PMP Contract Job Trends in Bristol

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 62 72
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 +28
Contract jobs citing PMP 2 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.24% 1.14% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 2.33% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £413 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £438 - £734
90th Percentile - - £774
South West median daily rate £438 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -10.26% +2.63% +5.56%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 365 343 479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.51% 48.93% 47.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 162 269
10th Percentile £225 £285 £319
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +8.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £775 £773 £712
South West median daily rate £550 £551 £575
% change year-on-year -0.18% -4.17% +1.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 70 84
10th Percentile £17.69 £35.00 £36.60
25th Percentile £22.63 £60.75 £58.13
Median hourly rate £57.35 £66.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% -5.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67.84 £73.44 £80.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £62.05
% change year-on-year -61.60% +5.56% -4.54%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PMP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PMP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Asana
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Manager
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Management
2 1 (50.00%) Order to Cash
2 1 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (50.00%) Record to Report
2 1 (50.00%) Revenue Recognition
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow