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 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 455 523
Rank change year-on-year -41 +68 +140
Contract jobs citing APMP 20 53 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.070% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.57% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 48
10th Percentile £204 £425 £329
25th Percentile £359 £453 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.27%
75th Percentile £750 £591 £627
90th Percentile £756 £838 £825
UK median daily rate £551 £510 £510
% change year-on-year +8.09% - -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 - £31.00 £32.25
90th Percentile - - £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 9,361 9,280 11,735
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.53% 29.78% 29.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,002 5,681 7,557
10th Percentile £299 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £730 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 790 424 705
10th Percentile £17.59 £20.00 £17.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.25 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%
75th Percentile £43.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.87% +17.78%

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 28 October 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 28 October 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 West +9 8 £744 +14.42% 6
South East -9 7 £515 +4.70% 8
London +11 5 £204 -62.91% 10
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 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
1 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.00%) Military
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
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%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Manager
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 4 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Project Management
2 15 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (35.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (30.00%) Change Management
4 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 5 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 5 (25.00%) Change Control
5 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 5 (25.00%) ITSM
5 5 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (25.00%) Service Management
6 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 4 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Map
7 3 (15.00%) Cost Reduction
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) PMP
5 1 (5.00%) ISEB
5 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) P3O
2 2 (10.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) IFS
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.00%) BMC
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Remedy
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow