PMP Contract Job Trends in London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 212 283
Rank change year-on-year -11 +71 +74
Contract jobs citing PMP 201 140 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.12% 1.13% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.98% 4.40% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 91 75
10th Percentile £409 £363 £363
25th Percentile £439 £463 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £744 £644
90th Percentile £745 £825 £748
England median daily rate £535 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £23.05
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £27.06
90th Percentile - - £27.25
England median hourly rate £82.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +188.46% -58.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,046 3,181 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.23% 25.67% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,607 2,142 2,829
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £445 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £739 £761 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 57 108
10th Percentile £20.61 £16.78 £14.19
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.27 £19.98
Median hourly rate £54.50 £29.07 £24.99
Median % change year-on-year +87.48% +16.35% -47.40%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.25 £41.63
90th Percentile £88.75 £72.61 £63.50
England median hourly rate £48.72 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +21.80% - -23.81%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PMP job vacancy trend in London

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in London

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Central London -3 40 £675 +6.30% 16
West London -23 4 £615 +29.47% 3
South London - 3 £500 - 3
East London - 2 £495 -
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 8 (3.98%) Confluence
2 7 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) CMS
3 2 (1.00%) IIS
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.50%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 20 (9.95%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (5.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.00%) Trello
5 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.49%) DELMIA
2 3 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.00%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.00%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (1.00%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.50%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.50%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.50%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (19.90%) Azure
2 24 (11.94%) AWS
3 21 (10.45%) SaaS
4 15 (7.46%) Smartsheet
5 9 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.48%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.99%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.49%) Asana
9 3 (1.49%) OCI
10 2 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.00%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.00%) GCP
10 2 (1.00%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.00%) IaaS
10 2 (1.00%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.00%) PaaS
10 2 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.48%) WAN
2 6 (2.99%) LAN
3 5 (2.49%) Network Security
4 4 (1.99%) VLAN
5 3 (1.49%) Firewall
5 3 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.00%) HTTPS
6 2 (1.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.50%) DNS
7 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.48%) Power BI
2 6 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.00%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.50%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (46.27%) Social Skills
2 90 (44.78%) Finance
3 32 (15.92%) Banking
4 31 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (11.44%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (10.95%) Marketing
7 19 (9.45%) Legal
8 14 (6.97%) Retail
9 13 (6.47%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.48%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.98%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.48%) Investment Banking
12 7 (3.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.99%) Front Office
14 4 (1.99%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.49%) Advertising
16 2 (1.00%) Automotive
16 2 (1.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 134 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 25 (12.44%) Lead
3 23 (11.44%) Senior
4 20 (9.95%) Senior Manager
5 19 (9.45%) Senior Project Manager
6 17 (8.46%) IT Manager
6 17 (8.46%) IT Project Manager
7 16 (7.96%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.97%) Migration Manager
8 14 (6.97%) Technical Project Manager
9 13 (6.47%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.47%) Migration Project Manager
10 11 (5.47%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 10 (4.98%) Programme Manager
11 10 (4.98%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.48%) Analyst
12 9 (4.48%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.98%) Business Analyst
13 8 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (3.98%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.49%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.99%) ADO
2 4 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.99%) REST
3 3 (1.49%) Middleware
4 2 (1.00%) SOAP
4 2 (1.00%) XML
4 2 (1.00%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.95%) PMI
2 10 (4.98%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.49%) Life Science
4 5 (2.49%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.49%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.49%) CCTV
6 3 (1.49%) CMDB
6 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.00%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.00%) Derivative
7 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.50%) Equities
8 1 (0.50%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.99%) Windows
2 2 (1.00%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (74.63%) Project Management
2 146 (72.64%) PRINCE2
3 116 (57.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 114 (56.72%) Agile
5 82 (40.80%) Project Delivery
6 49 (24.38%) Migration
7 46 (22.89%) Decision-Making
8 44 (21.89%) Change Management
9 42 (20.90%) Programme Management
10 35 (17.41%) Scrum
11 34 (16.92%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (14.93%) Risk Management
13 29 (14.43%) Project Governance
14 28 (13.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (12.44%) Matrix Organization
15 25 (12.44%) Waterfall
16 22 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 21 (10.45%) DevOps
17 21 (10.45%) Validation
18 20 (9.95%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.48%) SQL
2 2 (1.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.50%) Java
3 1 (0.50%) Korn
3 1 (0.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 161 (80.10%) PMI Certification
2 49 (24.38%) Degree
3 20 (9.95%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.96%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.97%) APMP
6 8 (3.98%) CISSP
7 7 (3.48%) CISM
7 7 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.48%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.99%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.99%) CRISC
10 4 (1.99%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (1.99%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.49%) CCNA
11 3 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (1.00%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (19.40%) PMO
2 26 (12.94%) GDPR
3 21 (10.45%) QA
4 18 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (8.46%) NIST
6 9 (4.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.49%) Basel III
7 5 (2.49%) GxP
8 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.49%) GAAP
8 3 (1.49%) IFRS
8 3 (1.49%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.49%) P3O
9 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.00%) GMP
9 2 (1.00%) GRC
9 2 (1.00%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.00%) IFRS 17
9 2 (1.00%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (2.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) PowerHA
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.49%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.00%) Control-M
2 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.96%) Oracle
2 16 (7.96%) SAP
3 15 (7.46%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.97%) ServiceNow
5 12 (5.97%) Workday
6 6 (2.99%) Cisco
6 6 (2.99%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.99%) Okta
8 3 (1.49%) Informatica
9 2 (1.00%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.00%) NEC
9 2 (1.00%) Planview
9 2 (1.00%) Remedy
9 2 (1.00%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.00%) Splunk
9 2 (1.00%) VMware
9 2 (1.00%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.50%) FIS
10 1 (0.50%) Wrike