Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for APMP 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 531 629 692
Rank change year-on-year +98 +63 -55
Contract jobs citing APMP 67 90 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% 0.55% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 77 90
10th Percentile £413 £360 £400
25th Percentile £450 £422 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £712 £594 £588
90th Percentile - £655 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +2.94% +7.37% +3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 32
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -10.11% +4.71%
75th Percentile £26.50 - £49.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £40.00 £100.00
% change year-on-year -35.00% -60.00% +135.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

APMP 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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the UK 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
England +106 60 £575 +12.03% 39
UK excluding London +49 48 £525 +2.94% 35
Work from Home +134 28 £563 +12.50% 19
South West +36 24 £588 +6.82% 10
London +91 12 £712 +40.09% 2
South East +13 10 £379 -24.12% 9
Midlands +14 6 - - 3
North of England +34 5 £525 +27.27% 10
North West +19 5 £525 +10.53% 8
West Midlands +32 3 - - 2
Scotland +29 3 £469 +4.17% 2
East Midlands +7 3 - - 1

APMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 41 (61.19%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (58.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 31 (46.27%) Microsoft Project
4 21 (31.34%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (25.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Loan IQ
2 2 (2.99%) Primavera
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.90%) SaaS
2 13 (19.40%) Google Workspace
2 13 (19.40%) IaaS
2 13 (19.40%) PaaS
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.49%) Azure
4 1 (1.49%) OCI
4 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.46%) Network Security
2 4 (5.97%) DHCP
2 4 (5.97%) DNS
2 4 (5.97%) Firewall
2 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.97%) VLAN
2 4 (5.97%) VPN
3 2 (2.99%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (1.49%) Intranet
4 1 (1.49%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (31.34%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Forms
General
1 37 (55.22%) Social Skills
2 30 (44.78%) Finance
3 25 (37.31%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (31.34%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (22.39%) Public Sector
6 14 (20.90%) Legal
7 4 (5.97%) Banking
7 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
8 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.99%) Aviation
10 1 (1.49%) Italian Language
10 1 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Lead
1 20 (29.85%) Project Leader
2 19 (28.36%) Project Manager
3 8 (11.94%) Analyst
4 4 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (5.97%) Security Analyst
5 3 (4.48%) Senior
6 2 (2.99%) Construction Project Manager
6 2 (2.99%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.99%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (2.99%) Network Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Business Analyst
7 1 (1.49%) Change Analyst
7 1 (1.49%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Delivery Project Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Implementation Project Manager
7 1 (1.49%) IT Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Programme Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Technical Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.90%) Virtual Team
2 13 (19.40%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.97%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.97%) Derivative
4 4 (5.97%) Fixed Income
4 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
5 3 (4.48%) PMI
6 2 (2.99%) CCTV
7 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.49%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (68.66%) Project Management
2 44 (65.67%) PRINCE2
3 36 (53.73%) Agile
3 36 (53.73%) Project Delivery
4 30 (44.78%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (44.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (41.79%) Project Planning
6 22 (32.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 21 (31.34%) Commercial Awareness
7 21 (31.34%) Workshop Facilitation
8 20 (29.85%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 20 (29.85%) Data Management
9 13 (19.40%) Customer Requirements
10 9 (13.43%) Information Security
10 9 (13.43%) Waterfall
11 8 (11.94%) Business Analysis
11 8 (11.94%) Change Management
11 8 (11.94%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.45%) Risk Management
13 5 (7.46%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 32 (47.76%) Security Cleared
2 25 (37.31%) Degree
3 24 (35.82%) DV Cleared
4 19 (28.36%) PMP
5 16 (23.88%) PMI Certification
6 4 (5.97%) CCNA
6 4 (5.97%) CEH
6 4 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.97%) CISM
6 4 (5.97%) CISSP
6 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.97%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.49%) CBAP
7 1 (1.49%) IIBA
7 1 (1.49%) ISEB
7 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (37.31%) PMO
2 2 (2.99%) P3O
3 1 (1.49%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.49%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 47 (70.15%) Microsoft
2 13 (19.40%) Google
2 13 (19.40%) Oracle
3 12 (17.91%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.49%) BT
4 1 (1.49%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.49%) iManage