PMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 351 278
Rank change year-on-year +97 -73 +49
Contract jobs citing PMP 132 105 247
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.45% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.75% 1.35% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 76 190
10th Percentile £391 £413 £350
25th Percentile £456 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £646 £700 £623
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £480
% change year-on-year +4.76% +9.38% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 8 2
10th Percentile - £37.50 £49.88
25th Percentile £25.50 £41.25 £53.44
Median hourly rate £40.94 £66.25 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.20% +4.74% +136.45%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £74.44
90th Percentile £86.12 - £78.83
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £65.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +46.07% +61.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,560 7,762 8,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.83% 33.02% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,355 5,203 5,219
10th Percentile £269 £286 £254
25th Percentile £425 £420 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 648 525
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.97 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.49
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.41
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +59.18% -7.63%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.81 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.19 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +12.00%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
South East +12 33 £540 +0.93% 34
North of England +29 25 £488 -7.14% 30
Midlands +35 22 £475 -8.43% 19
West Midlands +32 19 £475 -8.43% 12
North West +30 17 £398 -22.34% 21
Scotland +44 15 £500 +11.11% 8
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
South West +24 12 £550 +10.00% 9
East of England 0 9 £550 +2.33% 11
East Midlands +17 3 £463 -19.57% 7
Yorkshire +16 3 £500 -4.76% 7
North East - 3 £600 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (8.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (14.39%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (12.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (8.33%) Acrobat
5 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.27%) CA PPM
1 3 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.76%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.76%) iTrent
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.76%) Primavera
3 1 (0.76%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.76%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.76%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (10.61%) SaaS
2 10 (7.58%) IaaS
2 10 (7.58%) PaaS
3 9 (6.82%) Azure
3 9 (6.82%) Google Workspace
4 4 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (1.52%) AWS
5 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.52%) OCI
5 2 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.27%) Network Security
2 2 (1.52%) Wireless
3 1 (0.76%) Firewall
3 1 (0.76%) LAN
3 1 (0.76%) SAN
3 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.76%) SNMP
3 1 (0.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.76%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.76%) VPN
3 1 (0.76%) WAN
3 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) Power BI
2 1 (0.76%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.76%) IDMS
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 16 (12.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
General
1 63 (47.73%) Social Skills
2 44 (33.33%) Finance
3 18 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.36%) Legal
5 14 (10.61%) Marketing
6 12 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 11 (8.33%) Local Government
8 8 (6.06%) Manufacturing
9 7 (5.30%) Aerospace
9 7 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (5.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (4.55%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (4.55%) Military
11 4 (3.03%) Telecoms
12 3 (2.27%) Front Office
12 3 (2.27%) Retail
13 2 (1.52%) Banking
13 2 (1.52%) Games
13 2 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (47.73%) Project Manager
2 17 (12.88%) Senior
2 17 (12.88%) Senior Manager
3 11 (8.33%) Bid Manager
3 11 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 9 (6.82%) IT Project Manager
4 9 (6.82%) Senior Bid Manager
5 8 (6.06%) Project Controller
6 7 (5.30%) Technical Manager
7 6 (4.55%) Lead
7 6 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (3.79%) ERP Manager
8 5 (3.79%) ERP Project Manager
8 5 (3.79%) Security Manager
9 4 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.03%) SAP Manager
10 3 (2.27%) Network Manager
10 3 (2.27%) Network Project Manager
10 3 (2.27%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.52%) ADO
1 2 (1.52%) CSS
1 2 (1.52%) HTML
1 2 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.52%) REST
1 2 (1.52%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 10 (7.58%) PMI
3 9 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.79%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.03%) NHS
6 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.27%) Robotics
8 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.76%) Life Science
9 1 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.76%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (78.03%) Project Management
2 71 (53.79%) PRINCE2
3 44 (33.33%) Agile
3 44 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 43 (32.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (18.94%) Risk Management
7 18 (13.64%) Decision-Making
7 18 (13.64%) Scrum
7 18 (13.64%) Waterfall
8 17 (12.88%) Budget Management
9 16 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (12.12%) Project Planning
9 16 (12.12%) Work Breakdown Structure
10 14 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (9.85%) Customer Requirements
11 13 (9.85%) Resource Allocation
12 12 (9.09%) Change Management
12 12 (9.09%) ERP
12 12 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.52%) Apex Code
1 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
1 2 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (75.00%) PMI Certification
2 46 (34.85%) Degree
3 30 (22.73%) Security Cleared
4 23 (17.42%) SC Cleared
5 12 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (7.58%) APMP
7 7 (5.30%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.03%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.52%) CCNP
9 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.76%) APMG
10 1 (0.76%) CCNA
10 1 (0.76%) CISSP
10 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.76%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.76%) PgMP
10 1 (0.76%) PhD
10 1 (0.76%) RIBA
10 1 (0.76%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.12%) PMO
2 9 (6.82%) QA
3 3 (2.27%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.76%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.76%) GAMP
5 1 (0.76%) GxP
5 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (26.52%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.12%) Salesforce
3 13 (9.85%) Oracle
4 11 (8.33%) Adobe
5 9 (6.82%) Google
6 8 (6.06%) SAP
7 4 (3.03%) Guidewire
8 3 (2.27%) Cisco
9 2 (1.52%) Ariba
9 2 (1.52%) Planview
9 2 (1.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.76%) Apple
10 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.76%) BT
10 1 (0.76%) Infor