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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 202 287
Rank change year-on-year -18 +85 +70
Contract jobs citing PMP 210 156 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 1.27% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.98% 4.96% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 105 76
10th Percentile £407 £403 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +1.38%
75th Percentile £647 £738 £637
90th Percentile £750 £825 £746
England median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £51.98 - £23.05
25th Percentile £52.69 - £23.75
Median hourly rate £55.25 £70.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% +171.84% -
75th Percentile £57.69 - £27.06
90th Percentile £58.33 - £27.25
England median hourly rate £76.75 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +2.33% +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 5,281 3,142 4,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.02% 25.59% 23.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,784 2,107 2,872
10th Percentile £363 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £449 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +0.26% -7.08%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £767
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 61 113
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.87 £14.49
25th Percentile £26.69 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.75 £28.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.49% +12.60% -51.46%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.75 £68.60
England median hourly rate £50.49 £32.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year +57.77% -20.64% -26.68%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 -6 47 £700 +10.02% 19
West London -25 4 £615 +29.47% 4
South London -6 2 £500 +17.65% 2
East London - 2 £495 - 4
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 (3.81%) Confluence
1 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.38%) IIS
3 2 (0.95%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.95%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.48%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 22 (10.48%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.95%) Trello
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.43%) DELMIA
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.43%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.48%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.48%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (21.43%) Azure
2 25 (11.90%) AWS
3 20 (9.52%) SaaS
4 14 (6.67%) Smartsheet
5 13 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.76%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.38%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.43%) Google Ads
10 3 (1.43%) OCI
11 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.95%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.95%) Asana
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.95%) GCP
11 2 (0.95%) IaaS
11 2 (0.95%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.95%) PaaS
11 2 (0.95%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) LAN
1 7 (3.33%) WAN
2 5 (2.38%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.90%) Firewall
3 4 (1.90%) Network Security
3 4 (1.90%) VLAN
3 4 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.48%) 4G
4 1 (0.48%) 5G
4 1 (0.48%) DNS
4 1 (0.48%) Internet
4 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.48%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.38%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) GitLab
2 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 95 (45.24%) Finance
3 27 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.38%) Banking
5 23 (10.95%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (10.48%) Marketing
7 18 (8.57%) Legal
8 16 (7.62%) Retail
9 14 (6.67%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.81%) Financial Institution
12 7 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.33%) Investment Banking
12 7 (3.33%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.90%) Front Office
14 3 (1.43%) Advertising
14 3 (1.43%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 141 (67.14%) Project Manager
2 25 (11.90%) Lead
3 24 (11.43%) Senior
4 21 (10.00%) Senior Manager
5 18 (8.57%) Senior Project Manager
5 18 (8.57%) Technical Manager
6 17 (8.10%) Technical Project Manager
7 16 (7.62%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.62%) IT Project Manager
8 15 (7.14%) Programme Manager
9 13 (6.19%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.19%) Migration Manager
10 12 (5.71%) Migration Project Manager
11 11 (5.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 10 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (4.76%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (4.29%) Transformation Project Manager
14 8 (3.81%) Banking Project Manager
14 8 (3.81%) PMO Lead
14 8 (3.81%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.33%) REST
2 6 (2.86%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.90%) ADO
3 4 (1.90%) Middleware
3 4 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.95%) SOAP
4 2 (0.95%) XML
4 2 (0.95%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) PMI
2 12 (5.71%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.38%) Life Science
5 5 (2.38%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.90%) CMDB
7 3 (1.43%) CCTV
7 3 (1.43%) FMCG
7 3 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.95%) IoT
8 2 (0.95%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.48%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.48%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.76%) Windows
2 2 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Unix
3 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (75.24%) PRINCE2
2 152 (72.38%) Project Management
3 127 (60.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (54.76%) Agile
5 89 (42.38%) Project Delivery
6 54 (25.71%) Change Management
7 49 (23.33%) Decision-Making
7 49 (23.33%) Migration
8 45 (21.43%) Programme Management
9 33 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (13.33%) Project Governance
11 28 (13.33%) Scrum
12 27 (12.86%) Risk Management
12 27 (12.86%) Waterfall
13 26 (12.38%) Matrix Organization
14 25 (11.90%) DevOps
15 22 (10.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 21 (10.00%) Budget Management
16 21 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.29%) SQL
2 2 (0.95%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 167 (79.52%) PMI Certification
2 46 (21.90%) Degree
3 23 (10.95%) Security Cleared
4 17 (8.10%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.71%) APMP
6 11 (5.24%) CISSP
7 8 (3.81%) CISM
8 7 (3.33%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.86%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (2.38%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.90%) CRISC
11 4 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.43%) CAPM
12 3 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.95%) Project+ Certification
13 2 (0.95%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.19%) PMO
2 26 (12.38%) GDPR
3 21 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (8.57%) QA
5 17 (8.10%) NIST
6 11 (5.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.38%) GRC
7 5 (2.38%) GxP
7 5 (2.38%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.38%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.90%) Basel III
8 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.43%) GAAP
9 3 (1.43%) IFRS
9 3 (1.43%) IFRS 9
9 3 (1.43%) P3O
10 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.95%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.95%) SLA
10 2 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (4.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.95%) Control-M
2 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.62%) ServiceNow
3 15 (7.14%) SAP
4 12 (5.71%) CyberArk
4 12 (5.71%) Oracle
5 9 (4.29%) Workday
6 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.38%) Cisco
8 4 (1.90%) Okta
9 3 (1.43%) Informatica
9 3 (1.43%) VMware
10 2 (0.95%) Murex
10 2 (0.95%) NEC
10 2 (0.95%) Remedy
10 2 (0.95%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.95%) Splunk
10 2 (0.95%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
11 1 (0.48%) FIS
11 1 (0.48%) Tenable