PMP Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 67 67
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +22
Contract jobs citing PMP 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.07% 0.14% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.26% 0.67% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £473 - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £663 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% -5.45% +12.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 215 149 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.82% 21.16% 27.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 84 123
10th Percentile £250 £165 £221
25th Percentile £381 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £548 £656 £603
90th Percentile £617 £765 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £514 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.37% +2.38% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 12
10th Percentile £16.30 £20.88 £43.75
25th Percentile - £22.33 £60.63
Median hourly rate £18.87 £38.06 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.42% -41.44% -
75th Percentile - £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £33.03 £54.88 £68.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +1.45% +42.27%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Birmingham

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Asana
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Improvement Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Records Management Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Records Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Web Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Web Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Educational Technology
1 3 (42.86%) Learning Management System
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
2 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Contract Negotiation
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (57.14%) User Experience
4 3 (42.86%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Co-Creation
6 1 (14.29%) DevOps
6 1 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
6 1 (14.29%) Records Management
6 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
1 5 (71.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Progress
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sitecore