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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 196 291
Rank change year-on-year -26 +95 +82
Contract jobs citing PMP 213 159 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 1.23% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.98% 4.76% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 108 70
10th Percentile £413 £363 £396
25th Percentile £440 £456 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £672 £725 £638
90th Percentile £750 £788 £776
England median daily rate £550 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £51.98 - £23.05
25th Percentile £52.69 - £23.75
Median hourly rate £55.25 £70.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% +171.84% -
75th Percentile £57.69 - £27.06
90th Percentile £58.33 - £27.25
England median hourly rate £82.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +188.46% -58.40%

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 5,346 3,338 4,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.74% 25.89% 23.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,855 2,241 2,825
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 75 109
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.32 £15.19
25th Percentile £26.69 £25.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.56 £51.08 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.73 £68.15
England median hourly rate £52.75 £28.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +84.44% -32.71% -22.73%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 44 £688 +9.13% 26
West London -16 5 £680 +37.72% 4
East London - 1 - - 2
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 (4.23%) Confluence
2 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.35%) IIS
4 3 (1.41%) CMS
4 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 21 (9.86%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.10%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.41%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.94%) Trello
7 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.94%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.94%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.47%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.47%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.47%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.25%) Azure
2 22 (10.33%) AWS
3 20 (9.39%) SaaS
4 14 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.57%) Smartsheet
5 11 (5.16%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.41%) Asana
8 3 (1.41%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.94%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.94%) GCP
9 2 (0.94%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.94%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.47%) Boomi
10 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.35%) LAN
1 5 (2.35%) Network Security
1 5 (2.35%) WAN
2 4 (1.88%) Firewall
3 3 (1.41%) 4G
3 3 (1.41%) 5G
3 3 (1.41%) VLAN
3 3 (1.41%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.94%) Internet
4 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.94%) Oracle Database
1 2 (0.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (9.39%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) GitLab
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (47.89%) Finance
2 97 (45.54%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (12.68%) Banking
4 23 (10.80%) Marketing
5 19 (8.92%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (7.04%) Legal
6 15 (7.04%) Retail
7 11 (5.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (3.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.29%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.82%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.82%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.35%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.41%) Advertising
12 3 (1.41%) Electronics
12 3 (1.41%) Front Office
13 2 (0.94%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 142 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 25 (11.74%) Senior
3 22 (10.33%) Senior Manager
4 19 (8.92%) Senior Project Manager
4 19 (8.92%) Technical Manager
5 17 (7.98%) Technical Project Manager
6 16 (7.51%) IT Manager
6 16 (7.51%) IT Project Manager
6 16 (7.51%) Lead
6 16 (7.51%) Programme Manager
7 14 (6.57%) Infrastructure Manager
8 13 (6.10%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 12 (5.63%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (4.69%) Migration Manager
10 10 (4.69%) Migration Project Manager
10 10 (4.69%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.23%) IAM Project Manager
11 9 (4.23%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (3.76%) B2B Sales Manager
12 8 (3.76%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.29%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.82%) REST
3 3 (1.41%) ADO
4 2 (0.94%) Middleware
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.47%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.92%) PMI
2 11 (5.16%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.23%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.82%) Life Science
4 6 (2.82%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.88%) CMDB
7 3 (1.41%) CCTV
7 3 (1.41%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.41%) FMCG
7 3 (1.41%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) AS400
8 2 (0.94%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.94%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.94%) IoT
8 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.76%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (73.71%) PRINCE2
2 149 (69.95%) Project Management
3 133 (62.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (55.87%) Agile
5 84 (39.44%) Project Delivery
6 56 (26.29%) Change Management
7 48 (22.54%) Migration
8 47 (22.07%) Decision-Making
9 46 (21.60%) Programme Management
10 33 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (15.02%) Waterfall
12 31 (14.55%) Matrix Organization
13 29 (13.62%) Scrum
13 29 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 28 (13.15%) DevOps
15 27 (12.68%) ITIL
16 26 (12.21%) Project Governance
17 25 (11.74%) Roadmaps
18 24 (11.27%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.41%) SQL
2 2 (0.94%) COBOL
2 2 (0.94%) RPG
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 170 (79.81%) PMI Certification
2 47 (22.07%) Degree
3 21 (9.86%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.57%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.16%) CISSP
6 9 (4.23%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.29%) CISM
7 7 (3.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.82%) APMP
8 6 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.88%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.88%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.41%) CAPM
10 3 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.41%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.94%) CRISC
11 2 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.49%) PMO
2 22 (10.33%) GDPR
3 17 (7.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (7.51%) QA
5 13 (6.10%) NIST
6 7 (3.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (2.82%) Data Quality
7 6 (2.82%) GRC
8 5 (2.35%) GxP
8 5 (2.35%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.35%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.88%) P3O
10 3 (1.41%) GMP
10 3 (1.41%) SLA
10 3 (1.41%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.88%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.92%) ServiceNow
3 12 (5.63%) SAP
4 10 (4.69%) CyberArk
5 9 (4.23%) Oracle
6 6 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.35%) Cisco
8 4 (1.88%) Okta
8 4 (1.88%) VMware
8 4 (1.88%) Workday
9 2 (0.94%) IBM
9 2 (0.94%) Murex
9 2 (0.94%) NEC
9 2 (0.94%) Planview
9 2 (0.94%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.94%) Splunk
9 2 (0.94%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.47%) Google
10 1 (0.47%) PTC
10 1 (0.47%) Qualys