PMP Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 109 140
Rank change year-on-year +20 +31 +33
Contract jobs citing PMP 33 17 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.82% 0.80% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.38% 3.63% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 16
10th Percentile £451 £312 £419
25th Percentile £466 £444 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £703 £633 £689
90th Percentile £745 £739 £760
Central London median daily rate £630 £525 £573
% change year-on-year +20.00% -8.30% +14.50%

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 447 468 716
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.59% 21.94% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 297 422
10th Percentile £359 £384 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.41 - £17.31
25th Percentile £26.16 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £45.33 £21.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +115.83% -41.83% -17.01%
75th Percentile £65.12 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £82.79 - £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
% change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the City of London

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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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (9.09%) Trello
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) ResourceLink
1 1 (3.03%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) AWS
3 3 (9.09%) GCP
4 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.03%) Asana
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Network Security
1 2 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.06%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.06%) Power BI
3 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
3 1 (3.03%) Hadoop
3 1 (3.03%) Looker
3 1 (3.03%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) JIRA
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 18 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Banking
4 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Law
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Retail
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Front Office
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Data Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Network Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Project Implementation Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Transformation Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (3.03%) Risk Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Reinsurance
2 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Reference Data
2 2 (6.06%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.03%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.03%) PMI
3 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (90.91%) Project Management
2 17 (51.52%) Agile
2 17 (51.52%) PRINCE2
2 17 (51.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (33.33%) Scrum
4 10 (30.30%) Project Delivery
5 7 (21.21%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.21%) Waterfall
6 6 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 6 (18.18%) ITIL
7 5 (15.15%) Process Improvement
7 5 (15.15%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 5 (15.15%) Service Management
8 4 (12.12%) Analytics
8 4 (12.12%) Budget Management
8 4 (12.12%) Data Management
8 4 (12.12%) Programme Management
8 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
8 4 (12.12%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (81.82%) PMI Certification
2 13 (39.39%) Degree
3 3 (9.09%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.03%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) PMO
2 2 (6.06%) MiFID
2 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.03%) EMIR
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Databricks
2 2 (6.06%) Dell
2 2 (6.06%) HP
2 2 (6.06%) Pure Storage
3 1 (3.03%) Citrix
3 1 (3.03%) Google
3 1 (3.03%) Workday