PMP Contracts 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 273 359
Rank change year-on-year +48 +86 +21
Contract jobs citing PMP 130 118 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.04% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.05% 2.74% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 83 101
10th Percentile £363 £363 £393
25th Percentile £456 £472 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £645 £675
90th Percentile £821 £735 £820
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 3
10th Percentile - £23.05 £29.45
25th Percentile - £23.75 £36.88
Median hourly rate - £25.75 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - -49.01% +13.48%
75th Percentile - £27.06 £61.50
90th Percentile - £27.25 £67.35
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

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 3,213 4,312 5,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.59% 24.17% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,171 2,915 3,922
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £651 £660 £688
90th Percentile £753 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 113 80
10th Percentile £20.02 £14.49 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.50 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.54 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.60% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £56.00 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £68.63 £69.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in London

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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 30 April 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 +28 37 £635 +1.60% 7
West London +18 5 £475 +19.87% 3
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 5 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) Confluence
3 1 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.77%) CMS
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 28 (21.54%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.62%) Trello
5 2 (1.54%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.54%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.77%) Maximo
3 1 (0.77%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.69%) Azure
2 15 (11.54%) AWS
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.85%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.85%) SaaS
6 4 (3.08%) GCP
7 3 (2.31%) Asana
7 3 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.54%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.54%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.77%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Firewall
2 4 (3.08%) VPN
3 2 (1.54%) Network Security
4 1 (0.77%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.77%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.62%) Power BI
2 3 (2.31%) Data Lake
2 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.54%) Tableau
4 1 (0.77%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.77%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.77%) Looker
4 1 (0.77%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 25 (19.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) Git
2 1 (0.77%) Subversion
General
1 85 (65.38%) Social Skills
2 59 (45.38%) Finance
3 33 (25.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (10.00%) Banking
5 7 (5.38%) Legal
5 7 (5.38%) Retail
6 5 (3.85%) Marketing
6 5 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.08%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.31%) Advertising
8 3 (2.31%) Back Office
8 3 (2.31%) Billing
8 3 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.54%) Front Office
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (52.31%) Project Manager
2 10 (7.69%) Consultant
2 10 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 8 (6.15%) Infrastructure Manager
3 8 (6.15%) Lead
3 8 (6.15%) Senior
3 8 (6.15%) Senior Manager
4 6 (4.62%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (4.62%) Implementation Manager
4 6 (4.62%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 6 (4.62%) Technical Manager
5 5 (3.85%) Analyst
5 5 (3.85%) Business Analyst
5 5 (3.85%) Implementation Project Manager
5 5 (3.85%) Migration Manager
5 5 (3.85%) Project Implementation Manager
5 5 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
5 5 (3.85%) Technical Project Manager
6 4 (3.08%) Data Manager
6 4 (3.08%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) Middleware
2 1 (0.77%) ADO
2 1 (0.77%) CSS
2 1 (0.77%) HTML
2 1 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.77%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.38%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.08%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.08%) PMI
3 3 (2.31%) Digital Media
3 3 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.31%) PKI
3 3 (2.31%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (2.31%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.54%) CCTV
4 2 (1.54%) Reference Data
4 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.77%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.77%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.77%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.77%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.38%) Windows
2 3 (2.31%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (79.23%) Project Management
2 69 (53.08%) PRINCE2
3 66 (50.77%) Agile
4 50 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (37.69%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (23.85%) Waterfall
7 25 (19.23%) Change Management
7 25 (19.23%) Scrum
8 24 (18.46%) Project Delivery
9 23 (17.69%) ITIL
9 23 (17.69%) Risk Management
10 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (13.08%) Migration
11 17 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (12.31%) Budget Management
12 16 (12.31%) Resource Allocation
13 15 (11.54%) Roadmaps
14 14 (10.77%) Programme Management
15 13 (10.00%) Decision-Making
15 13 (10.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.85%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.08%) Python
2 4 (3.08%) SQL
3 1 (0.77%) Java
3 1 (0.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 118 (90.77%) PMI Certification
2 59 (45.38%) Degree
3 11 (8.46%) Master's Degree
4 8 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.38%) AWS Certification
5 7 (5.38%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.08%) CISA
6 4 (3.08%) CISM
6 4 (3.08%) CISSP
6 4 (3.08%) CRISC
6 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (1.54%) CAPM
8 2 (1.54%) CBAP
8 2 (1.54%) PgMP
9 1 (0.77%) CFA
9 1 (0.77%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.77%) PCI QSA
9 1 (0.77%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.54%) PMO
2 6 (4.62%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.85%) QA
4 4 (3.08%) MiFID
5 3 (2.31%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.54%) EMIR
6 2 (1.54%) GDPR
7 1 (0.77%) COBIT
7 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.77%) IFRS
7 1 (0.77%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.77%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.77%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.77%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.77%) Terraform
4 1 (0.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.92%) SAP
3 5 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 4 (3.08%) Oracle
5 3 (2.31%) comScore
5 3 (2.31%) Databricks
5 3 (2.31%) Google
5 3 (2.31%) HP
5 3 (2.31%) Workday
5 3 (2.31%) Zscaler
6 2 (1.54%) Avaloq
6 2 (1.54%) Dell
6 2 (1.54%) Pure Storage
6 2 (1.54%) Wrike
7 1 (0.77%) Adobe
7 1 (0.77%) Ariba
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco
7 1 (0.77%) Citrix
7 1 (0.77%) IBM
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce