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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 100 125
Rank change year-on-year 0 +25 +53
Contract jobs citing PMP 19 24 22
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.13% 1.15% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.42% 4.59% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 15
10th Percentile £405 £356 £425
25th Percentile £440 £478 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £608 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +5.65% +2.22%
75th Percentile £713 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £740 £715
Central London median daily rate £575 £566 £575
% change year-on-year +1.55% -1.52% +2.22%

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 430 523 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.60% 25.12% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 307 351
10th Percentile £325 £352 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -6.38%
75th Percentile £670 £660 £688
90th Percentile £738 £768 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £23.45
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -30.11% +7.54%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £62.63
90th Percentile £51.14 - £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.62% +80.56% -58.37%

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 27 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the City of London

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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 (5.26%) Confluence
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Workfront
2 1 (5.26%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Asana
1 1 (5.26%) AWS
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
1 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 12 (63.16%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Back Office
6 1 (5.26%) Front Office
6 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Systems Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
1 3 (15.79%) Reinsurance
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.26%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.26%) IoT
3 1 (5.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Project Management
2 13 (68.42%) Agile
3 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (57.89%) PRINCE2
5 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (31.58%) Decision-Making
6 6 (31.58%) Waterfall
7 5 (26.32%) Project Delivery
7 5 (26.32%) Risk Management
7 5 (26.32%) Scrum
8 4 (21.05%) Programme Management
9 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (15.79%) Matrix Organization
9 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
9 3 (15.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (15.79%) Software Delivery
10 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 2 (10.53%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 14 (73.68%) PMI Certification
2 6 (31.58%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) APMG
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) PMO
2 2 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.26%) GRC
3 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.26%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) AVEVA
3 1 (5.26%) Calypso
3 1 (5.26%) Murex
3 1 (5.26%) Planview