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 30 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 206 270
Rank change year-on-year -2 +64 +63
Contract jobs citing PMP 278 171 121
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.37% 1.28% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.82% 4.84% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 120 69
10th Percentile £406 £412 £423
25th Percentile £444 £493 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £614 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +11.59% +4.27%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £700
90th Percentile £728 £814 £775
England median daily rate £545 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -7.32% +6.82% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £58.44 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £59.75 £69.00 -
England median hourly rate £82.50 £65.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +26.92% -10.34% +31.82%

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 5,763 3,535 3,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.34% 26.44% 24.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,176 2,380 2,551
10th Percentile £363 £351 £350
25th Percentile £456 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £653 £650
90th Percentile £729 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 81 60
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.88 - £25.36
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.65
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.38% -20.76%
75th Percentile £78.75 £34.48 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £63.25 £71.63
England median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +103.78% -52.55% -1.09%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -1 55 £544 -14.67% 31
West London -13 15 £680 +34.32% 6
East London - 1 - - 2
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 13 (4.68%) Confluence
2 9 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.52%) CMS
4 5 (1.80%) IIS
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 28 (10.07%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (7.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.80%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.44%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.36%) Endur
4 1 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.36%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.36%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.36%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.36%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.91%) Azure
2 25 (8.99%) SaaS
3 21 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.47%) AWS
5 15 (5.40%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.04%) Entra ID
7 10 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (3.24%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.88%) Smartsheet
10 6 (2.16%) GCP
11 5 (1.80%) Asana
11 5 (1.80%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.44%) GitHub
13 3 (1.08%) Google Workspace
13 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
14 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.72%) AWS KMS
14 2 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
14 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.60%) Firewall
2 8 (2.88%) Network Security
3 5 (1.80%) HTTPS
3 5 (1.80%) LAN
3 5 (1.80%) WAN
4 4 (1.44%) 4G
4 4 (1.44%) 5G
5 3 (1.08%) Internet
5 3 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
5 3 (1.08%) VoLTE
5 3 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.72%) BGP
6 2 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.72%) MPLS
6 2 (0.72%) NAS
6 2 (0.72%) SAN
6 2 (0.72%) SSL
6 2 (0.72%) VLAN
7 1 (0.36%) DNS
7 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.60%) Power BI
2 7 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.72%) Metadata
3 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.36%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 30 (10.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.36%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (0.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 154 (55.40%) Finance
2 133 (47.84%) Social Skills
3 49 (17.63%) Banking
4 34 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.99%) Influencing Skills
6 22 (7.91%) Marketing
7 18 (6.47%) Retail
8 17 (6.12%) Legal
9 16 (5.76%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (4.32%) Telecoms
12 11 (3.96%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (2.88%) Investment Banking
14 7 (2.52%) Financial Institution
15 6 (2.16%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.80%) Front Office
16 5 (1.80%) Law
17 3 (1.08%) Electronics
17 3 (1.08%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 149 (53.60%) Project Manager
2 32 (11.51%) Senior
3 30 (10.79%) IT Manager
4 26 (9.35%) Programme Manager
4 26 (9.35%) Senior Manager
5 24 (8.63%) Technical Manager
6 23 (8.27%) IT Project Manager
6 23 (8.27%) Lead
7 19 (6.83%) Senior Project Manager
8 18 (6.47%) Delivery Manager
9 15 (5.40%) Analyst
10 14 (5.04%) Technical Project Manager
11 13 (4.68%) Business Analyst
12 12 (4.32%) Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (3.96%) Bid Manager
13 11 (3.96%) Transformation Manager
14 10 (3.60%) Transformation Project Manager
15 9 (3.24%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 8 (2.88%) Business Manager
16 8 (2.88%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.16%) REST
2 4 (1.44%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.44%) SOAP
2 4 (1.44%) Web Services
3 2 (0.72%) Middleware
4 1 (0.36%) ADO
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.55%) Product Ownership
2 20 (7.19%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.40%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.40%) PMI
4 13 (4.68%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.60%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.16%) CMDB
7 6 (2.16%) IoT
7 6 (2.16%) Life Science
8 5 (1.80%) FMCG
9 4 (1.44%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.08%) AS400
10 3 (1.08%) CCTV
10 3 (1.08%) Private Cloud
10 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.72%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.60%) Windows
2 2 (0.72%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (79.50%) PRINCE2
2 190 (68.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 173 (62.23%) Project Management
4 159 (57.19%) Agile
5 98 (35.25%) Project Delivery
6 80 (28.78%) Change Management
7 57 (20.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (20.50%) Migration
7 57 (20.50%) Programme Management
8 56 (20.14%) Roadmaps
8 56 (20.14%) Scrum
9 55 (19.78%) Decision-Making
10 50 (17.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 49 (17.63%) Budget Management
12 44 (15.83%) Waterfall
13 38 (13.67%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (13.67%) Risk Management
14 34 (12.23%) Change Control
15 33 (11.87%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.52%) SQL
2 3 (1.08%) COBOL
2 3 (1.08%) Python
2 3 (1.08%) RPG
3 1 (0.36%) Bash
3 1 (0.36%) C#
3 1 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 225 (80.94%) PMI Certification
2 71 (25.54%) Degree
3 35 (12.59%) Security Cleared
4 26 (9.35%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 13 (4.68%) CISSP
7 12 (4.32%) DV Cleared
8 10 (3.60%) CISM
9 8 (2.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (2.52%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.80%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.44%) APMP
12 4 (1.44%) CAPM
12 4 (1.44%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.08%) SAFe Agilist
14 2 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.87%) PMO
2 18 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (5.76%) Data Quality
3 16 (5.76%) GDPR
4 15 (5.40%) QA
5 12 (4.32%) NIST
6 11 (3.96%) P3O
7 9 (3.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.52%) GRC
9 6 (2.16%) PCI DSS
10 5 (1.80%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.80%) SLA
11 4 (1.44%) SOC 2
12 3 (1.08%) GMP
12 3 (1.08%) GxP
12 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
12 3 (1.08%) SEPA
12 3 (1.08%) TARGET2
13 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.72%) ITGC
System Software
1 17 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 54 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.91%) ServiceNow
3 14 (5.04%) Planview
4 10 (3.60%) Oracle
4 10 (3.60%) SAP
5 5 (1.80%) Cisco
5 5 (1.80%) Google
5 5 (1.80%) VMware
5 5 (1.80%) Zscaler
6 4 (1.44%) CyberArk
6 4 (1.44%) IBM
6 4 (1.44%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.44%) UiPath
7 3 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
7 3 (1.08%) Murex
8 2 (0.72%) Databricks
8 2 (0.72%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.72%) Juniper
9 1 (0.36%) Ariba
9 1 (0.36%) Genesys