PMP Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 49 30
Rank change year-on-year +10 -19 -
Contract jobs citing PMP 6 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 2.48% 0.38% 2.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.74% 1.64% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £378 - -
25th Percentile £409 - £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £268 £391
Median % change year-on-year +66.79% -31.37% -
75th Percentile £490 - £398
90th Percentile £503 - £410
Cheshire median daily rate £490 £625 £398
% change year-on-year -21.60% +57.04% -43.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 89 61 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 36.78% 23.46% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 60 31
10th Percentile £395 £313 £365
25th Percentile £423 £366 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £452 £518
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% -12.75% -5.91%
75th Percentile £618 £514 £568
90th Percentile £639 £564 £576
Cheshire median daily rate £500 £450 £515
% change year-on-year +11.11% -12.62% +3.00%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Knutsford

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Knutsford over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Knutsford

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
3 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Release Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Release Train Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
3 4 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (50.00%) Change Management
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 3 (50.00%) Scrum
4 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (33.33%) Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching
5 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
5 2 (33.33%) Kanban
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Security Management
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CISA
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) CRISC
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) MBA
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (16.67%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GRC
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Basel III