IT Project Manager Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Project Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Project Manager daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 265 250
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 +39
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 82 198 482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.56% 0.83% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.87% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 157 372
10th Percentile £350 £350 £382
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £578
90th Percentile £753 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £513
% change year-on-year +0.96% +1.46% +13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £43.23
25th Percentile £23.63 - £57.69
Median hourly rate £25.28 £65.00 £64.75
Median % change year-on-year -61.12% +0.39% -
75th Percentile £33.63 - £66.48
90th Percentile £45.70 - £73.53
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £62.25
% change year-on-year -33.85% +4.42% +10.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Project Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Project Manager trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT 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 IT Project Manager.

IT Project Manager daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

IT Project Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT 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 IT Project Manager.

IT Project Manager hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing IT Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

IT Project Manager hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT 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 IT Project Manager in the job title.

1 31 (37.80%) Project Management
2 29 (35.37%) Finance
3 19 (23.17%) Agile
4 17 (20.73%) PRINCE2
5 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (15.85%) Social Skills
6 10 (12.20%) PMP
7 9 (10.98%) Banking
7 9 (10.98%) Budget Management
7 9 (10.98%) Waterfall
8 8 (9.76%) Degree
8 8 (9.76%) PMI Certification
9 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
9 6 (7.32%) ITIL
9 6 (7.32%) Risk Management
9 6 (7.32%) Migration
9 6 (7.32%) Scrum
9 6 (7.32%) Change Management
9 6 (7.32%) Azure
9 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (7.32%) PMO
9 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
9 6 (7.32%) Project Delivery
10 5 (6.10%) Line Management
10 5 (6.10%) Project Planning
10 5 (6.10%) SC Cleared
10 5 (6.10%) Security Cleared
10 5 (6.10%) Management Information System
10 5 (6.10%) PRINCE2 Certification

IT 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 4 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (1.22%) CMS
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Azure
2 4 (4.88%) SaaS
3 3 (3.66%) WhatsApp
4 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.22%) AWS
5 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.22%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.22%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) Intranet
1 1 (1.22%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.22%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 29 (35.37%) Finance
2 13 (15.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.98%) Banking
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.88%) Legal
6 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Local Government
6 3 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (1.22%) French Language
8 1 (1.22%) Front Office
8 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.22%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) ADO
1 1 (1.22%) Express.js
1 1 (1.22%) MERN Stack
1 1 (1.22%) Node.js
1 1 (1.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.10%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.88%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.44%) Life Science
4 2 (2.44%) PMI
5 1 (1.22%) CMDB
5 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.22%) NHS
5 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.22%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (37.80%) Project Management
2 19 (23.17%) Agile
3 17 (20.73%) PRINCE2
4 13 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.98%) Budget Management
5 9 (10.98%) Waterfall
6 6 (7.32%) Change Management
6 6 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (7.32%) ITIL
6 6 (7.32%) Migration
6 6 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (7.32%) Project Delivery
6 6 (7.32%) Risk Management
6 6 (7.32%) Scrum
7 5 (6.10%) Line Management
7 5 (6.10%) PRINCE
7 5 (6.10%) Project Planning
8 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.88%) Contract Management
8 4 (4.88%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) C#
1 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) PMP
2 8 (9.76%) Degree
2 8 (9.76%) PMI Certification
3 5 (6.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (6.10%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.10%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) PMO
2 4 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.88%) NIST
3 2 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.44%) GRC
3 2 (2.44%) GxP
4 1 (1.22%) COBIT
4 1 (1.22%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) SCCM
1 1 (1.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.88%) SAP
3 2 (2.44%) Cisco
3 2 (2.44%) Remedy
4 1 (1.22%) Ariba
4 1 (1.22%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.22%) Cadence
4 1 (1.22%) Citrix
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle
4 1 (1.22%) Planview
4 1 (1.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.22%) VMware
4 1 (1.22%) Workday