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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 239 281
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 +62
Contract jobs citing PMP 170 120 118
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 0.86% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.95% 3.36% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 78 85
10th Percentile £400 £411 £378
25th Percentile £463 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £604 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +0.63% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £747 £650
90th Percentile £749 £883 £723
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £27.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.38 £28.89 £26.00
% change year-on-year +153.98% +11.12% -50.71%

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 4,302 3,570 4,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.50% 25.66% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,025 2,219 3,029
10th Percentile £363 £352 £325
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 62 118
10th Percentile £20.14 £21.50 £15.08
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.27 £37.25 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.48% +0.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.81 £64.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -2.78% +5.56%

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 25 January 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 25 January 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 -11 28 £588 -6.00% 1
West London -14 4 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 4 £500 - 1
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 12 (7.06%) Confluence
2 11 (6.47%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.18%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (12.94%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (7.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.35%) Trello
6 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (2.35%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.76%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.18%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (1.18%) DELMIA
4 2 (1.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.59%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.59%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.59%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.59%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.59%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.59%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.88%) Azure
2 17 (10.00%) AWS
3 12 (7.06%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.53%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.94%) SaaS
7 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.35%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.76%) OCI
9 2 (1.18%) Asana
9 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
9 2 (1.18%) IaaS
9 2 (1.18%) Miro
9 2 (1.18%) PaaS
9 2 (1.18%) Slack
9 2 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.59%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.59%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.94%) Network Security
1 5 (2.94%) WAN
2 4 (2.35%) LAN
3 3 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.18%) Firewall
4 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.18%) VLAN
4 2 (1.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.59%) DNS
5 1 (0.59%) Intranet
5 1 (0.59%) Multicast
5 1 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.47%) Power BI
2 6 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.59%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.59%) MySQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (16.47%) JIRA
General
1 111 (65.29%) Social Skills
2 88 (51.76%) Finance
3 34 (20.00%) Banking
4 32 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (11.18%) Legal
6 15 (8.82%) Retail
7 14 (8.24%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (8.24%) Public Sector
8 10 (5.88%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.71%) Investment Banking
10 7 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.35%) Financial Institution
12 4 (2.35%) Front Office
12 4 (2.35%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.35%) Law
12 4 (2.35%) Marketing
13 3 (1.76%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 117 (68.82%) Project Manager
2 25 (14.71%) Lead
3 23 (13.53%) Senior
4 20 (11.76%) Senior Manager
5 16 (9.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 16 (9.41%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (8.24%) Analyst
6 14 (8.24%) IT Manager
6 14 (8.24%) IT Project Manager
7 13 (7.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 11 (6.47%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.88%) Lead Project Manager
9 10 (5.88%) Technical Manager
10 9 (5.29%) Banking Project Manager
10 9 (5.29%) SAP Manager
10 9 (5.29%) SAP Project Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Payments Project Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Security Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Technical Project Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.94%) XML
2 4 (2.35%) Middleware
3 3 (1.76%) ADO
3 3 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.18%) REST
4 2 (1.18%) SOAP
4 2 (1.18%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.59%) .NET
5 1 (0.59%) EDI
5 1 (0.59%) RESTful
5 1 (0.59%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.06%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.88%) PMI
3 8 (4.71%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.35%) Life Science
5 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.76%) Derivative
6 3 (1.76%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.76%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.59%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.59%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.59%) IoT
8 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.35%) Linux
1 4 (2.35%) Windows
2 2 (1.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.59%) VMS
3 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (77.65%) PRINCE2
2 129 (75.88%) Project Management
3 109 (64.12%) Agile
4 102 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (35.88%) Project Delivery
6 50 (29.41%) Risk Management
7 48 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (24.12%) Migration
9 40 (23.53%) Change Management
10 36 (21.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (18.82%) Programme Management
12 29 (17.06%) Scrum
13 27 (15.88%) Project Governance
14 26 (15.29%) Decision-Making
15 22 (12.94%) Budget Management
15 22 (12.94%) Waterfall
16 21 (12.35%) Resource Allocation
17 20 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
18 19 (11.18%) Project Planning
19 16 (9.41%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.29%) SQL
2 2 (1.18%) Korn
2 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.59%) Java
3 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 147 (86.47%) PMI Certification
2 70 (41.18%) Degree
3 14 (8.24%) Master's Degree
4 12 (7.06%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.47%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.88%) APMP
7 8 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.12%) CISSP
9 6 (3.53%) CISM
9 6 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (2.35%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.35%) MBA
11 3 (1.76%) CCNA
11 3 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.76%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.76%) CRISC
11 3 (1.76%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.18%) CAPM
12 2 (1.18%) IIBA
12 2 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (15.88%) PMO
2 20 (11.76%) QA
3 19 (11.18%) GDPR
4 12 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (6.47%) NIST
6 7 (4.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.94%) Basel III
8 3 (1.76%) GAAP
8 3 (1.76%) GMP
8 3 (1.76%) IFRS
8 3 (1.76%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.76%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.18%) EMIR
9 2 (1.18%) IFRS 17
9 2 (1.18%) MiFID
10 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.59%) GRC
10 1 (0.59%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.59%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (12.94%) SAP
2 18 (10.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.82%) Oracle
4 11 (6.47%) Workday
5 8 (4.71%) CyberArk
5 8 (4.71%) Planview
6 4 (2.35%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.76%) Cisco
7 3 (1.76%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.76%) Informatica
7 3 (1.76%) Remedy
7 3 (1.76%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.18%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.18%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.59%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.59%) Concur
9 1 (0.59%) FIS
9 1 (0.59%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) UiPath