P3M3 Contract Job Trends in England

Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring P3M3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 476 -
Rank change year-on-year -114 - -
Contract jobs citing P3M3 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% 0.008% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% 0.009% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 £850 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £900 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £775 £950 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £900 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

P3M3 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 34,138 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,766 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,120 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

P3M3
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3M3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

P3M3 job vacancy trend in England

P3M3
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing P3M3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing P3M3

P3M3
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 P3M3 within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
East of England -29 1 £750 -16.67% 2
P3M3
UK

P3M3
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow