Project Delivery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Project Delivery
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 Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 55 52
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +20
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 539 1,000 2,064
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.68% 4.09% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.18% 4.57% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 710 1,511
10th Percentile £363 £369 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +3.90% +10.81%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £613
90th Percentile £712 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 11 49
10th Percentile £25.15 £41.50 £28.70
25th Percentile £26.51 £53.13 £39.75
Median hourly rate £31.26 £60.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% +34.83% +96.21%
75th Percentile £35.00 £67.75 £49.25
90th Percentile - £70.00 £65.06
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -42.96% +40.45% +4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Project Delivery 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 12,882 21,904 40,173
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.65% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,678 15,514 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 570 507 533
10th Percentile £14.83 £18.58 £14.30
25th Percentile £24.06 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +37.60% +58.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Project Delivery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Project Delivery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
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 Delivery.

Project Delivery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Project Delivery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
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 Delivery.

Project Delivery hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Project Delivery hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Project Delivery
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 25 (4.64%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.34%) Confluence
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.74%) SAS
6 3 (0.56%) CMS
6 3 (0.56%) MTS
6 3 (0.56%) SharePoint 2013
7 2 (0.37%) IIS
8 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) CICS
8 1 (0.19%) Drupal
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 37 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (4.82%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (4.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (2.04%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.41%) Loan IQ
1 13 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.48%) SAP Hybris
4 5 (0.93%) Endur
5 3 (0.56%) Aligne
5 3 (0.56%) EuroRunner
5 3 (0.56%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.56%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.56%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.19%) Maximo
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 78 (14.47%) Azure
2 31 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (4.27%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (3.71%) AWS
6 18 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (2.78%) PowerApps
8 14 (2.60%) SaaS
9 11 (2.04%) IaaS
10 9 (1.67%) PaaS
11 8 (1.48%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.30%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.30%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.11%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.11%) GCP
13 6 (1.11%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.93%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.74%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.60%) Network Security
2 10 (1.86%) ATM
3 8 (1.48%) Firewall
3 8 (1.48%) WAN
4 6 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.93%) 5G
5 5 (0.93%) Kerberos
5 5 (0.93%) LAN
6 4 (0.74%) 2G
6 4 (0.74%) 3G
6 4 (0.74%) 4G
6 4 (0.74%) Ethernet
6 4 (0.74%) SAN
6 4 (0.74%) SDH
7 3 (0.56%) DHCP
7 3 (0.56%) DNS
7 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.56%) VPN
7 3 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.37%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.78%) Power BI
2 12 (2.23%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.67%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.30%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.74%) Big Data
6 4 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
6 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.74%) Tableau
7 3 (0.56%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.37%) DB2
8 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.19%) EDRMS
9 1 (0.19%) MySQL
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (7.98%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.37%) ERwin
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.19%) Gerrit
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.19%) JUnit
4 1 (0.19%) RStudio
4 1 (0.19%) Selenium
4 1 (0.19%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.19%) TestNG
4 1 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 156 (28.94%) Finance
2 153 (28.39%) Social Skills
3 78 (14.47%) Public Sector
4 53 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
6 28 (5.19%) Banking
7 25 (4.64%) Marketing
8 21 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.53%) Retail
10 16 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (2.78%) Legal
11 15 (2.78%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (2.04%) Front Office
14 9 (1.67%) Local Government
15 7 (1.30%) Electronics
15 7 (1.30%) Law
15 7 (1.30%) Military
16 5 (0.93%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 163 (30.24%) Project Manager
2 63 (11.69%) Architect
3 62 (11.50%) Senior
4 48 (8.91%) Analyst
5 45 (8.35%) Business Analyst
6 40 (7.42%) Lead
7 38 (7.05%) Delivery Manager
8 37 (6.86%) Consultant
8 37 (6.86%) Senior Manager
9 29 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (5.01%) Senior Project Manager
11 19 (3.53%) Security Manager
12 18 (3.34%) Developer
13 15 (2.78%) Security Project Manager
14 14 (2.60%) IT Manager
15 13 (2.41%) Technical Manager
16 12 (2.23%) Security Architect
17 11 (2.04%) Delivery Project Manager
17 11 (2.04%) Infrastructure Manager
17 11 (2.04%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.23%) .NET
1 12 (2.23%) JSON
2 10 (1.86%) ADO
2 10 (1.86%) Middleware
2 10 (1.86%) XML
3 9 (1.67%) REST
4 6 (1.11%) Web Services
5 5 (0.93%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.93%) OAuth
5 5 (0.93%) OpenID
5 5 (0.93%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.93%) SAML
6 4 (0.74%) JSON Schema
6 4 (0.74%) LDAP
7 3 (0.56%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.56%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.56%) HTML
7 3 (0.56%) React
7 3 (0.56%) RESTful
7 3 (0.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.45%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.27%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.60%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 7 (1.30%) FMCG
5 7 (1.30%) NHS
6 6 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.93%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.74%) Market Risk
8 4 (0.74%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.74%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.56%) Derivative
9 3 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.27%) Windows
2 13 (2.41%) Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Solaris
3 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.56%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) zOS
5 2 (0.37%) AIX
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.19%) Android
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (40.63%) Project Management
2 215 (39.89%) Agile
3 95 (17.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (12.62%) PRINCE2
5 67 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (11.50%) DevOps
7 58 (10.76%) Migration
8 55 (10.20%) Waterfall
9 51 (9.46%) Change Management
9 51 (9.46%) Risk Management
10 50 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (8.72%) Business Case
12 44 (8.16%) Scrum
13 42 (7.79%) Roadmaps
14 40 (7.42%) Business Analysis
15 39 (7.24%) Programme Management
16 38 (7.05%) Decision-Making
16 38 (7.05%) Project Governance
17 32 (5.94%) Budget Management
18 30 (5.57%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.95%) SQL
2 18 (3.34%) PowerShell
3 17 (3.15%) Java
3 17 (3.15%) Python
4 14 (2.60%) C#
5 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.93%) Bash
6 5 (0.93%) C++
7 4 (0.74%) Perl
7 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.74%) X++
8 2 (0.37%) Bicep
8 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.37%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.19%) PHP
9 1 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (13.36%) Degree
2 70 (12.99%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.57%) PMP
5 28 (5.19%) PMI Certification
6 22 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 15 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (1.11%) APMP
9 6 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.93%) CCNP
10 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.56%) CCNA
12 3 (0.56%) CSPO
12 3 (0.56%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.91%) PMO
2 36 (6.68%) QA
3 13 (2.41%) NIST
4 11 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.86%) Disclosure Scotland
5 10 (1.86%) SLA
6 7 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.30%) GDPR
7 5 (0.93%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.56%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.37%) MiFID
9 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.19%) Basel III
10 1 (0.19%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.19%) P3O
10 1 (0.19%) PMBOK
10 1 (0.19%) RMADS
System Software
1 17 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.04%) Docker
3 6 (1.11%) vSphere
4 5 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.93%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) Ceph
7 2 (0.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.19%) ACF2
8 1 (0.19%) RACF
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) XenApp
8 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (2.41%) Terraform
2 11 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.48%) Ansible
4 6 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.93%) PingFederate
6 4 (0.74%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.37%) HP Data Protector
7 2 (0.37%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.37%) Pacemaker
7 2 (0.37%) Podman
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Endace
8 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.19%) Puppet
8 1 (0.19%) SCCM
8 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.19%) vRealize
Vendors
1 81 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.42%) SAP
3 12 (2.23%) VMware
4 10 (1.86%) Cisco
4 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.48%) Oracle
6 7 (1.30%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.11%) Adobe
7 6 (1.11%) Informatica
8 5 (0.93%) Databricks
8 5 (0.93%) Pega
8 5 (0.93%) Ping Identity
9 4 (0.74%) Citrix
9 4 (0.74%) F5
9 4 (0.74%) IBM
9 4 (0.74%) IFS
9 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.56%) Juniper