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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 284 373
Rank change year-on-year +82 +89 +23
Contract jobs citing PMP 162 112 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.22% 0.64% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.72% 2.70% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 71 91
10th Percentile £363 £413 £400
25th Percentile £459 £500 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.29% +1.43%
75th Percentile £725 £641 £648
90th Percentile £788 £775 £820
England median daily rate £550 £550 £533
% change year-on-year - +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +171.84% - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +188.46% -55.74% +32.02%

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 3,429 4,154 5,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.81% 23.61% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,308 2,859 3,812
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £685
90th Percentile £750 £774 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 107 85
10th Percentile £18.48 £14.96 £18.89
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £26.32 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -52.78% +27.06%
75th Percentile £50.00 £42.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.34 £68.30 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in London over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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 +23 36 £630 +20.00% 59
West London +13 4 £494 -1.25% 5
South London 0 1 £425 -22.73% 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 9 (5.56%) Confluence
1 9 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (17.28%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.70%) Trello
5 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (1.23%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) ResourceLink
3 2 (1.23%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.23%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.62%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.62%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.14%) Azure
2 18 (11.11%) AWS
3 11 (6.79%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.70%) GCP
5 6 (3.70%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.70%) SaaS
6 5 (3.09%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.23%) Asana
8 2 (1.23%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.23%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.23%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.23%) Smartsheet
8 2 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.62%) dbt
9 1 (0.62%) IaaS
9 1 (0.62%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) Firewall
2 4 (2.47%) VPN
3 3 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.23%) DNS
4 2 (1.23%) Network Security
5 1 (0.62%) 4G
5 1 (0.62%) 5G
5 1 (0.62%) DHCP
5 1 (0.62%) LTE
5 1 (0.62%) PPP
5 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.62%) SWIFTNet
5 1 (0.62%) TETRA
5 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.94%) Power BI
2 4 (2.47%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.47%) Tableau
3 1 (0.62%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.62%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.62%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.62%) Looker
3 1 (0.62%) Metadata
3 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.62%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.62%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 30 (18.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.62%) Git
2 1 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 100 (61.73%) Social Skills
2 81 (50.00%) Finance
3 29 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (16.05%) Banking
5 15 (9.26%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (6.79%) Legal
6 11 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.94%) Marketing
8 6 (3.70%) Investment Banking
9 5 (3.09%) Back Office
9 5 (3.09%) Retail
10 4 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.47%) Front Office
10 4 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.85%) Law
12 2 (1.23%) Advertising
12 2 (1.23%) Billing
12 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.23%) French Language
12 2 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (51.85%) Project Manager
2 14 (8.64%) Programme Manager
3 12 (7.41%) Lead
4 11 (6.79%) Delivery Manager
5 9 (5.56%) IT Manager
5 9 (5.56%) Senior
6 8 (4.94%) Consultant
6 8 (4.94%) Infrastructure Manager
6 8 (4.94%) Senior Manager
7 7 (4.32%) Technical Manager
8 6 (3.70%) Analyst
8 6 (3.70%) Implementation Manager
8 6 (3.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 6 (3.70%) Migration Manager
8 6 (3.70%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.09%) Architect
9 5 (3.09%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.09%) Finance Manager
9 5 (3.09%) Implementation Project Manager
9 5 (3.09%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.62%) .NET
1 1 (0.62%) ADO
1 1 (0.62%) CSS
1 1 (0.62%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (0.62%) HTML
1 1 (0.62%) Middleware
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.62%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.32%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.09%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.47%) PMI
3 4 (2.47%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.85%) PKI
4 3 (1.85%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.85%) Reinsurance
4 3 (1.85%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.85%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.23%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.23%) Derivative
5 2 (1.23%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.23%) DTCC
5 2 (1.23%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.23%) Market Risk
5 2 (1.23%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.94%) Windows
2 3 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.62%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (79.63%) Project Management
2 98 (60.49%) PRINCE2
3 86 (53.09%) Agile
4 65 (40.12%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (22.22%) Scrum
7 32 (19.75%) Change Management
8 31 (19.14%) Project Delivery
8 31 (19.14%) Waterfall
9 30 (18.52%) Migration
10 29 (17.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (16.67%) Programme Management
12 26 (16.05%) ITIL
12 26 (16.05%) Risk Management
13 23 (14.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (14.20%) Roadmaps
14 18 (11.11%) Budget Management
14 18 (11.11%) Computer Science
15 17 (10.49%) Decision-Making
15 17 (10.49%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.09%) PowerShell
1 5 (3.09%) SQL
2 3 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (0.62%) C++
3 1 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (0.62%) Java
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 140 (86.42%) PMI Certification
2 67 (41.36%) Degree
3 11 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (6.79%) Master's Degree
4 9 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 7 (4.32%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.32%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.09%) CISM
7 5 (3.09%) CISSP
7 5 (3.09%) CRISC
8 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.85%) CISA
10 2 (1.23%) CBAP
11 1 (0.62%) CAPM
11 1 (0.62%) CFA
11 1 (0.62%) ISEB
11 1 (0.62%) PCI QSA
11 1 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.49%) PMO
2 8 (4.94%) GDPR
3 7 (4.32%) QA
4 6 (3.70%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.09%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.09%) HIPAA
6 4 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.47%) MiFID
7 3 (1.85%) NIST
8 2 (1.23%) Basel III
9 1 (0.62%) EMIR
9 1 (0.62%) FINRA
9 1 (0.62%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.62%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.23%) SCCM
4 1 (0.62%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.62%) Terraform
4 1 (0.62%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.26%) SAP
3 6 (3.70%) Databricks
4 3 (1.85%) Google
4 3 (1.85%) HP
4 3 (1.85%) Oracle
4 3 (1.85%) Workday
4 3 (1.85%) Zscaler
5 2 (1.23%) Avaloq
5 2 (1.23%) comScore
5 2 (1.23%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.23%) Dell
5 2 (1.23%) Pure Storage
5 2 (1.23%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.23%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.23%) Wrike
6 1 (0.62%) Cribl.io
6 1 (0.62%) eFront
6 1 (0.62%) Infoblox
6 1 (0.62%) Pega