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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 215 277
Rank change year-on-year -9 +62 +85
Contract jobs citing PMP 204 136 118
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 1.08% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.03% 4.22% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 86 82
10th Percentile £405 £363 £363
25th Percentile £440 £458 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +3.37%
75th Percentile £625 £747 £645
90th Percentile £748 £825 £738
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 £82.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +188.46% -60.00%

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 5,064 3,225 4,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.55% 25.63% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,619 2,171 2,896
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £440 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.36% -5.52%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £661
90th Percentile £740 £753 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 60 114
10th Percentile £20.74 £19.20 £14.60
25th Percentile £25.24 £22.27 £20.29
Median hourly rate £53.50 £29.07 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +84.04% +15.13% -46.84%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.50 £43.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £69.72 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -23.81%

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 2 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 2 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 -13 38 £700 +10.24% 26
West London -26 4 £615 +29.47% 1
South London - 4 £500 -
East London - 2 £495 - 2
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 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.43%) Confluence
3 2 (0.98%) CMS
3 2 (0.98%) IIS
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 20 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.98%) Trello
6 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.47%) DELMIA
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 3 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.98%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.98%) NEC Housing
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
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) ENOVIA
3 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.59%) Azure
2 26 (12.75%) AWS
3 20 (9.80%) SaaS
4 15 (7.35%) Smartsheet
5 8 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.43%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.45%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.47%) Asana
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%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.98%) PaaS
10 2 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.92%) Network Security
2 6 (2.94%) WAN
3 5 (2.45%) LAN
4 4 (1.96%) VLAN
5 3 (1.47%) Firewall
5 3 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.98%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.49%) DNS
7 1 (0.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.43%) Power BI
2 6 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.98%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (9.80%) JIRA
General
1 94 (46.08%) Social Skills
2 91 (44.61%) Finance
3 35 (17.16%) Banking
4 33 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (11.27%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (10.29%) Legal
6 21 (10.29%) Marketing
7 15 (7.35%) Retail
8 13 (6.37%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.41%) Financial Institution
10 8 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.92%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.43%) Investment Banking
11 7 (3.43%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.96%) Front Office
13 4 (1.96%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.47%) Retail Finance
15 2 (0.98%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.98%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 137 (67.16%) Project Manager
2 25 (12.25%) Lead
3 23 (11.27%) Senior
4 20 (9.80%) Senior Manager
5 19 (9.31%) Senior Project Manager
6 18 (8.82%) IT Manager
6 18 (8.82%) IT Project Manager
7 15 (7.35%) Migration Manager
7 15 (7.35%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.86%) Migration Project Manager
9 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
9 12 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Analyst
10 10 (4.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Programme Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.41%) Business Analyst
11 9 (4.41%) Transformation Manager
12 8 (3.92%) B2B Sales Manager
12 8 (3.92%) Banking Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.45%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.96%) REST
3 3 (1.47%) ADO
3 3 (1.47%) Middleware
4 2 (0.98%) SOAP
4 2 (0.98%) XML
4 2 (0.98%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.49%) .NET
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.29%) PMI
2 10 (4.90%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.45%) Life Science
5 5 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.96%) CMDB
6 4 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.47%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.47%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.47%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.98%) CCTV
8 2 (0.98%) Derivative
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.49%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.94%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (74.02%) Project Management
2 147 (72.06%) PRINCE2
3 120 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 118 (57.84%) Agile
5 82 (40.20%) Project Delivery
6 46 (22.55%) Migration
7 45 (22.06%) Change Management
8 44 (21.57%) Decision-Making
9 40 (19.61%) Programme Management
10 36 (17.65%) Scrum
11 34 (16.67%) Risk Management
12 33 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (14.71%) Project Governance
14 28 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (12.25%) Matrix Organization
16 24 (11.76%) Waterfall
17 22 (10.78%) DevOps
18 21 (10.29%) Validation
19 20 (9.80%) Budget Management
19 20 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) Korn
3 1 (0.49%) PHP
Qualifications
1 165 (80.88%) PMI Certification
2 49 (24.02%) Degree
3 19 (9.31%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.88%) APMP
6 11 (5.39%) CISSP
7 10 (4.90%) CISM
8 8 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.43%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.45%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.96%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.96%) CRISC
11 4 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.47%) CCNA
12 3 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (18.63%) PMO
2 27 (13.24%) GDPR
3 22 (10.78%) QA
4 19 (9.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (8.82%) NIST
6 9 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.45%) Basel III
7 5 (2.45%) GxP
8 3 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.47%) GAAP
8 3 (1.47%) IFRS
8 3 (1.47%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.47%) P3O
9 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.98%) GMP
9 2 (0.98%) GRC
9 2 (0.98%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.98%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.98%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) PowerHA
3 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 24 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.84%) Oracle
2 16 (7.84%) SAP
3 15 (7.35%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.86%) ServiceNow
5 12 (5.88%) Workday
6 6 (2.94%) Cisco
7 5 (2.45%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.96%) Okta
9 3 (1.47%) Informatica
9 3 (1.47%) Remedy
10 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.98%) NEC
10 2 (0.98%) Planview
10 2 (0.98%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.98%) Splunk
10 2 (0.98%) VMware
10 2 (0.98%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.49%) Palo Alto