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

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	215	211	253
Rank change year-on-year	-4	+42	+83
Contract jobs citing PMP	275	165	125
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.34%	1.23%	0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category	4.64%	4.61%	3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	143	115	74
10^th Percentile	£406	£415	£416
25^th Percentile	£450	£500	£466
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£615	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-10.57%	+11.82%	+3.29%
75^th Percentile	£659	£713	£700
90^th Percentile	£749	£803	£784
England median daily rate	£540	£575	£550
% change year-on-year	-6.09%	+4.55%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	3	0
10^th Percentile	£52.00	-	-
25^th Percentile	£52.50	-	-
Median hourly rate	£55.00	£65.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	-15.38%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£58.44	£67.50	-
90^th Percentile	£59.75	£69.00	-
England median hourly rate	£80.00	£67.50	£73.75
% change year-on-year	+18.52%	-8.47%	+40.48%

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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	5,927	3,577	4,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	28.93%	26.69%	25.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	4,287	2,422	2,569
10^th Percentile	£363	£358	£350
25^th Percentile	£456	£438	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£538
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-0.09%	-2.18%
75^th Percentile	£650	£652	£650
90^th Percentile	£734	£738	£775
England median daily rate	£535	£525	£526
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-0.19%	-4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted	115	82	62
10^th Percentile	£19.50	£18.93	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£24.38	-	£27.00
Median hourly rate	£53.00	£25.15	£39.25
Median % change year-on-year	+110.74%	-35.92%	-27.31%
75^th Percentile	£78.75	£37.68	£59.38
90^th Percentile	£155.00	£65.00	£76.13
England median hourly rate	£48.00	£25.15	£52.50
% change year-on-year	+90.85%	-52.10%	-2.02%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 17 October 2026.

PMP Hourly Rate Trend in London

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 17 October 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	+5	55	£544	-10.27%	28
West London	-12	14	£680	+36.00%	2
East London	-	1	-	-
PMP England

PMP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PMP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for PMP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PMI Certification	82.2%	226
2	PRINCE2	81.5%	224
3	Stakeholder Management	71.6%	197
4	Project Management	61.5%	169
5	Agile	61.1%	168
6	Project Delivery	40.0%	110
7	Change Management	27.6%	76
8	Degree	26.9%	74
9	Microsoft	21.8%	60
10	Scrum	21.5%	59
11	Continuous Improvement	21.1%	58
12	Stakeholder Engagement	20.7%	57
13	Migration	20.4%	56
14	Programme Management	20.0%	55
15	Azure	19.3%	53
15	Roadmaps	19.3%	53
17	Waterfall	18.5%	51
18	Budget Management	18.2%	50
18	Decision-Making	18.2%	50
20	Risk Management	17.8%	49
21	Problem-Solving	15.6%	43
22	Cybersecurity	14.9%	41
23	DevOps	13.8%	38
24	JIRA	13.5%	37
25	Project Planning	13.1%	36
26	Change Control	12.7%	35
27	Microsoft Project	12.4%	34
27	Project Governance	12.4%	34
29	ITIL	11.6%	32
29	Security Cleared	11.6%	32

PMP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PMI Certification	82.2%	226
2	Degree	26.9%	74
3	Security Cleared	11.6%	32
4	SC Cleared	8.4%	23
5	CISSP	5.5%	15
5	PRINCE2 Certification	5.5%	15
7	CISM	4.4%	12
7	DV Cleared	4.4%	12
9	PgMP	3.3%	9
10	Microsoft Certification	2.5%	7
10	PRINCE2 Practitioner	2.5%	7
12	Azure Certification	2.2%	6
12	Master's Degree	2.2%	6
14	Computer Science Degree	1.8%	5
14	ITIL Foundation Certificate	1.8%	5
16	APMP	1.5%	4
17	AWS Certification	1.1%	3
17	CAPM	1.1%	3
17	ITIL Certification	1.1%	3
17	SAFe Agilist	1.1%	3