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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 195 281
Rank change year-on-year -26 +86 +72
Contract jobs citing PMP 202 152 115
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 1.25% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.90% 4.85% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 105 77
10th Percentile £415 £378 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +1.33%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £643
90th Percentile £750 £825 £745
England median daily rate £536 £528 £550
% change year-on-year +1.66% -4.09% -
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% -51.63%

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 5,179 3,134 4,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.16% 25.86% 23.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,707 2,108 2,814
10th Percentile £372 £360 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £536
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -1.12% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £751 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 62 113
10th Percentile £20.53 £20.02 £14.49
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.28 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.48% +10.90% -46.32%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.19 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £67.40
England median hourly rate £47.52 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.22% -18.75% -25.93%

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 29 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 29 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 -8 41 £675 +7.14% 5
West London -28 4 £615 +29.47% 3
South London - 2 £500 - 2
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 (3.96%) Confluence
2 7 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.49%) IIS
4 2 (0.99%) CMS
4 2 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.99%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.50%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 23 (11.39%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.99%) Trello
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.48%) 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 (0.99%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.99%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.99%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.50%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.50%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.79%) Azure
2 23 (11.39%) AWS
3 20 (9.90%) SaaS
4 14 (6.93%) Smartsheet
5 11 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.96%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.97%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.49%) Google Ads
10 3 (1.49%) OCI
11 2 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.99%) Asana
11 2 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.99%) GCP
11 2 (0.99%) IaaS
11 2 (0.99%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.99%) PaaS
12 1 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.47%) LAN
1 7 (3.47%) WAN
2 4 (1.98%) Firewall
2 4 (1.98%) Network Security
2 4 (1.98%) VLAN
2 4 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.49%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.97%) Power BI
2 4 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.50%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (10.89%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 94 (46.53%) Social Skills
2 89 (44.06%) Finance
3 28 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (13.86%) Banking
4 22 (10.89%) Organisational Skills
5 21 (10.40%) Marketing
6 20 (9.90%) Legal
7 16 (7.92%) Retail
8 14 (6.93%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.96%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.47%) Investment Banking
10 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.98%) Front Office
13 3 (1.49%) Advertising
13 3 (1.49%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.99%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 135 (66.83%) Project Manager
2 25 (12.38%) Lead
3 22 (10.89%) Senior
4 19 (9.41%) IT Manager
4 19 (9.41%) IT Project Manager
4 19 (9.41%) Senior Manager
5 17 (8.42%) Senior Project Manager
6 16 (7.92%) Technical Manager
7 15 (7.43%) Technical Project Manager
8 14 (6.93%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.44%) Migration Manager
9 13 (6.44%) Programme Manager
10 12 (5.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 12 (5.94%) Migration Project Manager
11 10 (4.95%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.46%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.96%) B2B Sales Manager
13 8 (3.96%) Banking Project Manager
13 8 (3.96%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (3.96%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.48%) REST
1 5 (2.48%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.98%) ADO
2 4 (1.98%) Middleware
2 4 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.99%) SOAP
3 2 (0.99%) XML
3 2 (0.99%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) PMI
2 12 (5.94%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.47%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.97%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.48%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.48%) Life Science
6 4 (1.98%) CMDB
6 4 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.98%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.98%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.49%) CCTV
7 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.49%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.99%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.99%) Derivative
8 2 (0.99%) FMCG
8 2 (0.99%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) Digital Wallet
9 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.96%) Windows
2 2 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (74.26%) PRINCE2
1 150 (74.26%) Project Management
2 117 (57.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (56.93%) Agile
4 84 (41.58%) Project Delivery
5 47 (23.27%) Change Management
6 46 (22.77%) Migration
7 45 (22.28%) Decision-Making
8 40 (19.80%) Programme Management
9 33 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (14.36%) Scrum
11 26 (12.87%) Project Governance
11 26 (12.87%) Risk Management
11 26 (12.87%) Waterfall
12 25 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 23 (11.39%) Matrix Organization
15 21 (10.40%) Budget Management
15 21 (10.40%) DevOps
16 19 (9.41%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.46%) SQL
2 2 (0.99%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.50%) Korn
Qualifications
1 159 (78.71%) PMI Certification
2 47 (23.27%) Degree
3 23 (11.39%) Security Cleared
4 17 (8.42%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.94%) APMP
6 10 (4.95%) CISSP
7 7 (3.47%) CISM
7 7 (3.47%) Master's Degree
8 6 (2.97%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (2.48%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.48%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.98%) CRISC
10 4 (1.98%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.99%) CCNA
12 2 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.99%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (17.33%) PMO
2 24 (11.88%) GDPR
3 18 (8.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (8.91%) QA
4 16 (7.92%) NIST
5 9 (4.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.48%) GxP
7 4 (1.98%) Basel III
8 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.49%) GAAP
8 3 (1.49%) GRC
8 3 (1.49%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.49%) IFRS
8 3 (1.49%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.49%) P3O
8 3 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.99%) GMP
9 2 (0.99%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.49%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.99%) Control-M
2 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.43%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.93%) SAP
4 13 (6.44%) Oracle
5 12 (5.94%) CyberArk
6 10 (4.95%) Workday
7 6 (2.97%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.48%) Cisco
9 4 (1.98%) Okta
10 3 (1.49%) Informatica
10 3 (1.49%) VMware
11 2 (0.99%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.99%) NEC
11 2 (0.99%) Remedy
11 2 (0.99%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.99%) Splunk
12 1 (0.50%) Databricks
12 1 (0.50%) FIS
12 1 (0.50%) Qualys
12 1 (0.50%) Varonis