PMP Contracts in England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 418 372
Rank change year-on-year +107 -46 +55
Contract jobs citing PMP 238 254 487
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.64% 0.50% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.06% 1.81% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 174 331
10th Percentile £375 £400 £363
25th Percentile £438 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £643 £650 £575
90th Percentile £724 £788 £638
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £488
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 13 40
10th Percentile £22.34 £37.50 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.48% +51.69% +48.33%
75th Percentile £27.25 £75.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £60.00 - £52.51
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £67.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -61.48% +51.69% +48.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

PMP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,579 14,027 15,366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.75% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,398 10,082
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £637
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 756 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.23 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £62.48 £68.33 £55.72
90th Percentile £77.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in England.

Daily rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +77 118 £575 +3.37% 61
South East +34 36 £545 +9.00% 35
North of England +34 27 £500 -4.76% 35
Midlands +26 21 £475 -5.00% 21
West Midlands +34 18 £475 -7.32% 12
North West +21 18 £398 -23.28% 26
South West +27 12 £550 +15.79% 11
East of England +9 9 £550 -8.33% 11
Yorkshire +11 4 £513 -2.38% 7
East Midlands +17 3 £463 +2.78% 9
North East - 3 £600 - 4
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.26%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (12.61%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (12.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (10.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.26%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.84%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.42%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.42%) Primavera
4 1 (0.42%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.82%) SaaS
2 20 (8.40%) Azure
3 14 (5.88%) IaaS
3 14 (5.88%) PaaS
4 13 (5.46%) Google Workspace
5 7 (2.94%) AWS
6 3 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.84%) OCI
8 1 (0.42%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.42%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.10%) SNA
2 4 (1.68%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.26%) LAN
3 3 (1.26%) Network Security
3 3 (1.26%) SAN
3 3 (1.26%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.26%) WAN
4 2 (0.84%) 4G
4 2 (0.84%) 5G
4 2 (0.84%) BGP
4 2 (0.84%) Firewall
4 2 (0.84%) MPLS
4 2 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.84%) Wireless
5 1 (0.42%) IMAP
5 1 (0.42%) Intranet
5 1 (0.42%) SNMP
5 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.26%) Power BI
2 2 (0.84%) EDMS
2 2 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 16 (6.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 105 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 81 (34.03%) Finance
3 37 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.24%) Military
5 19 (7.98%) Banking
6 18 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (7.14%) Legal
8 15 (6.30%) Manufacturing
8 15 (6.30%) Marketing
8 15 (6.30%) Public Sector
8 15 (6.30%) Retail
8 15 (6.30%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.20%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.78%) Aerospace
10 9 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.52%) German Language
12 6 (2.52%) Mandarin Language
13 5 (2.10%) Dutch Language
13 5 (2.10%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 110 (46.22%) Project Manager
2 25 (10.50%) IT Manager
3 24 (10.08%) Delivery Manager
4 20 (8.40%) Senior
4 20 (8.40%) Senior Manager
5 18 (7.56%) Programme Manager
6 17 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
7 16 (6.72%) Scrum Master
7 16 (6.72%) Technical Manager
8 15 (6.30%) Senior Project Manager
9 14 (5.88%) Security Manager
10 12 (5.04%) Lead
11 9 (3.78%) SAP Manager
12 7 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
13 6 (2.52%) Network Manager
13 6 (2.52%) Network Project Manager
13 6 (2.52%) SAP Project Manager
13 6 (2.52%) Security Project Manager
13 6 (2.52%) Technical Project Manager
14 5 (2.10%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.10%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.68%) CSS
2 4 (1.68%) HTML
2 4 (1.68%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.68%) REST
2 4 (1.68%) Visualforce
3 2 (0.84%) ADO
3 2 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.50%) PMI
2 17 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.72%) Virtual Team
4 15 (6.30%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.78%) Mobile Banking
6 8 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.52%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.26%) FMCG
10 3 (1.26%) NHS
10 3 (1.26%) Robotics
11 2 (0.84%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.42%) Fibre Optics
12 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.42%) Life Science
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing Technology
12 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.42%) Linux
1 1 (0.42%) Windows
1 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (73.11%) Project Management
2 138 (57.98%) PRINCE2
3 110 (46.22%) Agile
4 74 (31.09%) Project Delivery
5 55 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 50 (21.01%) Decision-Making
7 50 (21.01%) Scrum
8 37 (15.55%) Waterfall
9 36 (15.13%) Programme Management
10 34 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 28 (11.76%) Business Case
12 26 (10.92%) Change Management
13 25 (10.50%) DevOps
14 22 (9.24%) Budget Management
14 22 (9.24%) Project Planning
15 20 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (8.40%) Roadmaps
16 19 (7.98%) Migration
16 19 (7.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.52%) SQL
2 4 (1.68%) Apex Code
2 4 (1.68%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 198 (83.19%) PMI Certification
2 78 (32.77%) Degree
3 48 (20.17%) Security Cleared
4 41 (17.23%) SC Cleared
5 19 (7.98%) DV Cleared
6 15 (6.30%) APMP
6 15 (6.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (3.36%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.52%) PgMP
9 5 (2.10%) CISSP
9 5 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.68%) APMG
11 3 (1.26%) CISM
11 3 (1.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 3 (1.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.84%) CAPM
12 2 (0.84%) CISA
12 2 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.45%) PMO
2 16 (6.72%) QA
3 5 (2.10%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.26%) PMBOK
5 2 (0.84%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) GxP
5 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) COBIT
6 1 (0.42%) COREP
6 1 (0.42%) GAMP
6 1 (0.42%) GRC
6 1 (0.42%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) P3O
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 41 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.24%) Salesforce
3 19 (7.98%) SAP
4 17 (7.14%) Oracle
5 14 (5.88%) Google
6 6 (2.52%) Cisco
7 4 (1.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 3 (1.26%) Guidewire
8 3 (1.26%) VMware
9 2 (0.84%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.42%) Apple
10 1 (0.42%) Ariba
10 1 (0.42%) BT
10 1 (0.42%) iManage
10 1 (0.42%) Infor
10 1 (0.42%) LabWare
10 1 (0.42%) NCR
10 1 (0.42%) Planview
10 1 (0.42%) Progress
10 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow