PMP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 99 124
Rank change year-on-year -11 +25 +52
Contract jobs citing PMP 17 29 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.95% 1.36% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.37% 5.29% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 10
10th Percentile £402 £469 £443
25th Percentile £438 £514 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £675 £734 £714
90th Percentile £733 £746 £743
Central London median daily rate £530 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -15.20% +4.17% +11.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 504 548 524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 28.05% 25.66% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 323 321
10th Percentile £347 £335 £334
25th Percentile £425 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £642 £688
90th Percentile £738 £751 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £539 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £24.00 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -55.17% +55.08%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% -45.83% +28.34%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the City of London

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMP

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (5.88%) Confluence
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Workfront
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (5.88%) ResourceLink
2 1 (5.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) Asana
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Banking
4 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.88%) Front Office
6 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
2 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Systems Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) IT Programme Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Lead
3 1 (5.88%) Migration Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) PMO Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Security Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Systems Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.88%) IoT
3 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
3 1 (5.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Project Management
2 13 (76.47%) Agile
2 13 (76.47%) PRINCE2
3 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (35.29%) Waterfall
6 5 (29.41%) Decision-Making
7 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
7 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
8 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
8 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
8 3 (17.65%) Change Management
8 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
8 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
9 2 (11.76%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
9 2 (11.76%) Programme Governance
9 2 (11.76%) Risk Register
9 2 (11.76%) Sprint Planning
9 2 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Korn
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) PMI Certification
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) APMG
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) PMO
2 2 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (5.88%) GRC
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Adobe
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
1 2 (11.76%) Planview
2 1 (5.88%) AVEVA
2 1 (5.88%) Calypso
2 1 (5.88%) CyberArk
2 1 (5.88%) Murex
2 1 (5.88%) SAP
2 1 (5.88%) Workday