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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 204 280
Rank change year-on-year -20 +76 +87
Contract jobs citing PMP 234 168 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 1.24% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.26% 4.81% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 111 67
10th Percentile £413 £391 £416
25th Percentile £444 £453 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £656 £713 £638
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £550 £550 £544
% change year-on-year - +1.15% +2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £51.90 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £22.34
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +213.34% -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile £59.95 - -
England median hourly rate £82.50 £75.00 £62.96
% change year-on-year +10.00% +19.12% +0.74%

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 5,492 3,494 3,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.63% 25.71% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,957 2,370 2,770
10th Percentile £368 £338 £329
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 81 77
10th Percentile £19.50 £17.98 £17.88
25th Percentile £26.19 £25.04 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.00 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -23.82%

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 24 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 24 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 -8 44 £663 +26.19% 14
West London -11 8 £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 7 (2.99%) Confluence
2 6 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.14%) IIS
4 4 (1.71%) CMS
5 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.43%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 22 (9.40%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (4.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.28%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.85%) Trello
7 1 (0.43%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.28%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.85%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.43%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.43%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.43%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.43%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.43%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.43%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.95%) Azure
2 20 (8.55%) AWS
2 20 (8.55%) SaaS
3 17 (7.26%) Entra ID
4 14 (5.98%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.98%) Smartsheet
5 9 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.14%) Asana
7 4 (1.71%) GCP
7 4 (1.71%) Power Automate
7 4 (1.71%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.28%) GitHub
8 3 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.85%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.43%) ClickUp
10 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.99%) Network Security
2 6 (2.56%) LAN
2 6 (2.56%) WAN
3 5 (2.14%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.71%) Firewall
5 3 (1.28%) 4G
5 3 (1.28%) 5G
5 3 (1.28%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.85%) Internet
6 2 (0.85%) VLAN
6 2 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.71%) Power BI
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (8.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) GitLab
2 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 114 (48.72%) Finance
2 101 (43.16%) Social Skills
3 34 (14.53%) Banking
4 27 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.26%) Marketing
6 22 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (8.12%) Retail
8 16 (6.84%) Legal
9 11 (4.70%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
13 6 (2.56%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.56%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.56%) Public Sector
14 5 (2.14%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.28%) Advertising
15 3 (1.28%) Electronics
15 3 (1.28%) Front Office
15 3 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 152 (64.96%) Project Manager
2 28 (11.97%) Senior
3 25 (10.68%) Senior Manager
4 21 (8.97%) Senior Project Manager
4 21 (8.97%) Technical Manager
5 19 (8.12%) Programme Manager
6 18 (7.69%) Technical Project Manager
7 17 (7.26%) IT Manager
8 16 (6.84%) IT Project Manager
9 15 (6.41%) Infrastructure Manager
10 14 (5.98%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (5.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 12 (5.13%) Analyst
11 12 (5.13%) Transformation Manager
12 11 (4.70%) Business Analyst
12 11 (4.70%) IAM Project Manager
13 10 (4.27%) Bid Manager
13 10 (4.27%) Lead
13 10 (4.27%) Transformation Project Manager
14 8 (3.42%) B2B Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.85%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.56%) REST
3 1 (0.43%) ADO
3 1 (0.43%) Middleware
3 1 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.55%) PMI
2 14 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.13%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.85%) Operational Technology
5 8 (3.42%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.99%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.99%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.56%) FMCG
7 6 (2.56%) Life Science
8 5 (2.14%) CCTV
8 5 (2.14%) IoT
9 4 (1.71%) CMDB
10 3 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.28%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) AS400
11 2 (0.85%) Biopharmaceutical
11 2 (0.85%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.42%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (76.92%) PRINCE2
2 165 (70.51%) Project Management
3 147 (62.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 131 (55.98%) Agile
5 92 (39.32%) Project Delivery
6 66 (28.21%) Change Management
7 52 (22.22%) Decision-Making
8 50 (21.37%) Migration
9 45 (19.23%) Programme Management
10 43 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (17.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 38 (16.24%) Scrum
13 34 (14.53%) Waterfall
14 32 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (12.82%) Matrix Organization
16 29 (12.39%) Roadmaps
17 28 (11.97%) Project Governance
18 27 (11.54%) ITIL
19 26 (11.11%) Budget Management
19 26 (11.11%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.85%) COBOL
1 2 (0.85%) RPG
2 1 (0.43%) C#
2 1 (0.43%) Korn
2 1 (0.43%) SQL
2 1 (0.43%) X++
Qualifications
1 189 (80.77%) PMI Certification
2 49 (20.94%) Degree
3 28 (11.97%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.97%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.70%) CISSP
7 7 (2.99%) CISM
7 7 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.71%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.28%) CAPM
10 3 (1.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.85%) MBA
11 2 (0.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (14.53%) PMO
2 17 (7.26%) GDPR
3 16 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.56%) QA
5 12 (5.13%) NIST
6 9 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.99%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.99%) GRC
7 7 (2.99%) P3O
8 5 (2.14%) GxP
8 5 (2.14%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.14%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.71%) SLA
10 3 (1.28%) GMP
10 3 (1.28%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.85%) ITGC
12 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.43%) MiFID
12 1 (0.43%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.71%) RSA Archer
1 4 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.12%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 8 (3.42%) Oracle
4 8 (3.42%) SAP
5 7 (2.99%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.14%) Planview
6 5 (2.14%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.71%) Cisco
7 4 (1.71%) Google
7 4 (1.71%) Okta
7 4 (1.71%) VMware
8 2 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (0.85%) IBM
8 2 (0.85%) Murex
8 2 (0.85%) NEC
8 2 (0.85%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.85%) Splunk
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks
9 1 (0.43%) Workday