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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 199 285
Rank change year-on-year -32 +86 +58
Contract jobs citing PMP 204 158 118
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.10% 1.30% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.90% 5.05% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 108 81
10th Percentile £412 £389 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £614 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +11.59% -
75th Percentile £653 £750 £643
90th Percentile £750 £825 £738
England median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -
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% -4.63%
75th Percentile £57.69 - £27.06
90th Percentile £58.33 - £27.25
England median hourly rate £76.75 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +2.33% +188.46% -51.63%

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 5,231 3,128 4,132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.17% 25.77% 23.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,738 2,088 2,830
10th Percentile £370 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £527 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.32% +0.32% -7.89%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 63 113
10th Percentile £19.22 £20.05 £14.49
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.41 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% +13.64% -50.74%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £68.50 £68.60
England median hourly rate £51.44 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +58.28% -18.75% -27.27%

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 6 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 6 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 -3 46 £688 +8.06% 22
West London -22 4 £615 +29.47% 2
South London - 2 £500 - 3
East London - 2 £495 - 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 8 (3.92%) Confluence
2 7 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.96%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) CMS
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.49%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 22 (10.78%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.98%) Trello
6 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.47%) DELMIA
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.98%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle FAH
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.49%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.49%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.49%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (21.08%) Azure
2 24 (11.76%) AWS
3 20 (9.80%) SaaS
4 14 (6.86%) Smartsheet
5 11 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.90%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.45%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.47%) Google Ads
10 3 (1.47%) OCI
11 2 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.98%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.98%) Asana
11 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.98%) GCP
11 2 (0.98%) IaaS
11 2 (0.98%) OpenShift
11 2 (0.98%) PaaS
12 1 (0.49%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.43%) LAN
1 7 (3.43%) WAN
2 4 (1.96%) Firewall
2 4 (1.96%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.96%) Network Security
2 4 (1.96%) VLAN
2 4 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.49%) 4G
3 1 (0.49%) 5G
3 1 (0.49%) DNS
3 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.49%) VoLTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.45%) Power BI
2 4 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) GitLab
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 97 (47.55%) Social Skills
2 93 (45.59%) Finance
3 28 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.24%) Banking
5 22 (10.78%) Organisational Skills
6 21 (10.29%) Marketing
7 19 (9.31%) Legal
8 17 (8.33%) Retail
9 14 (6.86%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
11 8 (3.92%) Financial Institution
12 7 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.43%) Investment Banking
12 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.96%) Front Office
14 3 (1.47%) Advertising
14 3 (1.47%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 25 (12.25%) Lead
3 23 (11.27%) Senior
4 20 (9.80%) Senior Manager
5 18 (8.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 17 (8.33%) Technical Manager
7 16 (7.84%) IT Manager
7 16 (7.84%) IT Project Manager
7 16 (7.84%) Technical Project Manager
8 15 (7.35%) Programme Manager
9 13 (6.37%) Migration Manager
10 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
10 12 (5.88%) Migration Project Manager
11 10 (4.90%) Delivery Manager
11 10 (4.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 10 (4.90%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.41%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.92%) B2B Sales Manager
13 8 (3.92%) Banking Project Manager
13 8 (3.92%) PMO Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) REST
1 6 (2.94%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.96%) ADO
2 4 (1.96%) Middleware
2 4 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.98%) SOAP
3 2 (0.98%) XML
3 2 (0.98%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.80%) PMI
2 12 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.45%) Life Science
5 5 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.45%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.96%) CMDB
6 4 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.47%) CCTV
7 3 (1.47%) FMCG
7 3 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.98%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.98%) Derivative
8 2 (0.98%) IoT
8 2 (0.98%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (74.51%) PRINCE2
2 149 (73.04%) Project Management
3 122 (59.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 112 (54.90%) Agile
5 88 (43.14%) Project Delivery
6 52 (25.49%) Change Management
7 49 (24.02%) Decision-Making
8 48 (23.53%) Migration
9 44 (21.57%) Programme Management
10 34 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (13.24%) Project Governance
12 27 (13.24%) Scrum
13 26 (12.75%) Risk Management
14 25 (12.25%) Matrix Organization
14 25 (12.25%) Waterfall
15 24 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 23 (11.27%) DevOps
17 21 (10.29%) Budget Management
18 19 (9.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.41%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.49%) Korn
Qualifications
1 162 (79.41%) PMI Certification
2 45 (22.06%) Degree
3 23 (11.27%) Security Cleared
4 17 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.88%) APMP
6 11 (5.39%) CISSP
7 8 (3.92%) CISM
8 7 (3.43%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 5 (2.45%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.45%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.96%) CRISC
11 4 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.98%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.67%) PMO
2 26 (12.75%) GDPR
3 20 (9.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (8.82%) QA
5 17 (8.33%) NIST
6 10 (4.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.45%) GxP
8 4 (1.96%) Basel III
8 4 (1.96%) GRC
8 4 (1.96%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.96%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.47%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.47%) GAAP
9 3 (1.47%) IFRS
9 3 (1.47%) IFRS 9
9 3 (1.47%) P3O
10 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.98%) GMP
10 2 (0.98%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.98%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (1.47%) RSA Archer
2 2 (0.98%) Control-M
2 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.35%) ServiceNow
3 14 (6.86%) SAP
4 13 (6.37%) Oracle
5 12 (5.88%) CyberArk
6 10 (4.90%) Workday
7 6 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.45%) Cisco
9 4 (1.96%) Okta
10 3 (1.47%) Informatica
10 3 (1.47%) VMware
11 2 (0.98%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.98%) Murex
11 2 (0.98%) NEC
11 2 (0.98%) Remedy
11 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.98%) Splunk
11 2 (0.98%) Zscaler
12 1 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.49%) Wrike