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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 230 269
Rank change year-on-year +12 +39 +87
Contract jobs citing PMP 204 128 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 1.01% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.05% 3.97% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 85 78
10th Percentile £400 £363 £389
25th Percentile £463 £463 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £535 £579
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -7.52% +2.84%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £645
90th Percentile £750 £828 £776
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
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 £81.25 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +188.46% -61.62%

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 5,034 3,223 4,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.10% 25.44% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,600 2,186 2,925
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £437 £437 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £658
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 60 118
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.13 £14.19
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.37 £20.62
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £26.12
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +42.61% -37.44%
75th Percentile £76.58 £59.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £69.72 £83.40
England median hourly rate £41.94 £50.75 £38.95
% change year-on-year -17.36% +30.30% -24.37%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -12 37 £681 +7.28% 13
West London -27 4 £615 +29.47% 4
South London - 4 £500 -
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 11 (5.39%) Confluence
2 8 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.98%) CMS
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.49%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 19 (9.31%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.47%) Trello
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) DELMIA
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.98%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.98%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle FAH
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) ENOVIA
3 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.49%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.65%) Azure
2 25 (12.25%) AWS
3 15 (7.35%) SaaS
4 13 (6.37%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.43%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.45%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.96%) Asana
8 4 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.47%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.47%) OCI
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.98%) GCP
10 2 (0.98%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.98%) IaaS
10 2 (0.98%) Miro
10 2 (0.98%) PaaS
10 2 (0.98%) Slack
10 2 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.92%) Network Security
2 7 (3.43%) WAN
3 6 (2.94%) LAN
4 3 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.98%) Firewall
5 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.98%) VLAN
5 2 (0.98%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) DNS
6 1 (0.49%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.43%) Power BI
2 6 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.47%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.98%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 103 (50.49%) Social Skills
2 92 (45.10%) Finance
3 35 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (17.16%) Banking
4 23 (11.27%) Legal
5 22 (10.78%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (8.82%) Marketing
7 17 (8.33%) Retail
8 14 (6.86%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.41%) Financial Institution
9 9 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.92%) Investment Banking
11 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
12 5 (2.45%) Front Office
12 5 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.96%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.96%) Law
14 3 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 145 (71.08%) Project Manager
2 25 (12.25%) Senior
3 22 (10.78%) Lead
3 22 (10.78%) Senior Manager
4 19 (9.31%) Senior Project Manager
5 18 (8.82%) Infrastructure Manager
6 16 (7.84%) Technical Manager
7 15 (7.35%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 15 (7.35%) IT Manager
7 15 (7.35%) IT Project Manager
7 15 (7.35%) Migration Manager
8 14 (6.86%) Migration Project Manager
9 13 (6.37%) Technical Project Manager
10 12 (5.88%) Analyst
10 12 (5.88%) Business Analyst
11 10 (4.90%) Lead Project Manager
11 10 (4.90%) Programme Manager
11 10 (4.90%) Security Manager
12 9 (4.41%) Banking Project Manager
13 8 (3.92%) Payments Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.45%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.96%) XML
3 3 (1.47%) ADO
3 3 (1.47%) Middleware
3 3 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.98%) REST
4 2 (0.98%) SOAP
4 2 (0.98%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.49%) .NET
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) RESTful
5 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.82%) PMI
2 11 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.96%) CMDB
6 4 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.96%) Life Science
6 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.47%) CCTV
7 3 (1.47%) Derivative
7 3 (1.47%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.98%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (78.92%) Project Management
2 146 (71.57%) PRINCE2
3 126 (61.76%) Agile
4 123 (60.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 85 (41.67%) Project Delivery
6 45 (22.06%) Change Management
7 43 (21.08%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (20.10%) Scrum
9 40 (19.61%) Migration
10 38 (18.63%) Risk Management
11 35 (17.16%) Decision-Making
11 35 (17.16%) Programme Management
12 33 (16.18%) Project Governance
13 30 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (13.73%) Waterfall
15 22 (10.78%) Budget Management
15 22 (10.78%) Matrix Organization
16 21 (10.29%) Validation
17 20 (9.80%) DevOps
18 16 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.49%) Korn
3 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 166 (81.37%) PMI Certification
2 54 (26.47%) Degree
3 16 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.88%) APMP
5 9 (4.41%) CISSP
5 9 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.92%) CISM
6 8 (3.92%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (2.45%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.96%) CRISC
9 4 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 3 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.47%) CCNA
10 3 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.98%) MBA
11 2 (0.98%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.69%) PMO
2 26 (12.75%) GDPR
3 22 (10.78%) QA
4 18 (8.82%) NIST
5 17 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.45%) Basel III
8 3 (1.47%) GAAP
8 3 (1.47%) GxP
8 3 (1.47%) IFRS
8 3 (1.47%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.47%) MiFID
9 2 (0.98%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.98%) EMIR
9 2 (0.98%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.49%) P3O
10 1 (0.49%) SLA
10 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.47%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.98%) Control-M
2 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.82%) SAP
3 15 (7.35%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.86%) Oracle
5 13 (6.37%) ServiceNow
6 12 (5.88%) Workday
7 6 (2.94%) Cisco
8 5 (2.45%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.96%) Okta
10 3 (1.47%) Informatica
10 3 (1.47%) Remedy
11 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.98%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.98%) NEC
11 2 (0.98%) Planview
11 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.98%) Splunk
11 2 (0.98%) VMware
11 2 (0.98%) Zscaler