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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 452 500
Rank change year-on-year -57 +48 +113
Contract jobs citing APMP 46 43 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.52% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 25 30
10th Percentile £282 £413 £352
25th Percentile £460 £450 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -0.99% -
75th Percentile £745 £575 £700
90th Percentile £775 £598 £715
UK median daily rate £663 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +32.50% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £19.78
25th Percentile £27.25 £27.00 £23.57
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +11.54% -35.00%
75th Percentile £27.75 £31.00 £26.50
90th Percentile - - £30.30
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -5.17% +11.54% -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 10,979 8,192 11,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.35% 30.44% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,270 4,978 7,137
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £415 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 865 393 733
10th Percentile £16.00 £19.86 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.61 £68.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.47 £82.25 £78.29
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -21.00% +11.11%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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
South West 0 21 £744 +5.50% 4
London -9 14 £400 -27.27% 3
South East -16 11 £633 +15.00% 6
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 6 (13.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (10.87%) MS Visio
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (4.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.35%) Google Workspace
1 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Power BI
1 2 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (32.61%) JIRA
General
1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Public Sector
3 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 12 (26.09%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Retail
6 3 (6.52%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Legal
7 2 (4.35%) Banking
7 2 (4.35%) Military
8 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Project Manager
2 10 (21.74%) Programme Manager
2 10 (21.74%) Technical Manager
3 7 (15.22%) Lead
4 6 (13.04%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Lead Project Manager
4 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 5 (10.87%) Technical Programme Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Payments Project Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Service Management Architect
7 3 (6.52%) Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Business Project Manager
8 2 (4.35%) Contracts Manager
8 2 (4.35%) Financial Business Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) PMI
2 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.17%) CCTV
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (84.78%) Project Management
2 35 (76.09%) PRINCE2
3 27 (58.70%) Project Delivery
4 19 (41.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (34.78%) Agile
6 15 (32.61%) Decision-Making
7 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (26.09%) Waterfall
8 10 (21.74%) ITSM
8 10 (21.74%) Service Management
9 8 (17.39%) Programme Management
9 8 (17.39%) Project Planning
10 7 (15.22%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (15.22%) Resource Management
10 7 (15.22%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (13.04%) Critical Thinking
11 6 (13.04%) ERP
11 6 (13.04%) Quality Management
11 6 (13.04%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 31 (67.39%) Security Cleared
2 26 (56.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (41.30%) Degree
4 18 (39.13%) PMP
5 13 (28.26%) PMI Certification
6 5 (10.87%) DV Cleared
6 5 (10.87%) MAPM
6 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.17%) ISEB
7 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) PMO
2 5 (10.87%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) GMP
4 1 (2.17%) P3O
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Atlassian
2 5 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.17%) BMC
3 1 (2.17%) Remedy
3 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow