APMP Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 477 571
Rank change year-on-year +19 +94 +72
Contract jobs citing APMP 27 65 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.56% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 70
10th Percentile £413 £59 £361
25th Percentile £450 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.60% +2.65%
75th Percentile £561 £712 £617
90th Percentile £602 £719 £664
UK median daily rate £468 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -15.00% +7.84% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.00 £25.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £26.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +138.46% -35.00% -10.11%
75th Percentile £63.00 £26.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £26.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +138.46% -35.00% -10.11%

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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in England

APMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing APMP in England.

Daily rate trend for APMP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing APMP in England.

Hourly rate trend for APMP in England

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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 1 May 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
North of England +25 11 £438 -16.67% 5
Yorkshire - 10 £438 - 3
South East +44 9 £513 +772.04% 9
London +30 4 £500 -29.78% 13
Midlands +18 2 £581 - 3
West Midlands +13 2 £581 - 3
South West +19 1 £763 +29.79% 2
North West +13 1 - - 2
APMP
UK

APMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Confluence
2 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) OCI
1 1 (3.70%) PaaS
1 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Firewall
2 1 (3.70%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Local Government
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Retail Banking
3 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.70%) Back Office
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Billing
4 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Project Manager
2 8 (29.63%) Technical Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Bid Manager
3 6 (22.22%) Bid Writer
4 5 (18.52%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (18.52%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Network Delivery Manager
5 4 (14.81%) Senior
6 3 (11.11%) Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Healthcare Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Bid Writer
6 3 (11.11%) Technical Writer
7 2 (7.41%) Business Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) IT Manager
7 2 (7.41%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
7 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) ADO
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.70%) PMI
1 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Agile
2 13 (48.15%) Project Management
3 12 (44.44%) PRINCE2
4 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (22.22%) Storyboarding
6 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
7 4 (14.81%) Change Management
7 4 (14.81%) Cost Control
7 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
7 4 (14.81%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (14.81%) Supplier Management
8 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (7.41%) Coaching
9 2 (7.41%) Contract Management
9 2 (7.41%) DevOps
9 2 (7.41%) Matrix Organization
9 2 (7.41%) Product Management
9 2 (7.41%) Programme Delivery
9 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) ISEB
4 3 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (7.41%) PMP
6 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) PMO
2 3 (11.11%) P3O
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
1 4 (14.81%) Cisco
1 4 (14.81%) Fortinet
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) IFS
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Snow