PMP Contracts in England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 314 406
Rank change year-on-year +53 +92 -21
Contract jobs citing PMP 235 238 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.97% 0.64% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.08% 2.04% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 153 174
10th Percentile £363 £375 £400
25th Percentile £414 £438 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £643 £650
90th Percentile £788 £724 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 12
10th Percentile £33.70 £22.34 £37.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £25.50 £41.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%
75th Percentile - £27.25 £73.13
90th Percentile - £60.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

PMP 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 7,627 11,665 14,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.34% 31.34% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,843 7,161 9,370
10th Percentile £295 £300 £330
25th Percentile £414 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £628 £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 442 986 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.55 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.88 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.94 £76.12 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
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 PMP within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
London +48 130 £550 -4.35% 171
South East +49 42 £513 -5.96% 51
North of England +26 25 £550 +10.00% 38
Midlands +18 15 £404 -15.05% 22
North West +7 14 £550 +38.19% 28
West Midlands +7 9 £297 -37.58% 9
South West +40 7 £425 -22.73% 6
East of England +31 7 £497 -9.64% 10
Yorkshire +17 6 £525 +2.44% 10
East Midlands +13 6 £414 -10.49% 11
North East +2 5 £575 -4.17%
PMP
UK

PMP
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 8 (3.40%) Confluence
1 8 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.43%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 50 (21.28%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (5.53%) Trello
4 11 (4.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (2.13%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (4.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.85%) Maximo
2 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (0.85%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 29 (12.34%) Azure
2 20 (8.51%) AWS
3 12 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.83%) Asana
5 8 (3.40%) GCP
5 8 (3.40%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.98%) OneDrive
7 6 (2.55%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.55%) SaaS
8 4 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.70%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.28%) OCI
9 3 (1.28%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.85%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.43%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.55%) Firewall
2 4 (1.70%) 5G
2 4 (1.70%) VPN
3 2 (0.85%) Network Security
3 2 (0.85%) WAN
3 2 (0.85%) Wireless
4 1 (0.43%) ATM
4 1 (0.43%) LAN
4 1 (0.43%) MPLS
4 1 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.43%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.40%) Power BI
2 5 (2.13%) Data Lake
3 4 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.70%) Tableau
4 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.85%) GIS
4 2 (0.85%) Looker
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (0.43%) QlikView
5 1 (0.43%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.43%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 45 (19.15%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Git
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 149 (63.40%) Social Skills
2 100 (42.55%) Finance
3 60 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.81%) Banking
4 16 (6.81%) Legal
5 15 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (4.26%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.83%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.83%) Retail
9 8 (3.40%) Billing
9 8 (3.40%) Marketing
10 5 (2.13%) Automotive
10 5 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.70%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.28%) Advertising
12 3 (1.28%) Back Office
12 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.28%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 119 (50.64%) Project Manager
2 19 (8.09%) Lead
2 19 (8.09%) Programme Manager
3 13 (5.53%) Consultant
3 13 (5.53%) Implementation Manager
4 12 (5.11%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Manager
5 11 (4.68%) Senior
5 11 (4.68%) Senior Manager
6 10 (4.26%) ERP Manager
6 10 (4.26%) IT Manager
7 9 (3.83%) IT Project Manager
8 8 (3.40%) SAP Manager
8 8 (3.40%) Technical Manager
9 7 (2.98%) Analyst
9 7 (2.98%) Data Manager
9 7 (2.98%) ERP Implementation Manager
9 7 (2.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 7 (2.98%) Senior Project Manager
9 7 (2.98%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.85%) Middleware
3 1 (0.43%) ADO
3 1 (0.43%) CSS
3 1 (0.43%) FHIR
3 1 (0.43%) HTML
3 1 (0.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.96%) PMI
2 8 (3.40%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (2.98%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.98%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.55%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.70%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.70%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.28%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.28%) Life Science
7 3 (1.28%) PKI
8 2 (0.85%) CCTV
8 2 (0.85%) NHS
8 2 (0.85%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.85%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.83%) Windows
2 3 (1.28%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.43%) Android
3 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (82.98%) Project Management
2 141 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 127 (54.04%) Agile
4 111 (47.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 81 (34.47%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (22.98%) Waterfall
7 52 (22.13%) Project Delivery
8 49 (20.85%) Change Management
9 47 (20.00%) Risk Management
10 43 (18.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 43 (18.30%) Scrum
10 43 (18.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 35 (14.89%) ITIL
12 29 (12.34%) Decision-Making
12 29 (12.34%) Migration
12 29 (12.34%) Programme Management
12 29 (12.34%) Resource Allocation
13 27 (11.49%) Process Improvement
14 24 (10.21%) ERP
14 24 (10.21%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.55%) SQL
2 5 (2.13%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.70%) Python
4 1 (0.43%) Java
4 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 207 (88.09%) PMI Certification
2 104 (44.26%) Degree
3 19 (8.09%) Master's Degree
4 16 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (5.96%) Security Cleared
6 12 (5.11%) CISSP
7 10 (4.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.98%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.98%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.98%) CISM
9 6 (2.55%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.13%) CISA
10 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.70%) CRISC
11 4 (1.70%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.28%) CBAP
12 3 (1.28%) PgMP
12 3 (1.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.91%) PMO
2 14 (5.96%) QA
3 8 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.55%) GDPR
5 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.70%) MiFID
6 4 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.28%) PMBOK
8 2 (0.85%) COBIT
8 2 (0.85%) EMIR
8 2 (0.85%) NIST
9 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.43%) GRC
9 1 (0.43%) HL7
9 1 (0.43%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.43%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.43%) ITGC
9 1 (0.43%) PSD2
9 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (5.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (2.55%) Amdocs OSS
2 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.36%) SAP
3 9 (3.83%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.40%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.55%) Oracle
6 5 (2.13%) Databricks
6 5 (2.13%) Google
7 4 (1.70%) Amdocs
7 4 (1.70%) Ciena
7 4 (1.70%) Ericsson
7 4 (1.70%) NetCracker
7 4 (1.70%) Nokia
8 3 (1.28%) comScore
8 3 (1.28%) HP
8 3 (1.28%) Marketo
8 3 (1.28%) Planview
8 3 (1.28%) Workday
8 3 (1.28%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.85%) Pure Storage
9 2 (0.85%) Wrike