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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 462 485
Rank change year-on-year -132 +23 +64
Contract jobs citing APMP 25 20 64
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.058% 0.079% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.25% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 20
10th Percentile £422 £450 £59
25th Percentile £483 £515 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +11.27% -7.27%
75th Percentile £674 £625 £603
90th Percentile £711 £752 £669
UK median daily rate £575 £551 £525
% change year-on-year +4.31% +5.00% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £61.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - +138.46% -
75th Percentile - £63.00 £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year - +138.46% -

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 13,702 7,852 11,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.52% 31.07% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,254 4,938 7,003
10th Percentile £350 £281 £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 £645
90th Percentile £715 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,030 511 1,006
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £24.21 £20.19 £20.56
Median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £64.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £50.74 £28.55 £40.94
% change year-on-year +77.73% -30.26% -26.23%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 -65 11 £500 -21.26%
South East -61 8 £633 +19.91% 2
South West -32 5 £621 -18.62% 4
Midlands -62 1 - -
West Midlands -63 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:

Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (56.00%) Finance
2 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Retail
6 3 (12.00%) Legal
6 3 (12.00%) Spanish Language
7 2 (8.00%) Banking
8 1 (4.00%) Advertising
8 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
8 1 (4.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 21 (84.00%) Project Manager
2 9 (36.00%) Senior
2 9 (36.00%) Senior Manager
2 9 (36.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Banking Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Bid Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Business Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Business Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Payments Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Business Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) PMI
2 1 (4.00%) CBDC
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Project Management
2 18 (72.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (64.00%) PRINCE2
3 16 (64.00%) Project Delivery
4 10 (40.00%) Change Control
5 8 (32.00%) Agile
6 7 (28.00%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (28.00%) Commercial Awareness
6 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (28.00%) Programme Management
7 5 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
7 5 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (16.00%) Line Management
8 4 (16.00%) Project Planning
8 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
9 3 (12.00%) Change Management
9 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
9 3 (12.00%) ITSM
9 3 (12.00%) Network Planning
9 3 (12.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (52.00%) PMP
2 13 (52.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (28.00%) PMI Certification
4 6 (24.00%) Degree
5 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 3 (12.00%) MAPM
7 2 (8.00%) ISEB
7 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.00%) PMO
2 4 (16.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft