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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 53 51
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +19
Contract jobs citing Project Delivery 540 1,007 2,055
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.66% 4.09% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.16% 4.56% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 715 1,503
10th Percentile £365 £369 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +4.90% +10.27%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £603
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 48
10th Percentile £25.15 £41.50 £28.30
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 £67.13 £49.25
90th Percentile - £70.00 £65.09
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £64.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -44.73% +44.94% +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 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
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 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +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 18 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 18 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 (4.63%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.33%) Confluence
3 9 (1.67%) 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
7 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
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
Applications
1 38 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (2.04%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (2.41%) Loan IQ
3 11 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (1.48%) SAP Hybris
5 5 (0.93%) Endur
6 3 (0.56%) Aligne
6 3 (0.56%) EuroRunner
6 3 (0.56%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.56%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.56%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.19%) Maximo
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP GTS
8 1 (0.19%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.19%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 79 (14.63%) Azure
2 30 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (4.26%) Power Platform
4 22 (4.07%) AWS
5 19 (3.52%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (2.78%) PowerApps
7 14 (2.59%) SaaS
8 10 (1.85%) IaaS
9 8 (1.48%) PaaS
9 8 (1.48%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 8 (1.48%) WhatsApp
10 7 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.30%) OneDrive
10 7 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.11%) GCP
11 6 (1.11%) OpenShift
12 5 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.59%) Network Security
2 10 (1.85%) ATM
3 8 (1.48%) Firewall
3 8 (1.48%) WAN
4 6 (1.11%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.93%) 4G
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%) 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%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.78%) Power BI
2 12 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.67%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.11%) 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 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.37%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.37%) DB2
7 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.19%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.19%) MySQL
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (8.33%) JIRA
2 3 (0.56%) Git
3 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.37%) ERwin
3 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.19%) Gerrit
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
1 155 (28.70%) Finance
2 149 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 79 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 55 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (5.74%) Influencing Skills
6 26 (4.81%) Banking
7 25 (4.63%) Marketing
8 23 (4.26%) Telecoms
9 20 (3.70%) Retail
10 17 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (2.78%) Legal
11 15 (2.78%) Manufacturing
11 15 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (2.22%) 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 6 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 164 (30.37%) Project Manager
2 63 (11.67%) Architect
3 59 (10.93%) Senior
4 46 (8.52%) Analyst
5 44 (8.15%) Business Analyst
5 44 (8.15%) Lead
6 37 (6.85%) Consultant
6 37 (6.85%) Delivery Manager
7 35 (6.48%) Senior Manager
8 30 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
10 18 (3.33%) Security Manager
11 17 (3.15%) Developer
12 14 (2.59%) IT Manager
12 14 (2.59%) Security Project Manager
13 13 (2.41%) Technical Manager
14 12 (2.22%) Security Architect
15 11 (2.04%) Delivery Project Manager
15 11 (2.04%) Infrastructure Manager
15 11 (2.04%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.22%) .NET
1 12 (2.22%) JSON
2 10 (1.85%) ADO
2 10 (1.85%) Middleware
2 10 (1.85%) REST
2 10 (1.85%) XML
3 7 (1.30%) Web Services
4 6 (1.11%) SailPoint
5 5 (0.93%) AngularJS
5 5 (0.93%) LDAP
5 5 (0.93%) OAuth
5 5 (0.93%) OpenID
5 5 (0.93%) SAML
6 4 (0.74%) JSON Schema
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 (4.44%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 13 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 7 (1.30%) FMCG
6 7 (1.30%) NHS
7 6 (1.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (1.11%) Virtual Team
8 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.93%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (0.74%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.74%) Market Risk
9 4 (0.74%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.56%) Derivative
10 3 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.63%) Windows
2 15 (2.78%) Linux
3 4 (0.74%) Solaris
3 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 3 (0.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.56%) zOS
5 2 (0.37%) AIX
5 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.19%) Android
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (41.11%) Project Management
2 212 (39.26%) Agile
3 92 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (12.78%) PRINCE2
5 65 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (11.11%) DevOps
7 59 (10.93%) Migration
8 55 (10.19%) Waterfall
9 52 (9.63%) Change Management
9 52 (9.63%) Risk Management
10 50 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (8.52%) Business Case
12 43 (7.96%) Scrum
13 40 (7.41%) Business Analysis
13 40 (7.41%) Roadmaps
14 39 (7.22%) Programme Management
14 39 (7.22%) Project Governance
15 38 (7.04%) Decision-Making
16 33 (6.11%) Budget Management
17 31 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 59 (10.93%) SQL
2 18 (3.33%) Java
2 18 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 17 (3.15%) Python
4 14 (2.59%) C#
5 8 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.93%) Bash
6 5 (0.93%) C++
6 5 (0.93%) Perl
7 4 (0.74%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.74%) X++
8 2 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.37%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.19%) Bicep
9 1 (0.19%) PHP
9 1 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 74 (13.70%) Degree
2 70 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 49 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.74%) PMP
5 29 (5.37%) PMI Certification
6 23 (4.26%) 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
11 4 (0.74%) PRINCE2 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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (8.70%) PMO
2 38 (7.04%) QA
3 12 (2.22%) NIST
4 11 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.85%) Disclosure Scotland
5 10 (1.85%) 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 19 (3.52%) 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 12 (2.22%) Terraform
2 11 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.67%) 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%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.37%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.37%) Pacemaker
7 2 (0.37%) Podman
7 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.37%) Puppet
7 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.19%) Endace
8 1 (0.19%) PowerBroker
8 1 (0.19%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.19%) vRealize
Vendors
1 83 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.78%) SAP
3 13 (2.41%) ServiceNow
3 13 (2.41%) VMware
4 10 (1.85%) Cisco
5 9 (1.67%) Oracle
6 8 (1.48%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.30%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.11%) Adobe
8 6 (1.11%) Informatica
9 5 (0.93%) Ariba
9 5 (0.93%) Pega
9 5 (0.93%) Ping Identity
10 4 (0.74%) Citrix
10 4 (0.74%) Databricks
10 4 (0.74%) F5
10 4 (0.74%) IBM
10 4 (0.74%) IFS
10 4 (0.74%) SolarWinds