PQQ Contract Job Trends in England

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PQQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 475 535
Rank change year-on-year -71 +60 +173
Contract jobs citing PQQ 6 7 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% 0.027% 0.050%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.020% 0.030% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 12
10th Percentile £490 - £516
25th Percentile £535 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £580 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £790
UK median daily rate £560 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.13 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.13 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

PQQ 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 30,350 23,294 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.25% 90.10% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,414 14,536 22,024
10th Percentile £313 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,891 752 2,034
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.48 £72.68
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.46% -6.26% -

PQQ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PQQ job vacancy trend in England

PQQ
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PQQ

PQQ
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PQQ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PQQ

PQQ
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 PQQ within the England region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
South East - 4 £560 - 4
South West -23 1 - - 1
London - 1 - - 1
PQQ
UK

PQQ
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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Military
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Bid Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Procurement Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (16.67%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (16.67%) Presales
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Governance
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) APMP
4 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 1 (16.67%) PMP
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner