Project Management & Consulting Freelancers: Rates, Demand and Trends
Market data for Project Management & Consulting freelancers – calculated from 1,982 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.
- Listings (90 days)
- 1,982
- IT job postings of the category in 90 days
- Share of the IT market
- 18 %
- Share of all IT job postings, 90 days
- Demand share vs. previous quarter
- ▲ 8 %
- Share of the IT market, 90 days versus the 90 days before
- Median hourly rate
- €90
- 52 data points (hourly rates)
- Remote possible
- 78 %
- of which 19 % fully remote · stated in 84 % of the postings
Share of the IT market: share of the category's job postings in all IT job postings, last 90 days versus the 90 days before (not growth in number)
Project Management & Consulting: 18 % of IT job postings with growing demand
Project Management & Consulting differs from other IT fields by focusing on steering, planning and monitoring projects rather than technical development or infrastructure. Organizations across all sectors and sizes engage freelancers in this category to implement initiatives in a structured manner and guide change processes. Large corporations with complex IT transformations as well as mid-sized companies rely on external project managers and consultants. Demand extends beyond classical project leadership to strategic consulting, risk management and organizational change.
Project Management ranks as the most requested skill in this field with 1,086 postings, followed by Jira and Confluence as tools for planning and documentation. Agile methods shape daily work alongside Change Management and Risk Management, which are frequently combined with Project Management. SAFe enables freelancers to support large-scale agile transformations, while Business Analysis and Requirements Management bridge stakeholders and implementation. Compliance requirements also belong to the task spectrum, particularly in regulated industries.
The market for Project Management & Consulting comprises 1,982 job postings over 90 days and accounts for 18 % of all IT job postings. This segment grows at a trend of ▲ 8 % compared to the previous quarter, significantly faster than the overall market. Freelance contracts dominate at 65 %, while 29 % are permanent positions and 6 % temporary agency work; 78 % of positions offer flexibility in work location, of which 19 % are fully remote. Hourly rates have a median of €90, with the middle half ranging between €84 and €96.
Hourly rates
- Median
- €90
- Middle 50 %
- €84 – €96
- Data points
- 52
Basis: 52 hourly rates from job postings (no converted salaries); the middle 50 % lie between €84 and €96.
Work location and contract types
Work location
- Remote possible
- 78 %
- of which fully remote
- 19 %
Contract types
Most in-demand skills
Skills in this category: 97
- 1Project Management1,086 listings▼ 2 %
- 2Jira835 listings▼ 6 %
- 3Confluence573 listings▼ 4 %
- 4Agile Methods567 listings▲ 14 %
- 5Change Management448 listings▲ 9 %
- 6Risk Management408 listings▲ 85 %
- 7SAFe360 listings▲ 13 %
- 8Compliance244 listings▲ 24 %
- 9Business Analysis242 listings▼ 5 %
- 10Requirements Management241 listings▲ 15 %
Biggest risers
Often requested together
- Project ManagementRisk Management213 listings
- Project ManagementSAP S/4HANA169 listings
- Project ManagementChange Management124 listings
- JiraSAFe118 listings
- Change ManagementIncident Management110 listings
- JiraJava109 listings
Most active recruiters
Market data comes from Nexus. Links marked ↗ open the public view in Nexus (new tab) – read-only.
Methodology: Calculated from the IT job postings of the last 90 days; the category is the one of the posting. Hourly rates only from real hourly figures and only from 30 rates, shares only with enough data.
Basis: 11,175 IT listings in the window
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