PMP Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 27 36
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -3
Contract jobs citing PMP 1 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.47% 2.42% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 7.27% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £469
25th Percentile - - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.87%
75th Percentile - - £553
90th Percentile - - £566
East of England median daily rate £575 £553 £588
% change year-on-year +3.98% -5.87% -23.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £28.89 -
East of England median hourly rate - £28.89 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bedfordshire

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 59 55 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 27.70% 33.33% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 27 39
10th Percentile £95 £121 £363
25th Percentile £363 £316 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.63%
75th Percentile £594 £525 £578
90th Percentile £650 £604 £662
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 3
10th Percentile £25.15 £28.80 £26.50
25th Percentile £58.25 £30.78 £36.25
Median hourly rate £87.50 £45.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.26% -16.82% -12.70%
75th Percentile £91.50 £55.00 £56.25
90th Percentile - £59.68 £57.00
East of England median hourly rate £22.79 £60.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -62.02% +100.00% +42.86%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

PMP job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Luton - 1 £650 - 1
PMP
East of England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of PMO
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP