43%) Decision-Making
8 16 (11.43%) ERP
9 13 (9.29%) GAP Analysis
9 13 (9.29%) Line Management
10 12 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (8.57%) CRM
11 11 (7.86%) DevOps
12 10 (7.14%) Budget Management
12 10 (7.14%) CI/CD
12 10 (7.14%) Information Security
12 10 (7.14%) Migration
13 9 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.57%) SQL
2 4 (2.86%) Shell Script
3 3 (2.14%) Java
3 3 (2.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 30 (21.43%) Degree
3 25 (17.86%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (5.71%) CISSP
6 7 (5.00%) CISM
7 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.29%) PMP
8 5 (3.57%) APMP
8 5 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.86%) CCNA
9 4 (2.86%) CEH
9 4 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.14%) CRISC
10 3 (2.14%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.43%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.86%) QA
2 9 (6.43%) PMO
3 3 (2.14%) GDPR
4 2 (1.43%) NIST
5 1 (0.71%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.71%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (2.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.43%) SAP
3 12 (8.57%) Oracle
4 4 (2.86%) Google
5 3 (2.14%) Teradata
6 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.71%) Ariba
7 1 (0.71%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.71%) Planview
7 1 (0.71%) Salesforce