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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 206 278
Rank change year-on-year -1 +72 +71
Contract jobs citing PMP 258 171 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.26% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.63% 4.81% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 113 62
10th Percentile £411 £384 £401
25th Percentile £440 £456 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -0.47%
75th Percentile £652 £713 £618
90th Percentile £745 £783 £737
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £51.90 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £59.95 £69.00 -
England median hourly rate £83.50 £75.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +11.33% +11.11% +14.89%

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 5,568 3,554 3,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.72% 26.27% 24.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,012 2,390 2,682
10th Percentile £375 £338 £350
25th Percentile £455 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 89 71
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.65 £17.88
25th Percentile £25.25 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £73.00 £45.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £68.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +118.69% -47.05% -13.64%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 46 £650 +23.81% 12
West London -8 12 £550 +7.32% 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 8 (3.10%) Confluence
2 7 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.94%) IIS
4 4 (1.55%) CMS
5 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.39%) Apache
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.39%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (10.85%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (7.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.55%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.78%) Trello
7 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.16%) Changepoint
2 3 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.39%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.39%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.22%) Azure
2 24 (9.30%) SaaS
3 23 (8.91%) AWS
4 17 (6.59%) Entra ID
5 16 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (5.43%) Smartsheet
7 9 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.94%) Asana
9 5 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.94%) GCP
10 4 (1.55%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.55%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.16%) GitHub
11 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.78%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.78%) WhatsApp
13 1 (0.39%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.10%) Network Security
2 5 (1.94%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.55%) Firewall
3 4 (1.55%) LAN
3 4 (1.55%) WAN
4 3 (1.16%) 4G
4 3 (1.16%) 5G
4 3 (1.16%) Internet
4 3 (1.16%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.78%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.78%) VLAN
5 2 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.39%) DNS
6 1 (0.39%) MPLS
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.55%) Power BI
2 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.78%) Data Lake
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.39%) Big Data
3 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 25 (9.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.39%) GitLab
3 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 135 (52.33%) Finance
2 113 (43.80%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.05%) Banking
4 28 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.69%) Marketing
6 23 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (6.98%) Retail
8 17 (6.59%) Legal
9 11 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.49%) Financial Institution
11 9 (3.49%) Telecoms
12 8 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (2.71%) Investment Banking
13 7 (2.71%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.94%) Front Office
14 5 (1.94%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.16%) Electronics
15 3 (1.16%) Law
16 2 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 160 (62.02%) Project Manager
2 32 (12.40%) Senior
3 27 (10.47%) Senior Manager
4 23 (8.91%) Senior Project Manager
5 22 (8.53%) IT Manager
5 22 (8.53%) Programme Manager
6 21 (8.14%) Technical Manager
7 19 (7.36%) IT Project Manager
8 16 (6.20%) Technical Project Manager
9 15 (5.81%) Delivery Manager
10 13 (5.04%) Analyst
10 13 (5.04%) Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.04%) Lead
10 13 (5.04%) Transformation Manager
11 12 (4.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 11 (4.26%) Business Analyst
12 11 (4.26%) IAM Project Manager
12 11 (4.26%) Transformation Project Manager
13 10 (3.88%) Bid Manager
14 8 (3.10%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.49%) SailPoint
2 6 (2.33%) REST
3 1 (0.39%) ADO
3 1 (0.39%) Middleware
3 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.75%) PMI
2 15 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.49%) Operational Technology
4 9 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.10%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.33%) CMDB
7 6 (2.33%) Life Science
8 5 (1.94%) FMCG
8 5 (1.94%) IoT
9 4 (1.55%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.16%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.16%) CCTV
10 3 (1.16%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.78%) Biopharmaceutical
11 2 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.78%) Derivative
11 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.10%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (79.07%) PRINCE2
2 181 (70.16%) Project Management
3 164 (63.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 147 (56.98%) Agile
5 99 (38.37%) Project Delivery
6 67 (25.97%) Change Management
7 55 (21.32%) Decision-Making
8 52 (20.16%) Programme Management
9 50 (19.38%) Migration
10 46 (17.83%) Scrum
11 45 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (16.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 40 (15.50%) Roadmaps
14 38 (14.73%) Waterfall
15 37 (14.34%) Budget Management
16 32 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (12.40%) Risk Management
17 31 (12.02%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (10.85%) ITIL
18 28 (10.85%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.78%) COBOL
1 2 (0.78%) RPG
1 2 (0.78%) SQL
2 1 (0.39%) C#
2 1 (0.39%) Korn
2 1 (0.39%) Python
2 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 203 (78.68%) PMI Certification
2 56 (21.71%) Degree
3 33 (12.79%) Security Cleared
4 25 (9.69%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.65%) CISSP
5 12 (4.65%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (3.10%) CISM
8 7 (2.71%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.55%) APMP
11 4 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 4 (1.55%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.78%) MBA
13 2 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.73%) PMO
2 17 (6.59%) GDPR
2 17 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.04%) NIST
4 12 (4.65%) QA
5 10 (3.88%) P3O
5 10 (3.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (3.10%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.71%) GRC
8 5 (1.94%) GxP
8 5 (1.94%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.94%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.55%) SLA
10 3 (1.16%) GMP
10 3 (1.16%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.78%) ITGC
12 1 (0.39%) MiFID
12 1 (0.39%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (7.36%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.55%) RSA Archer
1 4 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (17.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.75%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.88%) CyberArk
4 8 (3.10%) Oracle
5 7 (2.71%) Planview
5 7 (2.71%) SAP
6 5 (1.94%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.94%) Zscaler
7 4 (1.55%) Cisco
7 4 (1.55%) Google
7 4 (1.55%) Okta
7 4 (1.55%) VMware
8 3 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (1.16%) Murex
9 2 (0.78%) IBM
9 2 (0.78%) NEC
9 2 (0.78%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.78%) Splunk
10 1 (0.39%) PTC
10 1 (0.39%) Qualys