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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 194 266
Rank change year-on-year -15 +72 +71
Contract jobs citing PMP 276 177 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.37% 1.32% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.87% 5.01% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 120 69
10th Percentile £406 £406 £409
25th Percentile £443 £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 £745 £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 5,673 3,535 3,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.10% 26.32% 24.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,065 2,380 2,571
10th Percentile £370 £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 £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -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 £52.52 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.82% -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 16 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 16 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 -3 54 £544 -5.39% 34
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 11 (3.99%) Confluence
2 8 (2.90%) 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 (10.51%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.43%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.26%) 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 (1.45%) Changepoint
3 3 (1.09%) 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 (16.67%) Azure
2 26 (9.42%) SaaS
3 21 (7.61%) AWS
4 20 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.07%) Entra ID
6 13 (4.71%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.99%) Smartsheet
8 9 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (2.54%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.17%) GCP
11 5 (1.81%) Asana
11 5 (1.81%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.45%) GitHub
13 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.72%) AWS KMS
14 2 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.72%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.62%) Firewall
2 8 (2.90%) Network Security
3 5 (1.81%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.81%) LAN
3 5 (1.81%) WAN
4 4 (1.45%) 4G
4 4 (1.45%) 5G
5 3 (1.09%) Internet
5 3 (1.09%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.09%) 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%) DNS
7 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.90%) Power BI
2 5 (1.81%) 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 28 (10.14%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 150 (54.35%) Finance
2 132 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.75%) Banking
4 33 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.33%) Marketing
6 22 (7.97%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (6.52%) Retail
8 17 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (5.07%) Legal
9 14 (5.07%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (4.35%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.99%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.90%) Financial Institution
14 7 (2.54%) Investment Banking
15 5 (1.81%) Front Office
15 5 (1.81%) Law
15 5 (1.81%) Public Sector
16 4 (1.45%) International Banking
17 3 (1.09%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 154 (55.80%) Project Manager
2 31 (11.23%) Senior
3 29 (10.51%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.42%) Senior Manager
5 25 (9.06%) Programme Manager
6 23 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
6 23 (8.33%) Lead
7 22 (7.97%) Technical Manager
8 20 (7.25%) Senior Project Manager
9 18 (6.52%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (5.43%) Analyst
11 14 (5.07%) Technical Project Manager
12 13 (4.71%) Business Analyst
12 13 (4.71%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
14 10 (3.62%) Bid Manager
14 10 (3.62%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 10 (3.62%) Transformation Project Manager
15 8 (2.90%) Business Manager
15 8 (2.90%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.17%) REST
2 4 (1.45%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.72%) Middleware
3 2 (0.72%) SOAP
3 2 (0.72%) Web Services
4 1 (0.36%) ADO
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.88%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.16%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.80%) PMI
4 14 (5.07%) Data Centre
5 13 (4.71%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.62%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.90%) Life Science
7 8 (2.90%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.17%) IoT
9 5 (1.81%) CMDB
9 5 (1.81%) FMCG
10 4 (1.45%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.09%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.09%) CCTV
11 3 (1.09%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.72%) Derivative
12 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.62%) Windows
2 2 (0.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (78.99%) PRINCE2
2 187 (67.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 176 (63.77%) Project Management
4 159 (57.61%) Agile
5 100 (36.23%) Project Delivery
6 79 (28.62%) Change Management
7 58 (21.01%) Migration
8 57 (20.65%) Decision-Making
8 57 (20.65%) Programme Management
9 55 (19.93%) Roadmaps
10 53 (19.20%) Scrum
11 52 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (18.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 48 (17.39%) Budget Management
14 43 (15.58%) Waterfall
15 38 (13.77%) Risk Management
16 37 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (11.96%) ITIL
18 32 (11.59%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.81%) SQL
2 3 (1.09%) 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
1 223 (80.80%) PMI Certification
2 68 (24.64%) Degree
3 34 (12.32%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.42%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.71%) CISSP
6 12 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (3.62%) CISM
8 9 (3.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.81%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.45%) CAPM
11 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.45%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.09%) APMP
12 3 (1.09%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (0.72%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.04%) PMO
2 19 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (6.16%) GDPR
4 14 (5.07%) Data Quality
5 13 (4.71%) NIST
5 13 (4.71%) QA
6 11 (3.99%) P3O
7 9 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.54%) GRC
9 6 (2.17%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.81%) GxP
10 5 (1.81%) HIPAA
11 4 (1.45%) SLA
11 4 (1.45%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.09%) GMP
12 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
12 3 (1.09%) SEPA
12 3 (1.09%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.72%) ITGC
System Software
1 17 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.09%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 12 (4.35%) Planview
4 11 (3.99%) Oracle
5 10 (3.62%) SAP
6 6 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.81%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.81%) VMware
7 5 (1.81%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.45%) Cisco
8 4 (1.45%) Google
9 3 (1.09%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.09%) IBM
9 3 (1.09%) Murex
10 2 (0.72%) Databricks
10 2 (0.72%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.72%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.72%) UiPath
11 1 (0.36%) Splunk
11 1 (0.36%) Varonis