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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 202 268
Rank change year-on-year -12 +66 +80
Contract jobs citing PMP 256 172 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.26% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.59% 4.82% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 114 62
10th Percentile £415 £393 £401
25th Percentile £448 £458 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -0.47%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £618
90th Percentile £744 £780 £737
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £51.90 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £59.95 - -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £75.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +10.67% +11.11% +14.89%

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 5,580 3,571 3,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 26.12% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,030 2,420 2,694
10th Percentile £371 £341 £347
25th Percentile £455 £431 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £536
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.12% -2.55%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 88 69
10th Percentile £19.50 £17.71 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.89 £25.03 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.38 £35.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £90.25 £63.40 £68.15
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%

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 August 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 August 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 -9 46 £650 +23.81% 21
West London -13 10 £615 +24.56% 4
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 8 (3.13%) Confluence
1 8 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.95%) IIS
3 4 (1.56%) CMS
4 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (10.94%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.56%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Trello
7 1 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.17%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.39%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.39%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 45 (17.58%) Azure
2 23 (8.98%) SaaS
3 21 (8.20%) AWS
4 17 (6.64%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (5.47%) Smartsheet
7 9 (3.52%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.95%) Asana
9 5 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.56%) GCP
10 4 (1.56%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.56%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.17%) GitHub
11 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.78%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.13%) Network Security
2 5 (1.95%) HTTPS
2 5 (1.95%) LAN
2 5 (1.95%) WAN
3 4 (1.56%) Firewall
4 3 (1.17%) 4G
4 3 (1.17%) 5G
4 3 (1.17%) Internet
4 3 (1.17%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.78%) VLAN
5 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.39%) DNS
6 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.56%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (9.38%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 133 (51.95%) Finance
2 111 (43.36%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.80%) Banking
4 28 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.77%) Marketing
6 23 (8.98%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (7.42%) Retail
8 17 (6.64%) Legal
9 11 (4.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.52%) Financial Institution
12 8 (3.13%) Investment Banking
12 8 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.13%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.73%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.95%) Front Office
14 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.17%) Electronics
15 3 (1.17%) Law
16 2 (0.78%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 160 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 32 (12.50%) Senior
3 28 (10.94%) Senior Manager
4 24 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
5 22 (8.59%) IT Manager
5 22 (8.59%) Programme Manager
5 22 (8.59%) Technical Manager
6 19 (7.42%) IT Project Manager
7 17 (6.64%) Technical Project Manager
8 15 (5.86%) Delivery Manager
9 14 (5.47%) Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 13 (5.08%) Transformation Manager
11 12 (4.69%) Analyst
11 12 (4.69%) Lead
12 11 (4.30%) Business Analyst
12 11 (4.30%) IAM Project Manager
12 11 (4.30%) Transformation Project Manager
13 10 (3.91%) Bid Manager
14 8 (3.13%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.52%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.34%) REST
3 1 (0.39%) ADO
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.81%) PMI
2 15 (5.86%) Onboarding
3 13 (5.08%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.52%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.52%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.52%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.34%) CMDB
6 6 (2.34%) FMCG
6 6 (2.34%) Life Science
7 5 (1.95%) IoT
8 4 (1.56%) CCTV
8 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.17%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.78%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.78%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (78.52%) PRINCE2
2 181 (70.70%) Project Management
3 163 (63.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 147 (57.42%) Agile
5 98 (38.28%) Project Delivery
6 67 (26.17%) Change Management
7 55 (21.48%) Decision-Making
8 52 (20.31%) Programme Management
9 51 (19.92%) Migration
10 44 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 44 (17.19%) Scrum
11 43 (16.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 37 (14.45%) Roadmaps
12 37 (14.45%) Waterfall
13 36 (14.06%) Budget Management
14 32 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (12.50%) Risk Management
15 30 (11.72%) Cybersecurity
16 28 (10.94%) ITIL
16 28 (10.94%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.78%) COBOL
1 2 (0.78%) RPG
2 1 (0.39%) C#
2 1 (0.39%) Korn
2 1 (0.39%) SQL
2 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 204 (79.69%) PMI Certification
2 58 (22.66%) Degree
3 33 (12.89%) Security Cleared
4 25 (9.77%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.69%) CISSP
5 12 (4.69%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.13%) CISM
6 8 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 7 (2.73%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.56%) APMP
9 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.56%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.17%) CAPM
10 3 (1.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.78%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (14.06%) PMO
2 17 (6.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.25%) GDPR
4 13 (5.08%) NIST
5 12 (4.69%) QA
6 9 (3.52%) P3O
6 9 (3.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.73%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.73%) GRC
8 5 (1.95%) GxP
8 5 (1.95%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.56%) SLA
10 3 (1.17%) GMP
10 3 (1.17%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.78%) ITGC
12 1 (0.39%) MiFID
12 1 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (7.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.56%) RSA Archer
1 4 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.42%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.52%) CyberArk
4 8 (3.13%) Oracle
4 8 (3.13%) SAP
5 6 (2.34%) Planview
6 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.95%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco
7 4 (1.56%) Google
7 4 (1.56%) Okta
7 4 (1.56%) VMware
8 3 (1.17%) Murex
9 2 (0.78%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (0.78%) IBM
9 2 (0.78%) NEC
9 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.78%) Splunk
10 1 (0.39%) Varonis
10 1 (0.39%) Wrike