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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 199 290
Rank change year-on-year -33 +91 +81
Contract jobs citing PMP 211 158 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 1.23% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.96% 4.75% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 107 70
10th Percentile £413 £363 £396
25th Percentile £440 £459 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +3.29%
75th Percentile £667 £725 £638
90th Percentile £750 £788 £776
England median daily rate £550 £530 £550
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £51.98 - £23.05
25th Percentile £52.69 - £23.75
Median hourly rate £55.25 £70.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.07% +171.84% -
75th Percentile £57.69 - £27.06
90th Percentile £58.33 - £27.25
England median hourly rate £82.50 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +188.46% -58.40%

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 5,335 3,328 4,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 25.95% 23.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,851 2,233 2,826
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £436 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 75 109
10th Percentile £19.09 £18.32 £15.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.83 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.75 £51.08 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.73 £68.15
England median hourly rate £52.50 £28.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.57% -32.71% -22.73%

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 June 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 June 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 -8 43 £700 +10.24% 5
West London -15 5 £680 +37.72% 4
South London -5 1 £500 +17.65% 1
East London - 1 - - 1
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 9 (4.27%) Confluence
2 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.37%) IIS
4 3 (1.42%) CMS
4 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.47%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.47%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (9.95%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.95%) Trello
6 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.95%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.47%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.47%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.47%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.47%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (19.43%) Azure
2 22 (10.43%) AWS
3 21 (9.95%) SaaS
4 14 (6.64%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.64%) Smartsheet
5 10 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.42%) Asana
8 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.95%) GCP
9 2 (0.95%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.95%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.47%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.37%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.37%) LAN
1 5 (2.37%) Network Security
1 5 (2.37%) WAN
2 4 (1.90%) Firewall
3 3 (1.42%) 4G
3 3 (1.42%) 5G
3 3 (1.42%) VLAN
3 3 (1.42%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.95%) Internet
4 2 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.95%) Oracle Database
1 2 (0.95%) Power BI
2 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (10.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) GitLab
2 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
General
1 99 (46.92%) Finance
2 97 (45.97%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (12.80%) Banking
4 23 (10.90%) Marketing
5 19 (9.00%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (7.11%) Legal
7 14 (6.64%) Retail
8 11 (5.21%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (3.79%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.84%) Financial Institution
11 6 (2.84%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.37%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.42%) Advertising
13 3 (1.42%) Electronics
13 3 (1.42%) Front Office
14 2 (0.95%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 139 (65.88%) Project Manager
2 24 (11.37%) Senior
3 21 (9.95%) Senior Manager
4 19 (9.00%) Technical Manager
5 18 (8.53%) Lead
5 18 (8.53%) Senior Project Manager
6 17 (8.06%) Technical Project Manager
7 16 (7.58%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.58%) IT Project Manager
8 15 (7.11%) Programme Manager
9 14 (6.64%) Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (6.16%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 12 (5.69%) Delivery Manager
12 10 (4.74%) Migration Manager
12 10 (4.74%) Migration Project Manager
12 10 (4.74%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (4.27%) IAM Project Manager
13 9 (4.27%) Transformation Project Manager
14 8 (3.79%) B2B Sales Manager
14 8 (3.79%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.84%) REST
1 6 (2.84%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.42%) ADO
2 3 (1.42%) Middleware
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.47%) EDI
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) XML
4 1 (0.47%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.00%) PMI
2 11 (5.21%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.84%) Life Science
4 6 (2.84%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.84%) Operational Technology
4 6 (2.84%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.84%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.90%) CMDB
6 3 (1.42%) CCTV
6 3 (1.42%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.42%) FMCG
6 3 (1.42%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) AS400
7 2 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (0.95%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.95%) IoT
7 2 (0.95%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.27%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (73.46%) PRINCE2
2 147 (69.67%) Project Management
3 133 (63.03%) Stakeholder Management
4 119 (56.40%) Agile
5 87 (41.23%) Project Delivery
6 57 (27.01%) Change Management
7 49 (23.22%) Decision-Making
8 48 (22.75%) Migration
9 44 (20.85%) Programme Management
10 33 (15.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (14.22%) Matrix Organization
12 30 (14.22%) Waterfall
13 29 (13.74%) Scrum
14 28 (13.27%) DevOps
14 28 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (12.80%) ITIL
16 26 (12.32%) Project Governance
17 25 (11.85%) Risk Management
17 25 (11.85%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.90%) SQL
2 2 (0.95%) COBOL
2 2 (0.95%) RPG
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
Qualifications
1 169 (80.09%) PMI Certification
2 48 (22.75%) Degree
3 22 (10.43%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.11%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.21%) CISSP
6 9 (4.27%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.32%) APMP
7 7 (3.32%) CISM
7 7 (3.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.84%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.90%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (1.90%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.42%) CAPM
10 3 (1.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.95%) CRISC
11 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.95%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.17%) PMO
2 22 (10.43%) GDPR
3 17 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (7.58%) QA
5 13 (6.16%) NIST
6 8 (3.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (2.84%) GRC
8 5 (2.37%) Data Quality
8 5 (2.37%) GxP
8 5 (2.37%) HIPAA
8 5 (2.37%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.90%) P3O
10 3 (1.42%) GMP
10 3 (1.42%) SLA
10 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.47%) Basel III
12 1 (0.47%) GAAP
12 1 (0.47%) MiFID
System Software
1 11 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.90%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.47%) Control-M
3 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.53%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.16%) SAP
4 10 (4.74%) CyberArk
4 10 (4.74%) Oracle
5 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.37%) Cisco
6 5 (2.37%) Workday
7 4 (1.90%) Okta
7 4 (1.90%) VMware
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Murex
8 2 (0.95%) NEC
8 2 (0.95%) Planview
8 2 (0.95%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.95%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.47%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.47%) FIS
9 1 (0.47%) Varonis