PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CAPM 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 592 709 834
Rank change year-on-year +117 +125 -160
Contract jobs citing CAPM 6 10 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.017% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.045% 0.061% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 10
10th Percentile £326 £513 £388
25th Percentile £347 £514 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% - +30.18%
75th Percentile £422 £554 £597
90th Percentile £439 £634 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +56.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CAPM 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%

CAPM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAPM 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 +124 6 £388 -29.55% 15
London +95 4 £325 -40.91% 7
Work from Home +129 3 £325 -40.91% 9
UK excluding London - 2 £450 - 8
Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 £450 - 2

CAPM
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Developer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior PMO
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Node.js
2 1 (16.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (16.67%) SAPUI5
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) IT Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) PMP
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ariba
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle