APMP Contract Job Trends in England

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK > England

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 469 538
Rank change year-on-year -12 +69 +137
Contract jobs citing APMP 20 64 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.072% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.66% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 29 53
10th Percentile £204 £425 £356
25th Percentile £466 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -1.83% -5.55%
75th Percentile £745 £594 £650
90th Percentile £752 £628 £820
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £18.90
25th Percentile - £27.00 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.45% -
75th Percentile - £36.50 £32.25
90th Percentile - £46.40 £34.50
UK median hourly rate - £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +5.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

APMP 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,754 9,726 12,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.53% 29.75% 28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,563 6,003 7,819
10th Percentile £304 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 684 574 662
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -0.81% +20.98%
75th Percentile £47.22 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.44
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.08% +20.98%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in England

APMP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing APMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing APMP

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in England

APMP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing APMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing APMP

APMP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
South East +14 8 £515 +10.01% 11
South West 0 7 £750 +27.66% 6
London +21 5 £500 -9.09% 4
APMP
UK

APMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Billing
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Service Management Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Bid Writer
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Construction Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Management Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Service Management Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) PMI
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Project Management
2 14 (70.00%) PRINCE2
3 8 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 7 (35.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (30.00%) Change Control
5 6 (30.00%) Change Management
6 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 5 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 5 (25.00%) ITIL
6 5 (25.00%) ITSM
6 5 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
6 5 (25.00%) Service Management
7 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Map
8 3 (15.00%) Agile
8 3 (15.00%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (15.00%) PMP
6 1 (5.00%) ISEB
6 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) P3O
2 2 (10.00%) GMP
3 1 (5.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) IFS
2 1 (5.00%) BMC
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow