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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 312 407
Rank change year-on-year +59 +95 -23
Contract jobs citing PMP 247 235 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.02% 0.64% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.24% 2.09% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 150 178
10th Percentile £373 £389 £413
25th Percentile £430 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +0.92% +10.27%
75th Percentile £700 £637 £650
90th Percentile £813 £726 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +10.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 10
10th Percentile £60.00 £22.34 £36.20
25th Percentile - £25.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +188.46% -51.63% +20.79%
75th Percentile - £27.25 £74.38
90th Percentile £76.21 £60.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +188.46% -51.63% +20.79%

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 7,626 11,257 13,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.47% 30.62% 27.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,830 6,980 8,780
10th Percentile £281 £313 £348
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £745 £745
UK median daily rate £520 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 445 999 658
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.35 £21.24
Median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £81.01 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +24.36%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 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
London +80 154 £575 +4.55% 201
South East +50 36 £500 -13.04% 47
North of England +11 23 £550 +4.76% 41
North West +4 13 £550 +25.00% 23
Midlands 0 12 £425 -10.53% 21
South West +47 9 £425 -21.84% 10
Yorkshire +16 8 £538 +4.88% 14
West Midlands -1 8 £425 -12.82% 7
East of England +19 5 £585 +6.27% 6
East Midlands +10 4 £446 -3.68% 14
North East 0 2 £563 -6.25% 4
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 11 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.64%) Confluence
3 4 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 39 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (4.45%) Trello
4 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.81%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.40%) Maximo
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.40%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.40%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 34 (13.77%) Azure
2 20 (8.10%) AWS
3 14 (5.67%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.24%) GCP
5 8 (3.24%) OneDrive
6 6 (2.43%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.02%) Asana
7 5 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.62%) SaaS
9 2 (0.81%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.81%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.81%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.81%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.40%) dbt
10 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.24%) Firewall
2 7 (2.83%) 5G
3 4 (1.62%) VPN
4 2 (0.81%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) 4G
5 1 (0.40%) ATM
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) LTE
5 1 (0.40%) MPLS
5 1 (0.40%) PPP
5 1 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.40%) SWIFTNet
5 1 (0.40%) TETRA
5 1 (0.40%) WAN
5 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.05%) Power BI
2 4 (1.62%) Data Lake
2 4 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.62%) Tableau
3 3 (1.21%) GIS
4 2 (0.81%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.81%) Looker
4 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.40%) QlikView
5 1 (0.40%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.40%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.40%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 46 (18.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 156 (63.16%) Social Skills
2 114 (46.15%) Finance
3 50 (20.24%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.72%) Legal
5 19 (7.69%) Banking
6 14 (5.67%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.67%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (4.05%) Marketing
9 9 (3.64%) Billing
10 8 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.83%) Retail
12 5 (2.02%) Back Office
12 5 (2.02%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.62%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.21%) Automotive
14 3 (1.21%) Front Office
14 3 (1.21%) Law
Job Titles
1 133 (53.85%) Project Manager
2 21 (8.50%) Lead
3 17 (6.88%) Programme Manager
4 14 (5.67%) Delivery Manager
5 13 (5.26%) Implementation Manager
6 12 (4.86%) Consultant
7 11 (4.45%) IT Manager
7 11 (4.45%) Senior
7 11 (4.45%) Senior Manager
8 10 (4.05%) ERP Manager
8 10 (4.05%) Infrastructure Manager
8 10 (4.05%) IT Project Manager
9 9 (3.64%) Analyst
9 9 (3.64%) Technical Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 8 (3.24%) OSS Project Manager
10 8 (3.24%) SAP Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Telecoms Manager
10 8 (3.24%) Telecoms Project Manager
11 7 (2.83%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.81%) .NET
1 2 (0.81%) .NET Framework
1 2 (0.81%) ASP.NET
1 2 (0.81%) Middleware
1 2 (0.81%) MSMQ
2 1 (0.40%) ADO
2 1 (0.40%) CSS
2 1 (0.40%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.40%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.40%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.67%) PMI
2 8 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.83%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.83%) Renewable Energy
4 6 (2.43%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.43%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.43%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.62%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.21%) PKI
7 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.81%) CCTV
8 2 (0.81%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.81%) DTCC
8 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.81%) Life Science
8 2 (0.81%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.81%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.05%) Windows
2 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.40%) Android
3 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (82.19%) Project Management
2 160 (64.78%) PRINCE2
3 145 (58.70%) Agile
4 122 (49.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 83 (33.60%) Problem-Solving
6 57 (23.08%) Waterfall
7 55 (22.27%) Scrum
8 54 (21.86%) Project Delivery
9 48 (19.43%) Change Management
10 47 (19.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 45 (18.22%) Risk Management
12 41 (16.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (14.98%) ITIL
14 32 (12.96%) Programme Management
15 31 (12.55%) Migration
16 30 (12.15%) Roadmaps
17 29 (11.74%) Resource Allocation
18 26 (10.53%) Decision-Making
18 26 (10.53%) Process Improvement
19 24 (9.72%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.43%) SQL
2 5 (2.02%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.21%) Python
4 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.40%) Java
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 214 (86.64%) PMI Certification
2 97 (39.27%) Degree
3 19 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.88%) Master's Degree
5 15 (6.07%) SC Cleared
6 12 (4.86%) CISSP
6 12 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.05%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 8 (3.24%) AWS Certification
8 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.43%) CISM
10 5 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (1.62%) CISA
11 4 (1.62%) CRISC
11 4 (1.62%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (1.21%) CBAP
13 2 (0.81%) CAPM
13 2 (0.81%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.50%) PMO
2 14 (5.67%) QA
3 11 (4.45%) GDPR
4 8 (3.24%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.83%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.02%) NIST
7 4 (1.62%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.62%) PMBOK
8 3 (1.21%) MiFID
9 1 (0.40%) COBIT
9 1 (0.40%) EMIR
9 1 (0.40%) FINRA
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) IFRS
9 1 (0.40%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.40%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.40%) PSD2
9 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.24%) Amdocs OSS
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.21%) SCCM
4 1 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.40%) Terraform
4 1 (0.40%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.34%) SAP
3 9 (3.64%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.43%) Amdocs
4 6 (2.43%) Ciena
4 6 (2.43%) Ericsson
4 6 (2.43%) NetCracker
4 6 (2.43%) Nokia
4 6 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.02%) Databricks
6 3 (1.21%) Google
6 3 (1.21%) HP
6 3 (1.21%) Marketo
6 3 (1.21%) Oracle
6 3 (1.21%) Workday
6 3 (1.21%) Zscaler
7 2 (0.81%) Cisco
7 2 (0.81%) comScore
7 2 (0.81%) Dell
7 2 (0.81%) Infoblox