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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 199 259
Rank change year-on-year -11 +60 +95
Contract jobs citing PMP 268 177 121
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.32% 1.34% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.71% 5.06% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 120 68
10th Percentile £406 £406 £407
25th Percentile £439 £463 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.27%
75th Percentile £652 £713 £641
90th Percentile £750 £791 £732
England median daily rate £539 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.30% +4.55% +3.29%
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 £70.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +33.33%

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 5,688 3,495 3,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.40% 24.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,079 2,345 2,573
10th Percentile £368 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £759
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 81 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £24.78 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -22.11% -41.29%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £89.50 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% -1.42%

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 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 15 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 +5 54 £544 -5.39% 35
West London -7 15 £550 +8.64% 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 (3.73%) Confluence
2 9 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.87%) CMS
3 5 (1.87%) IIS
4 3 (1.12%) 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 29 (10.82%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (7.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.87%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.75%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.37%) Trello
7 1 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.49%) Changepoint
3 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
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%) NEC Housing
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 (17.16%) Azure
2 27 (10.07%) SaaS
3 21 (7.84%) AWS
4 19 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.22%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.48%) Smartsheet
7 11 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 9 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.87%) Asana
9 5 (1.87%) GCP
9 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.87%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.49%) GitHub
11 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.75%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.75%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.73%) Firewall
2 8 (2.99%) Network Security
3 5 (1.87%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.87%) LAN
3 5 (1.87%) WAN
4 4 (1.49%) 4G
4 4 (1.49%) 5G
5 3 (1.12%) Internet
5 3 (1.12%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.75%) BGP
6 2 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.75%) MPLS
6 2 (0.75%) NAS
6 2 (0.75%) SAN
6 2 (0.75%) SSL
6 2 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.75%) VLAN
7 1 (0.37%) DNS
7 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.24%) Power BI
2 2 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.37%) Big Data
3 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (9.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 146 (54.48%) Finance
2 130 (48.51%) Social Skills
3 49 (18.28%) Banking
4 30 (11.19%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.58%) Marketing
6 18 (6.72%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (6.72%) Retail
7 17 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.85%) Legal
8 13 (4.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 13 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.10%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.36%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.99%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.61%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.87%) Front Office
13 5 (1.87%) Law
13 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.49%) International Banking
15 3 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 152 (56.72%) Project Manager
2 32 (11.94%) Senior
3 28 (10.45%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.70%) Senior Manager
5 24 (8.96%) Programme Manager
6 23 (8.58%) IT Project Manager
7 20 (7.46%) Senior Project Manager
7 20 (7.46%) Technical Manager
8 19 (7.09%) Lead
9 17 (6.34%) Delivery Manager
10 16 (5.97%) Analyst
11 14 (5.22%) Business Analyst
11 14 (5.22%) Technical Project Manager
12 13 (4.85%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (4.48%) Transformation Manager
14 10 (3.73%) Bid Manager
14 10 (3.73%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 10 (3.73%) Transformation Project Manager
15 8 (2.99%) Business Manager
16 7 (2.61%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.24%) REST
2 4 (1.49%) 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 (7.09%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.34%) PMI
3 14 (5.22%) Data Centre
4 13 (4.85%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.73%) Operational Technology
6 8 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.99%) Life Science
6 8 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.87%) CMDB
7 5 (1.87%) FMCG
7 5 (1.87%) IoT
8 4 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.12%) CCTV
9 3 (1.12%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.73%) Windows
2 2 (0.75%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (80.60%) PRINCE2
2 181 (67.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (64.55%) Project Management
4 154 (57.46%) Agile
5 99 (36.94%) Project Delivery
6 76 (28.36%) Change Management
7 57 (21.27%) Migration
8 56 (20.90%) Programme Management
9 55 (20.52%) Decision-Making
10 50 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (18.66%) Roadmaps
11 49 (18.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (17.16%) Scrum
13 44 (16.42%) Budget Management
14 43 (16.04%) Waterfall
15 38 (14.18%) Risk Management
16 36 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (12.31%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (12.31%) ITIL
18 31 (11.57%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.75%) COBOL
1 2 (0.75%) Python
1 2 (0.75%) RPG
1 2 (0.75%) SQL
2 1 (0.37%) Bash
2 1 (0.37%) C#
2 1 (0.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 217 (80.97%) PMI Certification
2 66 (24.63%) Degree
3 34 (12.69%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.70%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.48%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (3.73%) CISSP
7 8 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.61%) CISM
8 7 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.49%) CAPM
10 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.49%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.12%) APMP
11 3 (1.12%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.43%) PMO
2 15 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.85%) GDPR
4 12 (4.48%) QA
5 11 (4.10%) P3O
6 10 (3.73%) Data Quality
6 10 (3.73%) NIST
7 9 (3.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.61%) GRC
9 6 (2.24%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.87%) GxP
10 5 (1.87%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.49%) SLA
12 3 (1.12%) GMP
12 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
12 3 (1.12%) SEPA
12 3 (1.12%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.75%) ITGC
13 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.12%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.96%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.10%) Oracle
4 10 (3.73%) SAP
5 8 (2.99%) Planview
6 6 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.87%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.87%) VMware
7 5 (1.87%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.49%) Cisco
9 3 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.12%) Google
9 3 (1.12%) IBM
9 3 (1.12%) Murex
10 2 (0.75%) Databricks
10 2 (0.75%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.75%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.37%) Meraki
11 1 (0.37%) Splunk
11 1 (0.37%) Varonis