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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 204 279
Rank change year-on-year -4 +75 +80
Contract jobs citing PMP 240 172 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.26% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.38% 4.88% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 113 62
10th Percentile £415 £392 £413
25th Percentile £448 £456 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £652 £713 £638
90th Percentile £748 £783 £753
England median daily rate £550 £550 £531
% change year-on-year - +3.53% +0.71%
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% +7.17%

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 5,480 3,525 3,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.60% 25.92% 23.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,968 2,386 2,715
10th Percentile £374 £333 £331
25th Percentile £453 £428 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 85 70
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.32 £18.10
25th Percentile £27.56 £25.04 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.80% -50.94%
75th Percentile £73.00 £45.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.55 £68.75
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +118.69% -41.51% -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 29 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 29 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 0 44 £663 +26.19% 15
West London -12 9 £615 +24.56% 5
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 (2.92%) Confluence
2 6 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.08%) IIS
4 4 (1.67%) CMS
5 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.42%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 23 (9.58%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.83%) Trello
7 1 (0.42%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.25%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.42%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.42%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.42%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.42%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.42%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.92%) Azure
2 21 (8.75%) SaaS
3 20 (8.33%) AWS
4 17 (7.08%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (5.42%) Smartsheet
7 9 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.75%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.08%) Asana
9 4 (1.67%) GCP
9 4 (1.67%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.67%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.25%) GitHub
10 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.42%) ClickUp
12 1 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.33%) Network Security
2 6 (2.50%) LAN
2 6 (2.50%) WAN
3 5 (2.08%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.67%) Firewall
5 3 (1.25%) 4G
5 3 (1.25%) 5G
5 3 (1.25%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.83%) Internet
6 2 (0.83%) VLAN
6 2 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.67%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (8.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) GitLab
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (50.00%) Finance
2 104 (43.33%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.00%) Banking
4 28 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (10.00%) Marketing
6 21 (8.75%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (7.92%) Retail
8 16 (6.67%) Legal
9 11 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (2.92%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.92%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.92%) Manufacturing
13 5 (2.08%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.08%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.25%) Advertising
14 3 (1.25%) Electronics
14 3 (1.25%) Front Office
14 3 (1.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 153 (63.75%) Project Manager
2 29 (12.08%) Senior
3 25 (10.42%) Senior Manager
4 22 (9.17%) Technical Manager
5 21 (8.75%) Senior Project Manager
6 20 (8.33%) Programme Manager
7 19 (7.92%) IT Manager
8 18 (7.50%) Technical Project Manager
9 17 (7.08%) IT Project Manager
10 15 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
11 14 (5.83%) Delivery Manager
11 14 (5.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 13 (5.42%) Transformation Manager
13 12 (5.00%) Analyst
14 11 (4.58%) Business Analyst
14 11 (4.58%) IAM Project Manager
14 11 (4.58%) Transformation Project Manager
15 10 (4.17%) Bid Manager
15 10 (4.17%) Lead
16 8 (3.33%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.75%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.50%) REST
3 1 (0.42%) ADO
3 1 (0.42%) Middleware
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.33%) PMI
2 15 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.75%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.75%) Virtual Team
5 8 (3.33%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.50%) FMCG
7 6 (2.50%) Life Science
8 5 (2.08%) CCTV
8 5 (2.08%) CMDB
8 5 (2.08%) IoT
9 3 (1.25%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.25%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) AS400
10 2 (0.83%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.83%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.83%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (77.50%) PRINCE2
2 168 (70.00%) Project Management
3 152 (63.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (56.67%) Agile
5 92 (38.33%) Project Delivery
6 66 (27.50%) Change Management
7 55 (22.92%) Decision-Making
8 50 (20.83%) Migration
9 47 (19.58%) Programme Management
10 44 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 39 (16.25%) Scrum
13 35 (14.58%) Waterfall
14 33 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (12.92%) Roadmaps
16 29 (12.08%) Budget Management
17 27 (11.25%) ITIL
17 27 (11.25%) Matrix Organization
17 27 (11.25%) Project Governance
17 27 (11.25%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.83%) COBOL
1 2 (0.83%) RPG
2 1 (0.42%) C#
2 1 (0.42%) Korn
2 1 (0.42%) SQL
2 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 195 (81.25%) PMI Certification
2 50 (20.83%) Degree
3 28 (11.67%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.00%) CISSP
5 12 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.33%) CISM
7 7 (2.92%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.67%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.25%) CAPM
10 3 (1.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.83%) MBA
11 2 (0.83%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (14.58%) PMO
2 17 (7.08%) GDPR
2 17 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.42%) NIST
3 13 (5.42%) QA
4 9 (3.75%) P3O
4 9 (3.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (2.92%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.92%) GRC
6 5 (2.08%) GxP
6 5 (2.08%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.67%) SLA
8 3 (1.25%) GMP
8 3 (1.25%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.83%) ITGC
10 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.42%) MiFID
10 1 (0.42%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (7.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.67%) RSA Archer
1 4 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.50%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.75%) CyberArk
4 8 (3.33%) Oracle
4 8 (3.33%) SAP
5 7 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.50%) Planview
7 5 (2.08%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.67%) Cisco
8 4 (1.67%) Google
8 4 (1.67%) Okta
8 4 (1.67%) VMware
9 2 (0.83%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) Murex
9 2 (0.83%) NEC
9 2 (0.83%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.83%) Splunk
10 1 (0.42%) Databricks
10 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto