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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 276 337
Rank change year-on-year +76 +61 +77
Contract jobs citing PMP 177 122 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.33% 0.76% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.02% 3.12% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 68 84
10th Percentile £406 £407 £350
25th Percentile £463 £462 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.27% -0.47%
75th Percentile £713 £641 £616
90th Percentile £791 £732 £743
England median daily rate £575 £550 £533
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +33.33% +2.44%

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 3,523 3,912 5,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.43% 24.39% 23.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,367 2,555 3,522
10th Percentile £353 £350 £355
25th Percentile £435 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £760 £785
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 57 88
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.03 £19.11
25th Percentile - £22.00 £23.94
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -40.75% +22.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £53.75 £65.70
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.20 £80.90
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.50 £54.53
% change year-on-year -53.85% -0.06% +21.18%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP 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 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 16 September 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 +6 29 £575 +1.10% 32
West London -3 5 £506 +1.25% 4
South London -7 1 £425 -22.73% 2
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.21%) Confluence
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (14.69%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (2.82%) Trello
6 2 (1.13%) Chatbot
6 2 (1.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (6.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.69%) Workfront
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.13%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.13%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.13%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.13%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.56%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.56%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.56%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.25%) Azure
2 15 (8.47%) AWS
3 10 (5.65%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.95%) SaaS
6 6 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.39%) Smartsheet
7 5 (2.82%) GCP
7 5 (2.82%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.69%) Asana
9 2 (1.13%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.13%) Google Drive
9 2 (1.13%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.13%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub
10 1 (0.56%) IaaS
10 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.21%) Firewall
2 5 (2.82%) VPN
3 4 (2.26%) Network Security
4 2 (1.13%) DNS
4 2 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.56%) 4G
5 1 (0.56%) 5G
5 1 (0.56%) DHCP
5 1 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.56%) LTE
5 1 (0.56%) PPP
5 1 (0.56%) TETRA
5 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.08%) Power BI
2 5 (2.82%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.13%) Tableau
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.56%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.56%) Metadata
5 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.56%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 29 (16.38%) JIRA
General
1 111 (62.71%) Social Skills
2 93 (52.54%) Finance
3 34 (19.21%) Banking
4 22 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (6.78%) Legal
6 12 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.65%) Marketing
8 9 (5.08%) Investment Banking
8 9 (5.08%) Retail
9 8 (4.52%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.82%) Back Office
11 4 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.69%) Front Office
12 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.69%) Law
12 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.13%) Billing
13 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 95 (53.67%) Project Manager
2 14 (7.91%) Senior
3 12 (6.78%) IT Manager
3 12 (6.78%) Lead
3 12 (6.78%) Programme Manager
3 12 (6.78%) Senior Manager
4 10 (5.65%) Transformation Manager
5 9 (5.08%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (5.08%) Transformation Project Manager
6 8 (4.52%) Senior Project Manager
7 7 (3.95%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (3.95%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (3.39%) Analyst
8 6 (3.39%) Banking Project Manager
8 6 (3.39%) Finance Manager
8 6 (3.39%) SAP Manager
8 6 (3.39%) Technical Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Digital Project Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
9 5 (2.82%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.13%) Middleware
2 1 (0.56%) .NET
2 1 (0.56%) ADO
2 1 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.56%) Kafka
2 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.08%) PMI
2 8 (4.52%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.26%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.69%) Life Science
6 3 (1.69%) PKI
6 3 (1.69%) Reinsurance
6 3 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.13%) Derivative
7 2 (1.13%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.13%) DTCC
7 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.13%) Equities
7 2 (1.13%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.13%) FMCG
7 2 (1.13%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.95%) Windows
2 3 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (79.10%) Project Management
2 119 (67.23%) PRINCE2
3 97 (54.80%) Agile
4 73 (41.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 40 (22.60%) Change Management
5 40 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (22.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 38 (21.47%) Project Delivery
8 37 (20.90%) Migration
8 37 (20.90%) Risk Management
9 35 (19.77%) Waterfall
10 34 (19.21%) Programme Management
11 33 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (16.95%) Scrum
13 24 (13.56%) ITIL
14 21 (11.86%) Decision-Making
15 19 (10.73%) Budget Management
15 19 (10.73%) Matrix Organization
15 19 (10.73%) Resource Allocation
15 19 (10.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.82%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.26%) SQL
3 2 (1.13%) Python
4 1 (0.56%) C++
4 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 152 (85.88%) PMI Certification
2 74 (41.81%) Degree
3 13 (7.34%) Master's Degree
4 8 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.95%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.95%) Security Cleared
6 6 (3.39%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.39%) CISM
6 6 (3.39%) CISSP
7 5 (2.82%) CRISC
8 4 (2.26%) CISA
8 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.13%) CAPM
10 2 (1.13%) MBA
11 1 (0.56%) APMG
11 1 (0.56%) CBAP
11 1 (0.56%) PgMP
11 1 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.12%) PMO
2 12 (6.78%) QA
3 8 (4.52%) GDPR
3 8 (4.52%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.26%) HIPAA
5 4 (2.26%) NIST
5 4 (2.26%) SLA
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.69%) GMP
7 2 (1.13%) Basel III
7 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.56%) FINRA
8 1 (0.56%) MiFID
8 1 (0.56%) PMBOK
System Software
1 9 (5.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.13%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.73%) SAP
3 7 (3.95%) Oracle
3 7 (3.95%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.39%) Databricks
5 4 (2.26%) Planview
5 4 (2.26%) Workday
6 3 (1.69%) Adobe
6 3 (1.69%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.13%) Cisco
7 2 (1.13%) comScore
7 2 (1.13%) Dell
7 2 (1.13%) Google
7 2 (1.13%) HP
7 2 (1.13%) NEC
7 2 (1.13%) Pure Storage
7 2 (1.13%) UiPath
7 2 (1.13%) Wrike
8 1 (0.56%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.56%) ServiceNow