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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 207 278
Rank change year-on-year -7 +71 +56
Contract jobs citing PMP 267 175 119
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.31% 1.30% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.69% 4.93% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 117 67
10th Percentile £406 £404 £405
25th Percentile £440 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £655 £713 £638
90th Percentile £750 £803 £734
England median daily rate £539 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -6.30% +6.98% +0.94%
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 £67.50
% change year-on-year +23.08% -3.70% +28.57%

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 5,691 3,549 3,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.01% 26.28% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,084 2,379 2,627
10th Percentile £369 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -0.93% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £653 £650
90th Percentile £733 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 81 60
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.63 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £30.81
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -18.37% -43.98%
75th Percentile £78.75 £45.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £93.25 £65.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £52.52 £25.15 £55.00
% change year-on-year +108.82% -54.27% -

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 10 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 10 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 +4 53 £544 -5.39% 31
West London -6 15 £550 +7.32% 8
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 9 (3.37%) Confluence
2 8 (3.00%) 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 28 (10.49%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (7.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.50%) 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 (1.50%) Changepoint
3 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.75%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.37%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.37%) Endur
5 1 (0.37%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.37%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.37%) Misys Midas
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 45 (16.85%) Azure
2 25 (9.36%) SaaS
3 21 (7.87%) AWS
4 18 (6.74%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 12 (4.49%) Smartsheet
7 10 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (3.75%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.87%) Asana
9 5 (1.87%) GCP
9 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.87%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.50%) 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 (3.75%) Firewall
2 8 (3.00%) Network Security
3 5 (1.87%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.87%) LAN
3 5 (1.87%) WAN
4 4 (1.50%) 4G
4 4 (1.50%) 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%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.87%) 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 25 (9.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.37%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 144 (53.93%) Finance
2 129 (48.31%) Social Skills
3 47 (17.60%) Banking
4 30 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.61%) Marketing
6 18 (6.74%) Retail
7 17 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (5.99%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (4.87%) Legal
9 13 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.12%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.37%) Manufacturing
12 8 (3.00%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.62%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.87%) Law
14 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.50%) Front Office
15 4 (1.50%) International Banking
16 3 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 152 (56.93%) Project Manager
2 31 (11.61%) Senior
3 27 (10.11%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.74%) Senior Manager
5 24 (8.99%) Programme Manager
6 22 (8.24%) IT Project Manager
7 21 (7.87%) Technical Manager
8 20 (7.49%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (7.12%) Lead
10 17 (6.37%) Delivery Manager
11 15 (5.62%) Analyst
11 15 (5.62%) Technical Project Manager
12 13 (4.87%) Business Analyst
12 13 (4.87%) Infrastructure Manager
12 13 (4.87%) Transformation Manager
13 11 (4.12%) Transformation Project Manager
14 10 (3.75%) Bid Manager
14 10 (3.75%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 8 (3.00%) Business Manager
16 7 (2.62%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.25%) REST
2 4 (1.50%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.37%) ADO
3 1 (0.37%) Middleware
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.74%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.37%) PMI
3 14 (5.24%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.12%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.75%) Operational Technology
6 8 (3.00%) Life Science
6 8 (3.00%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.87%) FMCG
8 5 (1.87%) IoT
9 4 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.50%) CMDB
9 4 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.12%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.12%) CCTV
10 3 (1.12%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.75%) Biopharmaceutical
11 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.75%) Windows
2 2 (0.75%) Linux
3 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (80.52%) PRINCE2
2 181 (67.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 174 (65.17%) Project Management
4 153 (57.30%) Agile
5 98 (36.70%) Project Delivery
6 75 (28.09%) Change Management
7 57 (21.35%) Migration
8 56 (20.97%) Decision-Making
9 55 (20.60%) Programme Management
10 51 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (19.10%) Roadmaps
11 47 (17.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 45 (16.85%) Scrum
13 44 (16.48%) Budget Management
14 42 (15.73%) Waterfall
15 36 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (13.11%) Risk Management
17 33 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (12.36%) ITIL
18 29 (10.86%) 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
1 215 (80.52%) PMI Certification
2 62 (23.22%) Degree
3 35 (13.11%) Security Cleared
4 27 (10.11%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.49%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (3.75%) CISSP
8 8 (3.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.62%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.62%) CISM
9 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.50%) CAPM
11 4 (1.50%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.50%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.12%) APMP
12 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.75%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.48%) PMO
2 15 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.87%) GDPR
3 13 (4.87%) QA
4 11 (4.12%) P3O
5 10 (3.75%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.75%) NIST
6 9 (3.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.62%) GRC
8 6 (2.25%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.87%) GxP
9 5 (1.87%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.50%) SLA
11 3 (1.12%) GMP
11 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.12%) SEPA
11 3 (1.12%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.75%) ITGC
12 2 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (6.37%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.50%) 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 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.24%) ServiceNow
3 11 (4.12%) Oracle
4 9 (3.37%) SAP
5 8 (3.00%) Planview
6 6 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.87%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.87%) VMware
7 5 (1.87%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.50%) Cisco
8 4 (1.50%) Google
9 3 (1.12%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.12%) Murex
10 2 (0.75%) Databricks
10 2 (0.75%) IBM
10 2 (0.75%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.75%) NEC
10 2 (0.75%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.37%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.37%) Huawei