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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 278 260
Rank change year-on-year +69 -18 +72
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 134 180 442
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.91% 0.75% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.84% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 108 339
10th Percentile £213 £351 £320
25th Percentile £313 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £606
90th Percentile £631 £744 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +17.65%
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 -
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £49.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year - +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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Primavera
2 7 (5.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (3.73%) SAP PS
4 4 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle AGIS
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.75%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.96%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (5.22%) Power Platform
3 6 (4.48%) Azure
3 6 (4.48%) PowerApps
4 3 (2.24%) GCP
4 3 (2.24%) OCI
4 3 (2.24%) WhatsApp
5 1 (0.75%) Azure AKS
5 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle CX
5 1 (0.75%) PaaS
5 1 (0.75%) SaaS
5 1 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (6.72%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (4.48%) VPN
4 5 (3.73%) Firewall
4 5 (3.73%) Network Security
4 5 (3.73%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.99%) DHCP
5 4 (2.99%) DNS
5 4 (2.99%) VLAN
6 2 (1.49%) Internet
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco IPT
7 1 (0.75%) LAN
7 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.48%) Power BI
2 3 (2.24%) Metadata
3 1 (0.75%) Base SAS
3 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.75%) SAS Data Integration Studio
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (6.72%) JIRA
2 3 (2.24%) Git
3 1 (0.75%) TestRail
General
1 46 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 43 (32.09%) Finance
3 25 (18.66%) Public Sector
4 20 (14.93%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.46%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.22%) Retail
7 6 (4.48%) Marketing
7 6 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.73%) Legal
9 4 (2.99%) Banking
9 4 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.24%) Public Speaking
10 3 (2.24%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.49%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.49%) Law
12 1 (0.75%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.75%) German Language
12 1 (0.75%) Local Government
12 1 (0.75%) Military
Job Titles
1 49 (36.57%) Project Manager
2 13 (9.70%) Consultant
3 10 (7.46%) Analyst
3 10 (7.46%) Senior
4 7 (5.22%) Coordinator
4 7 (5.22%) Lead
4 7 (5.22%) Project Coordinator
4 7 (5.22%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 7 (5.22%) Senior Manager
5 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 5 (3.73%) Functional Consultant
6 5 (3.73%) IT Manager
6 5 (3.73%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (3.73%) Security Consultant
6 5 (3.73%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (2.99%) Business Analyst
7 4 (2.99%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (2.99%) Information Security Consultant
7 4 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 4 (2.99%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.73%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (2.99%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.24%) NHS
3 3 (2.24%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.24%) Robotics
3 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.49%) IVR
4 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.49%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.75%) Animation
5 1 (0.75%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.75%) Equities
5 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.75%) PMI
5 1 (0.75%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.99%) Unix
2 2 (1.49%) Linux
3 1 (0.75%) pSOS
3 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (49.25%) Project Management
2 39 (29.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (25.37%) Risk Management
4 33 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (22.39%) Agile
5 30 (22.39%) Change Management
6 18 (13.43%) Project Delivery
7 17 (12.69%) PRINCE2
8 16 (11.94%) Decision-Making
9 15 (11.19%) ERP
10 13 (9.70%) GAP Analysis
10 13 (9.70%) Line Management
11 11 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (8.21%) CRM
11 11 (8.21%) DevOps
12 10 (7.46%) Information Security
13 9 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (6.72%) Migration
13 9 (6.72%) Performance Management
13 9 (6.72%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.99%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.75%) SAS Macro
2 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 30 (22.39%) Degree
3 24 (17.91%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (5.97%) CISM
5 8 (5.97%) CISSP
6 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.48%) PMP
7 5 (3.73%) APMP
7 5 (3.73%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.99%) CCNA
8 4 (2.99%) CEH
8 4 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.99%) CRISC
8 4 (2.99%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.75%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.21%) QA
2 8 (5.97%) PMO
3 4 (2.99%) GDPR
4 2 (1.49%) NIST
5 1 (0.75%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.75%) RMADS
System Software
1 3 (2.24%) Docker
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.99%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (13.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.19%) SAP
3 7 (5.22%) Oracle
4 3 (2.24%) Google
4 3 (2.24%) Teradata
5 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.75%) Computacenter
6 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.75%) VMware