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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 26 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 891 1,688 3,501
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.07% 7.07% 7.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.50% 7.43% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 1,220 2,634
10th Percentile £333 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £691 £700 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £515
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 37 29
10th Percentile £23.56 £30.54 £25.16
25th Percentile £27.26 £45.00 £54.00
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 £74.35
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -42.46% +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 13,716 22,731 42,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 95.23% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,231 16,123 30,649
10th Percentile £325 £358 £359
25th Percentile £425 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 528 566
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.75
25th Percentile £22.54 £25.00 £19.58
Median hourly rate £43.00 £51.57 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -16.61% +32.81% +67.29%
75th Percentile £63.38 £66.33 £58.66
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.80 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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.

1 414 (46.46%) Project Management
2 273 (30.64%) Finance
3 236 (26.49%) Agile
4 220 (24.69%) Social Skills
5 162 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 155 (17.40%) Project Delivery
7 151 (16.95%) PRINCE2
8 102 (11.45%) Migration
9 99 (11.11%) Change Management
10 95 (10.66%) Security Cleared
11 88 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (9.43%) Public Sector
13 83 (9.32%) Risk Management
14 79 (8.87%) SC Cleared
15 75 (8.42%) Degree
16 71 (7.97%) Waterfall
17 67 (7.52%) Microsoft
18 64 (7.18%) Scrum
18 64 (7.18%) Budget Management
19 60 (6.73%) SAP
20 59 (6.62%) Azure
21 58 (6.51%) Banking
22 52 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
23 50 (5.61%) Business Case
23 50 (5.61%) PMP
24 49 (5.50%) PMI Certification
24 49 (5.50%) ERP
24 49 (5.50%) Project Planning
25 47 (5.27%) JIRA
26 46 (5.16%) Decision-Making

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 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.57%) Confluence
3 7 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.45%) CMS
5 4 (0.45%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.34%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.11%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.11%) Appian
7 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 36 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.48%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.45%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 22 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.90%) Sage 200
2 8 (0.90%) Sage 50
3 7 (0.79%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.56%) 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 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.11%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (6.62%) Azure
2 21 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (2.02%) SaaS
4 16 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (1.68%) Smartsheet
6 14 (1.57%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.35%) WhatsApp
8 11 (1.23%) AWS
9 9 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (0.79%) PowerApps
10 7 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 5 (0.56%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.45%) OCI
13 3 (0.34%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.34%) GCP
13 3 (0.34%) SAP Fieldglass
14 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (0.22%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.02%) Structured Cabling
2 17 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (0.67%) 5G
3 6 (0.67%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.56%) WAN
5 4 (0.45%) Firewall
5 4 (0.45%) Internet
5 4 (0.45%) LAN
5 4 (0.45%) Network Security
6 3 (0.34%) Wireless
7 2 (0.22%) Broadband
7 2 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.22%) MPLS
7 2 (0.22%) SNA
7 2 (0.22%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.11%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.11%) DMZ
8 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
8 1 (0.11%) NAS
8 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (1.12%) Power BI
3 5 (0.56%) 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 (0.22%) Big Data
6 2 (0.22%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.22%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.11%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.11%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.11%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (5.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 273 (30.64%) Finance
2 220 (24.69%) Social Skills
3 84 (9.43%) Public Sector
4 58 (6.51%) Banking
5 52 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 39 (4.38%) Retail
8 34 (3.82%) Marketing
9 28 (3.14%) Telecoms
10 26 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (2.92%) Legal
11 24 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.24%) Local Government
13 17 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 16 (1.80%) Electronics
14 16 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.01%) Investment Banking
16 8 (0.90%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.90%) Front Office
16 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 (0.22%) 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%) SAML
4 1 (0.11%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.11%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 25 (2.81%) Management Information System
2 22 (2.47%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 17 (1.91%) NHS
5 16 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
6 15 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.35%) Life Science
9 11 (1.23%) FMCG
10 9 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.01%) PMI
10 9 (1.01%) Product Ownership
11 7 (0.79%) Over-the-Top Content
11 7 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
11 7 (0.79%) Taxonomies
11 7 (0.79%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.56%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.45%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.23%) Windows
2 5 (0.56%) Linux
3 3 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (46.46%) Project Management
2 236 (26.49%) Agile
3 162 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 155 (17.40%) Project Delivery
5 151 (16.95%) PRINCE2
6 102 (11.45%) Migration
7 99 (11.11%) Change Management
8 88 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
9 83 (9.32%) Risk Management
10 71 (7.97%) Waterfall
11 64 (7.18%) Budget Management
11 64 (7.18%) Scrum
12 50 (5.61%) Business Case
13 49 (5.50%) ERP
13 49 (5.50%) Project Planning
14 46 (5.16%) Decision-Making
15 42 (4.71%) Programme Management
16 39 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
17 37 (4.15%) CRM
17 37 (4.15%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 16 (1.80%) SQL
2 7 (0.79%) Python
3 4 (0.45%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (0.22%) Java
4 2 (0.22%) PHP
4 2 (0.22%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.11%) C
5 1 (0.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 95 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 79 (8.87%) SC Cleared
3 75 (8.42%) Degree
4 50 (5.61%) PMP
5 49 (5.50%) PMI Certification
6 38 (4.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 21 (2.36%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 14 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.45%) APMP
11 4 (0.45%) CIPD
11 4 (0.45%) CISM
11 4 (0.45%) CISSP
11 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.34%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.34%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.22%) ACCA
13 2 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.22%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.93%) PMO
2 23 (2.58%) QA
3 7 (0.79%) SLA
4 6 (0.67%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.67%) NIST
5 5 (0.56%) GDPR
5 5 (0.56%) GRC
5 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (0.45%) GxP
6 4 (0.45%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.22%) Basel III
7 2 (0.22%) COBIT
7 2 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.11%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.11%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.22%) Argo
1 2 (0.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.22%) SCCM
1 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.11%) Ansible
2 1 (0.11%) Terraform
2 1 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (7.52%) Microsoft
2 60 (6.73%) SAP
3 29 (3.25%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.24%) Sage
5 19 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.02%) Oracle
7 9 (1.01%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.01%) Cisco
8 7 (0.79%) Adobe
8 7 (0.79%) Splunk
9 6 (0.67%) Google
10 5 (0.56%) Databricks
10 5 (0.56%) MuleSoft
10 5 (0.56%) VMware
10 5 (0.56%) Workday
11 4 (0.45%) Citrix
11 4 (0.45%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.34%) Cadence
12 3 (0.34%) Ceridian
12 3 (0.34%) Guidewire