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 citing APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 517 467
Rank change year-on-year -101 -50 +63
Contract jobs citing APMP 23 19 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.050% 0.065% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.20% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 30
10th Percentile £417 £202 £425
25th Percentile £463 £282 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £534 £518
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +3.14% +1.47%
75th Percentile £595 £745 £592
90th Percentile £612 £751 £845
UK median daily rate £570 £551 £510
% change year-on-year +3.40% +8.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £62.30 - -
25th Percentile £62.75 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 - £29.00
75th Percentile £71.75 - £31.00
90th Percentile £73.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.00 - £29.00
% 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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications 15,296 9,544 9,260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 33.14% 32.72% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,072 6,134 5,678
10th Percentile £358 £300 £313
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £528
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -0.47% -4.09%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £728
UK median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,463 816 416
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.69 £20.06
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £48.51 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.88% -52.10% -
75th Percentile £75.00 £43.75 £68.32
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -47.05% -9.52%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -77 12 £571 +180.02% 1
South East -58 7 £575 +11.66% 3
Yorkshire - 2 £523 -
North of England - 2 £523 -
South West -32 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
APMP
UK

APMP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Security Cleared56.5%13
2SC Cleared34.8%8
3PMP26.1%6
4DV Cleared21.7%5
4PMI Certification21.7%5
6Degree17.4%4
6PRINCE2 Practitioner17.4%4
8ISEB13.0%3
9MAPM4.3%1