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 11 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 203 271
Rank change year-on-year -8 +68 +66
Contract jobs citing PMP 270 177 120
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 1.31% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.73% 4.98% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 119 67
10th Percentile £406 £405 £405
25th Percentile £440 £459 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £653 £713 £638
90th Percentile £750 £795 £734
England median daily rate £529 £575 £544
% change year-on-year -7.95% +5.75% +2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £58.44 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £59.75 £69.00 -
England median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +23.08% -3.70% +28.57%

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 5,706 3,554 4,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.06% 26.32% 24.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,096 2,382 2,639
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -0.47% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 82 60
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.21 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.75 £25.15 £30.81
Median % change year-on-year +109.74% -18.37% -43.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 £43.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £92.13 £65.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -54.27% +0.40%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 +1 54 £544 -5.39% 30
West London -8 15 £550 +7.32% 9
East London - 1 - - 3
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 10 (3.70%) Confluence
2 8 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.85%) CMS
3 5 (1.85%) IIS
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (10.37%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (7.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.74%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.48%) Changepoint
3 3 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.74%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.37%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.37%) Endur
5 1 (0.37%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.37%) Maximo
5 1 (0.37%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.37%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.37%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.04%) Azure
2 25 (9.26%) SaaS
3 22 (8.15%) AWS
4 18 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.19%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.44%) Smartsheet
7 11 (4.07%) Power Platform
8 10 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 8 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.22%) GCP
11 5 (1.85%) Asana
11 5 (1.85%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.85%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.48%) GitHub
13 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.74%) AWS KMS
14 2 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.70%) Firewall
2 8 (2.96%) Network Security
3 5 (1.85%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.85%) LAN
3 5 (1.85%) WAN
4 4 (1.48%) 4G
4 4 (1.48%) 5G
5 3 (1.11%) Internet
5 3 (1.11%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.74%) BGP
6 2 (0.74%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.74%) MPLS
6 2 (0.74%) NAS
6 2 (0.74%) SAN
6 2 (0.74%) SSL
6 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.74%) VLAN
7 1 (0.37%) DNS
7 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.22%) Power BI
2 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.37%) Big Data
3 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (9.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 146 (54.07%) Finance
2 130 (48.15%) Social Skills
3 49 (18.15%) Banking
4 30 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.52%) Marketing
6 18 (6.67%) Retail
7 17 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (4.81%) Legal
9 13 (4.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.07%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.33%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.96%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.59%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.85%) Front Office
14 5 (1.85%) Law
14 5 (1.85%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.48%) International Banking
16 3 (1.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 153 (56.67%) Project Manager
2 32 (11.85%) Senior
3 27 (10.00%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.63%) Senior Manager
5 24 (8.89%) Programme Manager
6 22 (8.15%) IT Project Manager
7 21 (7.78%) Technical Manager
8 20 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (7.04%) Lead
10 17 (6.30%) Delivery Manager
11 16 (5.93%) Analyst
12 15 (5.56%) Technical Project Manager
13 14 (5.19%) Business Analyst
14 13 (4.81%) Infrastructure Manager
14 13 (4.81%) Transformation Manager
15 11 (4.07%) Transformation Project Manager
16 10 (3.70%) Bid Manager
16 10 (3.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 8 (2.96%) Business Manager
18 7 (2.59%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.22%) REST
2 4 (1.48%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.37%) ADO
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.04%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.30%) PMI
3 14 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.81%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.70%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.96%) Life Science
6 8 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.85%) FMCG
7 5 (1.85%) IoT
8 4 (1.48%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.48%) CMDB
8 4 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.11%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.11%) CCTV
9 3 (1.11%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.70%) Windows
2 2 (0.74%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (80.74%) PRINCE2
2 184 (68.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (64.44%) Project Management
4 156 (57.78%) Agile
5 99 (36.67%) Project Delivery
6 76 (28.15%) Change Management
7 59 (21.85%) Migration
8 56 (20.74%) Decision-Making
8 56 (20.74%) Programme Management
9 51 (18.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (18.89%) Roadmaps
10 47 (17.41%) Scrum
10 47 (17.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 44 (16.30%) Budget Management
12 42 (15.56%) Waterfall
13 37 (13.70%) Risk Management
14 36 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
15 33 (12.22%) ITIL
16 30 (11.11%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.74%) COBOL
1 2 (0.74%) Python
1 2 (0.74%) RPG
1 2 (0.74%) SQL
2 1 (0.37%) Bash
2 1 (0.37%) C#
2 1 (0.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 218 (80.74%) PMI Certification
2 64 (23.70%) Degree
3 35 (12.96%) Security Cleared
4 27 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.44%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (3.70%) CISSP
8 8 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.59%) CISM
9 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.85%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.48%) CAPM
11 4 (1.48%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.11%) APMP
12 3 (1.11%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.11%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.33%) PMO
2 15 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.81%) GDPR
3 13 (4.81%) QA
4 11 (4.07%) P3O
5 10 (3.70%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.70%) NIST
6 9 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.59%) GRC
8 6 (2.22%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.85%) GxP
9 5 (1.85%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.48%) SLA
11 3 (1.11%) GMP
11 3 (1.11%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.11%) SEPA
11 3 (1.11%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.74%) ITGC
12 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (6.30%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.11%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (18.89%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.52%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.07%) Oracle
4 10 (3.70%) SAP
5 8 (2.96%) Planview
6 6 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.85%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.85%) VMware
7 5 (1.85%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.48%) Cisco
8 4 (1.48%) Google
9 3 (1.11%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.11%) IBM
9 3 (1.11%) Murex
10 2 (0.74%) Databricks
10 2 (0.74%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.74%) NEC
10 2 (0.74%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.37%) Meraki
11 1 (0.37%) Splunk