PMP Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs citing PMP 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.26% - 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% - 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £418 - £459
25th Percentile £426 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - £645
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.82%
75th Percentile £460 - -
90th Percentile £465 - -
South East median daily rate £535 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 385 109 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 49.81% 42.91% 38.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 81 149
10th Percentile £400 £263 £355
25th Percentile £469 £412 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £523
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -4.21% +13.59%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £610
90th Percentile £640 £630 £761
South East median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 15
10th Percentile £15.25 £16.38 £15.85
25th Percentile - £17.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £35.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +78.75% +100.00%
75th Percentile £18.32 £64.06 £25.04
90th Percentile £25.11 £67.50 £27.50
South East median hourly rate £54.50 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.96% -1.05% +4.74%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMP

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 2 £447 - 1
PMP
South East

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft