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 11 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 235 288
Rank change year-on-year +18 +53 +54
Contract jobs citing PMP 186 117 107
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.15% 0.90% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.91% 3.56% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 79 75
10th Percentile £400 £413 £378
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £645
90th Percentile £748 £880 £743
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £23.05
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate - - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £27.06
90th Percentile - - £27.25
England median hourly rate £82.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +188.46% -61.62%

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 4,762 3,286 4,399
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.49% 25.39% 24.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,392 2,175 2,944
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £658 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 64 128
10th Percentile £20.34 £21.50 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £37.00 £36.75 £34.87
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% +5.41% -13.91%
75th Percentile £73.13 £56.88 £61.32
90th Percentile £76.69 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.22 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -50.06% +31.25% -20.00%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -11 36 £650 +3.17% 1
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -19 2 £500 +5.26% 1
East London - 2 £495 -
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 10 (5.38%) Confluence
2 9 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.08%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 3 (1.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 3 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.08%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (1.08%) DELMIA
2 2 (1.08%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle FAH
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.54%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.54%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.54%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.54%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (17.20%) Azure
2 20 (10.75%) AWS
3 9 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 7 (3.76%) Smartsheet
5 6 (3.23%) SaaS
6 5 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.69%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.61%) Asana
7 3 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.61%) OCI
8 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.08%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.08%) IaaS
8 2 (1.08%) Miro
8 2 (1.08%) PaaS
8 2 (1.08%) Slack
8 2 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.54%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.30%) Network Security
2 7 (3.76%) WAN
3 6 (3.23%) LAN
4 3 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.08%) Firewall
5 2 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.08%) VLAN
5 2 (1.08%) VPN
6 1 (0.54%) DNS
6 1 (0.54%) Intranet
6 1 (0.54%) Multicast
6 1 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.84%) Power BI
2 6 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.08%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.54%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.54%) MySQL
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (13.44%) JIRA
General
1 106 (56.99%) Social Skills
2 89 (47.85%) Finance
3 37 (19.89%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (18.82%) Banking
5 22 (11.83%) Legal
6 21 (11.29%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (9.68%) Retail
8 15 (8.06%) Public Sector
9 9 (4.84%) Investment Banking
10 7 (3.76%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.76%) Marketing
11 6 (3.23%) Front Office
12 4 (2.15%) General Ledger
12 4 (2.15%) Law
12 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.61%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 139 (74.73%) Project Manager
2 23 (12.37%) Lead
2 23 (12.37%) Senior
3 21 (11.29%) Senior Manager
4 19 (10.22%) Infrastructure Manager
5 17 (9.14%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 17 (9.14%) Senior Project Manager
6 15 (8.06%) IT Manager
6 15 (8.06%) IT Project Manager
6 15 (8.06%) Technical Manager
7 13 (6.99%) Migration Manager
8 12 (6.45%) Analyst
8 12 (6.45%) Migration Project Manager
8 12 (6.45%) Technical Project Manager
9 11 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 10 (5.38%) Banking Project Manager
10 10 (5.38%) Lead Project Manager
11 8 (4.30%) Payments Project Manager
11 8 (4.30%) Security Manager
12 7 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.69%) SailPoint
1 5 (2.69%) XML
2 3 (1.61%) ADO
2 3 (1.61%) Middleware
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.08%) REST
3 2 (1.08%) SOAP
3 2 (1.08%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.54%) .NET
4 1 (0.54%) EDI
4 1 (0.54%) RESTful
4 1 (0.54%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.53%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.38%) PMI
3 9 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.69%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.15%) CMDB
6 4 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.61%) CCTV
7 3 (1.61%) Derivative
7 3 (1.61%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.08%) Life Science
8 2 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.54%) CBDC
9 1 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.23%) Windows
2 4 (2.15%) Linux
3 3 (1.61%) Unix
4 1 (0.54%) VMS
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (76.34%) PRINCE2
1 142 (76.34%) Project Management
2 121 (65.05%) Agile
3 115 (61.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 75 (40.32%) Project Delivery
5 47 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (22.58%) Risk Management
7 41 (22.04%) Migration
8 39 (20.97%) Change Management
9 36 (19.35%) Scrum
9 36 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 31 (16.67%) Programme Management
11 30 (16.13%) Project Governance
12 27 (14.52%) Decision-Making
12 27 (14.52%) Waterfall
13 21 (11.29%) Budget Management
14 18 (9.68%) Validation
15 16 (8.60%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (8.60%) Matrix Organization
15 16 (8.60%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.84%) SQL
2 3 (1.61%) Korn
3 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.54%) Java
4 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 152 (81.72%) PMI Certification
2 56 (30.11%) Degree
3 15 (8.06%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.53%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.45%) APMP
6 9 (4.84%) CISSP
6 9 (4.84%) Master's Degree
7 8 (4.30%) CISM
7 8 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (2.15%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.15%) CRISC
10 3 (1.61%) CCNA
10 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.61%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.08%) MBA
11 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (1.08%) Project+ Certification
11 2 (1.08%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (16.13%) PMO
2 24 (12.90%) GDPR
3 20 (10.75%) QA
4 16 (8.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (8.06%) NIST
6 7 (3.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.69%) Basel III
8 3 (1.61%) GAAP
8 3 (1.61%) IFRS
8 3 (1.61%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.61%) MiFID
9 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.08%) EMIR
9 2 (1.08%) IFRS 17
9 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.54%) GRC
10 1 (0.54%) P3O
10 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.08%) Control-M
1 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 20 (10.75%) SAP
2 18 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.99%) CyberArk
3 13 (6.99%) Oracle
4 12 (6.45%) Workday
5 9 (4.84%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.69%) Cisco
6 5 (2.69%) Planview
7 4 (2.15%) Okta
7 4 (2.15%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.61%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.61%) Informatica
8 3 (1.61%) Remedy
9 2 (1.08%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) VMware
9 2 (1.08%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.54%) Avaya
10 1 (0.54%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.54%) Tenable