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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 448 477
Rank change year-on-year -108 +29 +84
Contract jobs citing APMP 39 29 69
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.095% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.38% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 19 22
10th Percentile £431 £413 £95
25th Percentile £563 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £518
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -3.38% -2.63%
75th Percentile £725 £561 £687
90th Percentile £775 £602 £712
UK median daily rate £663 £468 £525
% change year-on-year +41.71% -10.95% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.25 £61.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.65% +138.46% -35.00%
75th Percentile £27.75 £63.00 £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -55.65% +138.46% -35.00%

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 13,149 7,628 11,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.05% 31.44% 30.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,838 4,861 6,930
10th Percentile £350 £285 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £750
UK median daily rate £522 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -0.57% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 955 433 967
10th Percentile £17.07 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £17.88
Median hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -23.81%
75th Percentile £73.19 £67.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.50 £81.35 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -25.93%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

APMP job vacancy trend 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 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 2026. 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
London -52 15 £500 - 2
South West -25 14 £725 -4.92%
South East -70 9 £696 +35.85% 4
West Midlands -63 1 - -
Midlands -68 1 - -
APMP
UK

APMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (25.64%) JIRA
General
1 26 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Finance
3 14 (35.90%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (17.95%) Retail
6 4 (10.26%) Legal
7 3 (7.69%) Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Advertising
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Military
8 1 (2.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Project Manager
2 10 (25.64%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 10 (25.64%) Technical Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Lead
3 7 (17.95%) Programme Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Senior
3 7 (17.95%) Senior Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Senior Project Manager
4 6 (15.38%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (15.38%) Lead Project Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Payments Project Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Banking Project Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Programme Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Banking Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Business Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Finance Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Payments Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) PMI
2 1 (2.56%) CBDC
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (82.05%) Project Management
2 28 (71.79%) PRINCE2
3 27 (69.23%) Project Delivery
4 22 (56.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (38.46%) Agile
5 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (30.77%) Programme Management
7 11 (28.21%) Decision-Making
8 10 (25.64%) Change Control
8 10 (25.64%) Waterfall
9 9 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (17.95%) ITSM
10 7 (17.95%) Project Planning
10 7 (17.95%) Service Management
11 6 (15.38%) ERP
12 5 (12.82%) Analytics
12 5 (12.82%) Commercial Awareness
12 5 (12.82%) Configuration Management
12 5 (12.82%) Enterprise Architecture
13 4 (10.26%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 26 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 23 (58.97%) SC Cleared
3 21 (53.85%) PMP
4 17 (43.59%) Degree
5 14 (35.90%) PMI Certification
6 7 (17.95%) MAPM
7 6 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (7.69%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.56%) ISEB
9 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.21%) PMO
2 7 (17.95%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft