PMP Contracts in Central London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 112 148
Rank change year-on-year +9 +36 +37
Contract jobs citing PMP 34 21 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.66% 0.88% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.68% 3.95% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 17
10th Percentile £434 £321 £420
25th Percentile £461 £419 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £684 £623 £685
90th Percentile £740 £728 £748
London median daily rate £575 £550 £528
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.27% +0.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 509 532 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.84% 22.37% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 335 471
10th Percentile £350 £368 £325
25th Percentile £462 £461 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £749 £775 £820
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 5
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.22 £17.17
25th Percentile £26.57 £20.29 £18.00
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% +15.91% -55.95%
75th Percentile £57.96 £27.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.57 £35.38 £71.75
London median hourly rate £25.15 £26.49 £54.50
% change year-on-year -5.04% -51.40% +31.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in Central London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Central London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
City of London +20 31 £593 +12.86% 38
City of Westminster - 1 £375 - 1
PMP
London

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.94%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (8.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (8.82%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) ResourceLink
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.94%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) GCP
4 2 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) Asana
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) Network Security
1 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.94%) DNS
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.88%) Data Lake
2 2 (5.88%) Power BI
3 1 (2.94%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.94%) Hadoop
3 1 (2.94%) Looker
3 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 20 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 18 (52.94%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Banking
5 3 (8.82%) Legal
5 3 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Retail
6 2 (5.88%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Back Office
7 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Project Manager
2 4 (11.76%) Programme Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Data Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 3 (8.82%) IT Manager
3 3 (8.82%) Senior
3 3 (8.82%) Senior Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) PMO Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Project Implementation Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) Reinsurance
2 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.88%) Reference Data
2 2 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.94%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.94%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.94%) PMI
3 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Project Management
2 20 (58.82%) Agile
3 19 (55.88%) PRINCE2
4 18 (52.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (38.24%) Scrum
6 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (29.41%) Project Delivery
8 9 (26.47%) Waterfall
9 7 (20.59%) ITIL
9 7 (20.59%) Risk Management
10 6 (17.65%) Decision-Making
10 6 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 5 (14.71%) Programme Management
11 5 (14.71%) Service Management
12 4 (11.76%) Analytics
12 4 (11.76%) Budget Management
12 4 (11.76%) Business Transformation
12 4 (11.76%) Process Improvement
12 4 (11.76%) Roadmaps
12 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (79.41%) PMI Certification
2 10 (29.41%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) CAPM
5 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) PMO
2 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.94%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Databricks
2 2 (5.88%) Dell
2 2 (5.88%) HP
2 2 (5.88%) Pure Storage
3 1 (2.94%) Citrix
3 1 (2.94%) Google
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) Workday