PMP Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 44 66
Rank change year-on-year -8 +22 +10
Contract jobs citing PMP 4 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.80% 0.97% 1.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.34% 2.54% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £575 - £464
25th Percentile £594 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £663 - £638
90th Percentile £670 - -
East of England median daily rate £613 £550 £594
% change year-on-year +11.36% -7.37% +39.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 171 197 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.27% 38.10% 42.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 83 183
10th Percentile £400 £293 £388
25th Percentile £500 £455 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £613
Median % change year-on-year - -10.20% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £719
90th Percentile £700 £600 £810
East of England median daily rate £528 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.60% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 57 66
10th Percentile £16.88 £33.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £20.00 £38.40 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.16% -28.33% -
75th Percentile £56.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.75 £79.00 £84.36
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +95.45% +4.76%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PMP

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £575 -
Hatfield - 1 £650 -
PMP
East of England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transition Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Transition Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Order to Cash
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft