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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 240 294
Rank change year-on-year +24 +54 +52
Contract jobs citing PMP 162 129 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.12% 0.86% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.93% 3.33% 2.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 78 79
10th Percentile £390 £413 £360
25th Percentile £459 £481 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £734 £650
90th Percentile £732 £866 £720
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +34.88% -2.27%

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 4,126 3,871 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.55% 25.86% 24.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,874 2,441 2,977
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £426 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 59 88
10th Percentile £20.59 £21.00 £19.18
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £23.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £39.00 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year -34.69% -17.79% +7.55%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.38 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.33
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.05
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.99% +15.67%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -14 21 £525 -16.00% 34
West London -11 5 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 3 £550 - 7
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 13 (8.02%) Confluence
2 8 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (6.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (4.32%) Trello
6 2 (1.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (6.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.47%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (2.47%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.85%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.85%) Workfront
4 2 (1.23%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.23%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.23%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.62%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.62%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.62%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.62%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.62%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.49%) Azure
2 12 (7.41%) AWS
3 10 (6.17%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.70%) Smartsheet
5 5 (3.09%) Asana
6 4 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.47%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.85%) SaaS
8 2 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.23%) Miro
8 2 (1.23%) Slack
8 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.62%) GitHub
9 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Network Security
2 5 (3.09%) Firewall
3 3 (1.85%) VPN
4 2 (1.23%) WAN
5 1 (0.62%) Intranet
5 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.62%) LAN
5 1 (0.62%) Multicast
5 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.56%) Power BI
2 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.85%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.23%) Star Schema
4 2 (1.23%) Tableau
5 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.62%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.62%) Metadata
5 1 (0.62%) MySQL
5 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 102 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 82 (50.62%) Finance
3 34 (20.99%) Banking
4 32 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (11.11%) Legal
6 14 (8.64%) Retail
7 12 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (6.17%) Investment Banking
8 10 (6.17%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.94%) Public Sector
10 7 (4.32%) Marketing
11 6 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (2.47%) Front Office
13 4 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.47%) Law
14 3 (1.85%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.85%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 114 (70.37%) Project Manager
2 17 (10.49%) Senior
3 16 (9.88%) Infrastructure Manager
3 16 (9.88%) Senior Manager
4 14 (8.64%) IT Manager
5 13 (8.02%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 13 (8.02%) IT Project Manager
6 12 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Analyst
7 10 (6.17%) Lead
7 10 (6.17%) SAP Manager
7 10 (6.17%) SAP Project Manager
7 10 (6.17%) Technical Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.94%) Digital Project Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Security Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Transformation Manager
8 8 (4.94%) Transformation Project Manager
9 7 (4.32%) Banking Project Manager
9 7 (4.32%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.85%) XML
2 2 (1.23%) .NET
2 2 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.62%) Kafka
3 1 (0.62%) RESTful
3 1 (0.62%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.02%) PMI
2 8 (4.94%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.09%) Life Science
4 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.47%) Derivative
5 4 (2.47%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.85%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.85%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.23%) Equities
7 2 (1.23%) FMCG
7 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.23%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.23%) Linux
1 2 (1.23%) Unix
1 2 (1.23%) Windows
2 1 (0.62%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (79.63%) Project Management
2 122 (75.31%) PRINCE2
3 102 (62.96%) Agile
4 86 (53.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (30.25%) Project Delivery
5 49 (30.25%) Risk Management
6 45 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (25.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 40 (24.69%) Change Management
9 31 (19.14%) Migration
10 30 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (17.28%) Scrum
12 27 (16.67%) Waterfall
13 25 (15.43%) Budget Management
14 24 (14.81%) Programme Management
15 23 (14.20%) Resource Allocation
16 22 (13.58%) Decision-Making
16 22 (13.58%) Project Governance
17 16 (9.88%) Computer Science
18 14 (8.64%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.47%) SQL
2 2 (1.23%) Korn
3 1 (0.62%) Java
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 143 (88.27%) PMI Certification
2 70 (43.21%) Degree
3 12 (7.41%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.32%) CISSP
5 7 (4.32%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.70%) CISM
6 6 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.47%) MBA
8 3 (1.85%) APMP
8 3 (1.85%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.23%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.23%) CAPM
9 2 (1.23%) CRISC
9 2 (1.23%) IIBA
10 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.67%) PMO
2 20 (12.35%) QA
3 12 (7.41%) GDPR
4 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.70%) NIST
6 4 (2.47%) Basel III
6 4 (2.47%) GMP
7 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.85%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.85%) MiFID
7 3 (1.85%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.85%) SLA
8 2 (1.23%) EMIR
9 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.62%) GRC
9 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.62%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.62%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 17 (10.49%) Microsoft
1 17 (10.49%) SAP
2 9 (5.56%) Oracle
3 7 (4.32%) Planview
3 7 (4.32%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.09%) Workday
5 4 (2.47%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.85%) Adobe
6 3 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco
7 2 (1.23%) Databricks
7 2 (1.23%) Remedy
7 2 (1.23%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.62%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.62%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.62%) Concur
8 1 (0.62%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.62%) Percona
8 1 (0.62%) UiPath