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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 105 135
Rank change year-on-year +13 +30 +42
Contract jobs citing PMP 27 25 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.53% 1.19% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.21% 4.96% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 16
10th Percentile £422 £356 £425
25th Percentile £453 £478 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £613 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% +6.52% -
75th Percentile £713 £663 £653
90th Percentile £731 £733 £773
Central London median daily rate £575 £613 £575
% change year-on-year -6.12% +6.52% -

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 435 504 606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.67% 24.02% 20.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 312 362
10th Percentile £328 £364 £341
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £553
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +1.81% -3.91%
75th Percentile £663 £664 £692
90th Percentile £738 £761 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £22.28 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £64.66 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 - £65.60
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%

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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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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

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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 18 September 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

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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 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Workfront
2 1 (3.70%) ResourceLink
2 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) Asana
4 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Data Lake
1 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) JIRA
General
1 16 (59.26%) Social Skills
2 15 (55.56%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Marketing
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Law
4 2 (7.41%) Legal
4 2 (7.41%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Back Office
5 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 17 (62.96%) Project Manager
2 3 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Data Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Network Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Project Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Transformation Manager
3 2 (7.41%) Transformation Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) HR Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Transformation Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) Reinsurance
3 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (7.41%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (7.41%) Reference Data
3 2 (7.41%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (3.70%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Project Management
2 16 (59.26%) Agile
3 15 (55.56%) PRINCE2
4 14 (51.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (29.63%) Scrum
6 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 6 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (22.22%) Waterfall
7 5 (18.52%) ITIL
7 5 (18.52%) Programme Management
8 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
8 4 (14.81%) Service Management
9 3 (11.11%) Analytics
9 3 (11.11%) Business Transformation
9 3 (11.11%) Data Governance
9 3 (11.11%) Software Delivery
Qualifications
1 21 (77.78%) PMI Certification
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 2 (7.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.70%) APMG
4 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) PMO
2 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.41%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Adobe
2 2 (7.41%) Databricks
2 2 (7.41%) Dell
2 2 (7.41%) HP
2 2 (7.41%) Pure Storage
3 1 (3.70%) AVEVA
3 1 (3.70%) Citrix
3 1 (3.70%) Workday