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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 243 287
Rank change year-on-year +21 +44 +66
Contract jobs citing PMP 170 127 106
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.18% 0.89% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.06% 3.43% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 75 77
10th Percentile £400 £413 £358
25th Percentile £463 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £721 £870 £708
England median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £73.25 £72.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.03% +38.10% -4.55%

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 4,188 3,700 4,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.10% 25.97% 24.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,926 2,322 2,904
10th Percentile £363 £350 £338
25th Percentile £436 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £651
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 59 87
10th Percentile £20.71 £21.00 £18.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.08 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64.13 £60.38 £66.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.21
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.54% +16.01%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -13 22 £543 -13.20% 18
West London -13 5 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 4 £500 - 1
East London - 1 £495 - 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 10 (5.88%) Confluence
2 9 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.18%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (13.53%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (8.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (7.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.35%) Trello
6 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.94%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (1.76%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.76%) Workfront
5 2 (1.18%) DELMIA
5 2 (1.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.59%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.59%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.59%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.59%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.59%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.59%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.12%) Azure
2 15 (8.82%) AWS
3 11 (6.47%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.53%) Smartsheet
5 5 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.94%) SaaS
6 4 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.35%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.76%) Asana
7 3 (1.76%) OCI
8 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.18%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.18%) IaaS
8 2 (1.18%) Miro
8 2 (1.18%) PaaS
8 2 (1.18%) Slack
8 2 (1.18%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.59%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.59%) GitHub
9 1 (0.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.71%) Network Security
2 5 (2.94%) Firewall
2 5 (2.94%) WAN
3 4 (2.35%) LAN
4 3 (1.76%) VPN
4 3 (1.76%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.18%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.18%) VLAN
6 1 (0.59%) DNS
6 1 (0.59%) Intranet
6 1 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.59%) Multicast
6 1 (0.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.88%) Power BI
2 6 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.76%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.18%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.59%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.59%) MySQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (17.06%) JIRA
General
1 110 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 87 (51.18%) Finance
3 36 (21.18%) Banking
4 33 (19.41%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.76%) Legal
6 16 (9.41%) Retail
7 15 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (7.65%) Public Sector
9 12 (7.06%) Manufacturing
10 8 (4.71%) Investment Banking
11 6 (3.53%) Marketing
11 6 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.94%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (2.35%) General Ledger
13 4 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (2.35%) Law
13 4 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.76%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (70.00%) Project Manager
2 20 (11.76%) Lead
2 20 (11.76%) Senior
3 18 (10.59%) Senior Manager
4 16 (9.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 14 (8.24%) Senior Project Manager
6 13 (7.65%) Analyst
6 13 (7.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 13 (7.65%) IT Manager
7 12 (7.06%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (5.88%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.88%) SAP Manager
8 10 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
8 10 (5.88%) Technical Manager
9 9 (5.29%) Banking Project Manager
9 9 (5.29%) Lead Project Manager
9 9 (5.29%) Security Manager
10 8 (4.71%) Digital Project Manager
10 8 (4.71%) Transformation Manager
10 8 (4.71%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.94%) XML
2 4 (2.35%) Middleware
3 3 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.18%) ADO
4 2 (1.18%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.59%) .NET
5 1 (0.59%) EDI
5 1 (0.59%) Kafka
5 1 (0.59%) REST
5 1 (0.59%) RESTful
5 1 (0.59%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.59%) SOAP
5 1 (0.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.06%) Data Centre
1 12 (7.06%) PMI
2 7 (4.12%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.94%) Life Science
5 4 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.35%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.76%) Derivative
6 3 (1.76%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.76%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.18%) FMCG
7 2 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.35%) Linux
1 4 (2.35%) Windows
2 2 (1.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.59%) VMS
3 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (77.06%) PRINCE2
1 131 (77.06%) Project Management
2 108 (63.53%) Agile
3 97 (57.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 58 (34.12%) Project Delivery
5 51 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (30.00%) Risk Management
6 39 (22.94%) Change Management
7 37 (21.76%) Migration
7 37 (21.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 30 (17.65%) Programme Management
9 29 (17.06%) Scrum
9 29 (17.06%) Waterfall
10 26 (15.29%) Decision-Making
11 25 (14.71%) Budget Management
11 25 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (13.53%) Project Governance
13 22 (12.94%) Resource Allocation
14 19 (11.18%) Project Planning
15 17 (10.00%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.71%) SQL
2 2 (1.18%) Korn
2 2 (1.18%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.59%) Java
3 1 (0.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 150 (88.24%) PMI Certification
2 72 (42.35%) Degree
3 14 (8.24%) Master's Degree
4 10 (5.88%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.29%) SC Cleared
6 8 (4.71%) APMP
6 8 (4.71%) CISSP
7 7 (4.12%) CISM
8 6 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (2.35%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.35%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.35%) MBA
10 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.76%) CCNA
10 3 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.76%) CRISC
10 3 (1.76%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.18%) CAPM
11 2 (1.18%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.65%) PMO
2 20 (11.76%) QA
3 15 (8.82%) GDPR
4 11 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (5.88%) NIST
6 7 (4.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.94%) Basel III
8 4 (2.35%) GMP
9 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.76%) GAAP
9 3 (1.76%) IFRS
9 3 (1.76%) IFRS 9
9 3 (1.76%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.76%) SLA
10 2 (1.18%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.18%) EMIR
10 2 (1.18%) IFRS 17
10 2 (1.18%) MiFID
11 1 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (0.59%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.59%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 21 (12.35%) SAP
2 19 (11.18%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.06%) Oracle
4 9 (5.29%) Workday
5 7 (4.12%) Planview
5 7 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 6 (3.53%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.76%) Adobe
7 3 (1.76%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.76%) Informatica
7 3 (1.76%) Remedy
7 3 (1.76%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.18%) Ariba
8 2 (1.18%) Cisco
8 2 (1.18%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.59%) IBM
9 1 (0.59%) Misys
9 1 (0.59%) Murex
9 1 (0.59%) Temenos
9 1 (0.59%) UiPath