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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 67 76
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +18
Contract jobs citing PMP 5 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.65% 0.92% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% 2.19% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile £413 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £438 - £644
90th Percentile - - £738
South West median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +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 327 365 462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 42.75% 42.10% 44.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 153 273
10th Percentile £205 £210 £333
25th Percentile £398 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.92% -18.75% +10.09%
75th Percentile £649 £600 £675
90th Percentile £775 £770 £738
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 86 76
10th Percentile £18.22 £50.63 £33.00
25th Percentile £22.38 £61.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.44 £80.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -1.15%

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) 5G
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Billing
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (80.00%) OSS Project Manager
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 4 (80.00%) Fault Management
2 4 (80.00%) Network Management
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Revenue Recognition
3 1 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Amdocs
1 4 (80.00%) Ciena
1 4 (80.00%) Ericsson
1 4 (80.00%) NetCracker
1 4 (80.00%) Nokia