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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 206 283
Rank change year-on-year -18 +77 +95
Contract jobs citing PMP 221 167 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.12% 1.23% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.04% 4.81% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 116 72
10th Percentile £413 £381 £413
25th Percentile £440 £461 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +5.68% +3.77%
75th Percentile £661 £716 £639
90th Percentile £750 £788 £773
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £51.98 - £23.29
25th Percentile £52.69 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £55.25 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% +169.23% -
75th Percentile £57.69 - £26.50
90th Percentile £58.33 - -
England median hourly rate £83.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.33% +188.46% -55.74%

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 5,471 3,470 4,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.71% 25.65% 23.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,953 2,346 2,851
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.16% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 81 100
10th Percentile £19.44 £18.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.04 £20.86
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -3.27% -51.85%
75th Percentile £73.00 £47.50 £43.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.25 £27.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year +97.27% -36.05% -21.82%

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 15 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 15 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 +2 45 £663 +6.00% 14
West London -11 7 £550 +11.39% 4
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 7 (3.17%) Confluence
1 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.26%) IIS
3 3 (1.36%) CMS
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 24 (10.86%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.24%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.36%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.90%) Trello
7 1 (0.45%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.36%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.45%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.45%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.45%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.45%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.45%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.45%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (19.00%) Azure
2 21 (9.50%) AWS
3 20 (9.05%) SaaS
4 16 (7.24%) Smartsheet
5 14 (6.33%) Entra ID
5 14 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.26%) Asana
6 5 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.81%) GCP
8 3 (1.36%) GitHub
8 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.90%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.26%) Network Security
2 4 (1.81%) Firewall
2 4 (1.81%) LAN
2 4 (1.81%) WAN
3 3 (1.36%) 4G
3 3 (1.36%) 5G
3 3 (1.36%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.90%) Internet
4 2 (0.90%) VLAN
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.90%) Oracle Database
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 22 (9.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) GitLab
2 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
General
1 106 (47.96%) Finance
2 94 (42.53%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.57%) Banking
4 27 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (10.41%) Marketing
6 20 (9.05%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (6.79%) Legal
7 15 (6.79%) Retail
8 11 (4.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (4.52%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (3.62%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.71%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.26%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.26%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.36%) Advertising
14 3 (1.36%) Electronics
15 2 (0.90%) Local Government
15 2 (0.90%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 145 (65.61%) Project Manager
2 30 (13.57%) Senior
3 26 (11.76%) Senior Manager
4 22 (9.95%) Senior Project Manager
5 19 (8.60%) Technical Manager
6 16 (7.24%) IT Manager
6 16 (7.24%) Programme Manager
6 16 (7.24%) Technical Project Manager
7 15 (6.79%) IT Project Manager
8 14 (6.33%) Delivery Manager
8 14 (6.33%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 11 (4.98%) IAM Project Manager
10 11 (4.98%) Lead
11 8 (3.62%) B2B Sales Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Bid Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Migration Manager
11 8 (3.62%) Migration Project Manager
11 8 (3.62%) PMO Lead
11 8 (3.62%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.17%) SailPoint
2 5 (2.26%) REST
3 2 (0.90%) ADO
3 2 (0.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.05%) PMI
2 11 (4.98%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.17%) Operational Technology
4 7 (3.17%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.71%) Life Science
6 5 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.81%) CMDB
7 4 (1.81%) FMCG
7 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.36%) CCTV
8 3 (1.36%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.36%) IoT
8 3 (1.36%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.90%) AS400
9 2 (0.90%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.90%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.90%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.62%) Windows
2 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (75.57%) PRINCE2
2 154 (69.68%) Project Management
3 135 (61.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 126 (57.01%) Agile
5 85 (38.46%) Project Delivery
6 60 (27.15%) Change Management
7 50 (22.62%) Decision-Making
8 49 (22.17%) Migration
9 43 (19.46%) Programme Management
10 38 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 34 (15.38%) Waterfall
13 31 (14.03%) Matrix Organization
13 31 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (13.57%) Scrum
15 28 (12.67%) Project Governance
16 27 (12.22%) ITIL
17 26 (11.76%) DevOps
17 26 (11.76%) Roadmaps
18 25 (11.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.90%) COBOL
1 2 (0.90%) RPG
2 1 (0.45%) Korn
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 176 (79.64%) PMI Certification
2 48 (21.72%) Degree
3 23 (10.41%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.24%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.52%) CISSP
6 9 (4.07%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.71%) CISM
8 6 (2.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (2.26%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.81%) APMP
10 4 (1.81%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.81%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.36%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.36%) CAPM
11 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.90%) SAFe Agilist
12 2 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.84%) PMO
2 19 (8.60%) GDPR
3 16 (7.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (6.33%) QA
5 12 (5.43%) NIST
6 9 (4.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.17%) GRC
7 7 (3.17%) P3O
8 6 (2.71%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.26%) GxP
9 5 (2.26%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.26%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.81%) SLA
11 3 (1.36%) GMP
11 3 (1.36%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.90%) ITGC
13 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.45%) MiFID
13 1 (0.45%) PSD2
System Software
1 16 (7.24%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.81%) RSA Archer
1 4 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.60%) ServiceNow
3 10 (4.52%) CyberArk
4 9 (4.07%) Oracle
4 9 (4.07%) SAP
5 7 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.71%) Planview
7 5 (2.26%) Cisco
8 4 (1.81%) Google
8 4 (1.81%) Okta
8 4 (1.81%) VMware
9 3 (1.36%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.90%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (0.90%) IBM
10 2 (0.90%) Murex
10 2 (0.90%) NEC
10 2 (0.90%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.90%) Splunk
11 1 (0.45%) Avaya
11 1 (0.45%) Misys