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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 194 266
Rank change year-on-year -13 +72 +71
Contract jobs citing PMP 277 177 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 1.32% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.83% 5.01% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 120 69
10th Percentile £406 £406 £409
25th Percentile £444 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £650
90th Percentile £744 £791 £733
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +3.29%
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 £70.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.14% +33.33%

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 5,732 3,535 3,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.18% 26.32% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,117 2,380 2,571
10th Percentile £371 £354 £350
25th Percentile £456 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £760
England median daily rate £526 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 81 57
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.03
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -22.11% -40.20%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £98.38 £65.00 £66.20
England median hourly rate £52.83 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +110.07% -53.43% -0.81%

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 17 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 17 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 -1 55 £552 -4.00% 36
West London -10 16 £615 +21.48% 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 12 (4.33%) Confluence
2 8 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.17%) CMS
4 5 (1.81%) IIS
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 29 (10.47%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.81%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.36%) Trello
7 1 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.44%) Changepoint
3 3 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.36%) DELMIA
5 1 (0.36%) Endur
5 1 (0.36%) ENOVIA
5 1 (0.36%) Maximo
5 1 (0.36%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.36%) Misys Midas
5 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.36%) Orchestrade
5 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (16.61%) Azure
2 26 (9.39%) SaaS
3 21 (7.58%) AWS
4 20 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.05%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.05%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.97%) Smartsheet
7 9 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.25%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.89%) Power Automate
9 6 (2.17%) GCP
10 5 (1.81%) Asana
10 5 (1.81%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.44%) GitHub
12 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
13 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.72%) AWS KMS
13 2 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.72%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.61%) Firewall
2 8 (2.89%) Network Security
3 5 (1.81%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.81%) LAN
3 5 (1.81%) WAN
4 4 (1.44%) 4G
4 4 (1.44%) 5G
5 3 (1.08%) Internet
5 3 (1.08%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.72%) BGP
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.72%) MPLS
6 2 (0.72%) NAS
6 2 (0.72%) SAN
6 2 (0.72%) SSL
6 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.72%) VLAN
7 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.25%) Power BI
2 6 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.72%) Metadata
3 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.36%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 29 (10.47%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 151 (54.51%) Finance
2 132 (47.65%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.69%) Banking
4 34 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.30%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (8.30%) Marketing
6 18 (6.50%) Retail
7 17 (6.14%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.05%) Legal
8 14 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (4.69%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (4.33%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.97%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.89%) Financial Institution
13 7 (2.53%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.81%) Front Office
14 5 (1.81%) Law
14 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.44%) International Banking
16 3 (1.08%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 154 (55.60%) Project Manager
2 31 (11.19%) Senior
3 29 (10.47%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.39%) Senior Manager
5 25 (9.03%) Programme Manager
6 23 (8.30%) IT Project Manager
6 23 (8.30%) Lead
6 23 (8.30%) Technical Manager
7 20 (7.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 18 (6.50%) Delivery Manager
9 15 (5.42%) Analyst
10 14 (5.05%) Technical Project Manager
11 13 (4.69%) Business Analyst
11 13 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
12 12 (4.33%) Transformation Manager
13 10 (3.61%) Bid Manager
13 10 (3.61%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 10 (3.61%) Transformation Project Manager
14 8 (2.89%) Business Manager
14 8 (2.89%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.17%) REST
2 4 (1.44%) SailPoint
3 3 (1.08%) SOAP
3 3 (1.08%) Web Services
4 2 (0.72%) Middleware
5 1 (0.36%) ADO
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.86%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.50%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.78%) PMI
4 14 (5.05%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.69%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.89%) Life Science
7 8 (2.89%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.17%) IoT
9 5 (1.81%) CMDB
9 5 (1.81%) FMCG
10 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.08%) CCTV
11 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.72%) Derivative
12 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.61%) Windows
2 2 (0.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (78.70%) PRINCE2
2 188 (67.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (63.54%) Project Management
4 160 (57.76%) Agile
5 100 (36.10%) Project Delivery
6 80 (28.88%) Change Management
7 58 (20.94%) Migration
8 57 (20.58%) Decision-Making
8 57 (20.58%) Programme Management
9 56 (20.22%) Roadmaps
10 54 (19.49%) Scrum
11 53 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (18.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (17.33%) Budget Management
14 43 (15.52%) Waterfall
15 38 (13.72%) Risk Management
16 37 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (11.91%) ITIL
18 32 (11.55%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.17%) SQL
2 3 (1.08%) Python
3 2 (0.72%) COBOL
3 2 (0.72%) RPG
4 1 (0.36%) Bash
4 1 (0.36%) C#
4 1 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 224 (80.87%) PMI Certification
2 69 (24.91%) Degree
3 34 (12.27%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.39%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.69%) CISSP
6 12 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (3.61%) CISM
8 9 (3.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.53%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.44%) CAPM
11 4 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.08%) APMP
12 3 (1.08%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.00%) PMO
2 19 (6.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (6.14%) GDPR
4 15 (5.42%) Data Quality
5 13 (4.69%) NIST
5 13 (4.69%) QA
6 11 (3.97%) P3O
7 9 (3.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.53%) GRC
9 6 (2.17%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.81%) GxP
10 5 (1.81%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.44%) SLA
11 4 (1.44%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.08%) GMP
12 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
12 3 (1.08%) SEPA
12 3 (1.08%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.72%) ITGC
System Software
1 17 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.08%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.66%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.69%) Planview
4 11 (3.97%) Oracle
5 10 (3.61%) SAP
6 6 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.81%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.81%) VMware
7 5 (1.81%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.44%) Cisco
8 4 (1.44%) Google
9 3 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.08%) IBM
9 3 (1.08%) Murex
9 3 (1.08%) UiPath
10 2 (0.72%) Databricks
10 2 (0.72%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.72%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.36%) Meraki
11 1 (0.36%) Splunk