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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 242 286
Rank change year-on-year +29 +44 +63
Contract jobs citing PMP 168 124 109
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 0.89% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.98% 3.43% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 74 79
10th Percentile £399 £410 £363
25th Percentile £463 £481 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £604 £582
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +3.74% +5.82%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £650
90th Percentile £739 £893 £720
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £25.50
75th Percentile - - £27.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.25 £28.89 £26.00
% change year-on-year +153.55% +11.12% -50.71%

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 4,224 3,616 4,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.45% 25.82% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,951 2,249 2,976
10th Percentile £363 £353 £331
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £657
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 103
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -2.50% -0.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £85.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

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 18 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 18 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 -6 24 £588 -9.62% 4
West London -14 4 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 4 £500 -
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 11 (6.55%) Confluence
1 11 (6.55%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.19%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (7.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.38%) Trello
6 2 (1.19%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (6.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.38%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (2.38%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 3 (1.79%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.19%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (1.19%) DELMIA
4 2 (1.19%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.19%) Oracle FAH
4 2 (1.19%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.19%) Workfront
5 1 (0.60%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.60%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.60%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.60%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.60%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.60%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.88%) Azure
2 16 (9.52%) AWS
3 11 (6.55%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.98%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.98%) SaaS
4 5 (2.98%) Smartsheet
5 4 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.38%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.79%) Asana
6 3 (1.79%) OCI
7 2 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.19%) Google Ads
7 2 (1.19%) IaaS
7 2 (1.19%) Miro
7 2 (1.19%) PaaS
7 2 (1.19%) Slack
7 2 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.60%) GitHub
8 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.98%) Network Security
1 5 (2.98%) WAN
2 4 (2.38%) LAN
3 3 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.19%) Firewall
4 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.19%) VLAN
4 2 (1.19%) VPN
5 1 (0.60%) DNS
5 1 (0.60%) Intranet
5 1 (0.60%) Multicast
5 1 (0.60%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.95%) Power BI
2 6 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.79%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.19%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.60%) MySQL
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 109 (64.88%) Social Skills
2 86 (51.19%) Finance
3 35 (20.83%) Banking
4 31 (18.45%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.90%) Legal
6 14 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (8.33%) Retail
7 13 (7.74%) Public Sector
8 10 (5.95%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.36%) Investment Banking
10 5 (2.98%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.98%) Marketing
10 5 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (2.38%) Front Office
11 4 (2.38%) General Ledger
11 4 (2.38%) Law
12 3 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.79%) Retail Finance
12 3 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (70.24%) Project Manager
2 23 (13.69%) Lead
3 22 (13.10%) Senior
4 20 (11.90%) Senior Manager
5 16 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
5 16 (9.52%) Senior Project Manager
6 14 (8.33%) Analyst
6 14 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 14 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
7 13 (7.74%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 11 (6.55%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.95%) Lead Project Manager
9 10 (5.95%) Technical Manager
10 9 (5.36%) SAP Manager
10 9 (5.36%) SAP Project Manager
10 9 (5.36%) Transformation Manager
10 9 (5.36%) Transformation Project Manager
11 8 (4.76%) Banking Project Manager
11 8 (4.76%) Security Manager
11 8 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.98%) XML
2 4 (2.38%) Middleware
3 3 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.19%) ADO
4 2 (1.19%) REST
4 2 (1.19%) SOAP
4 2 (1.19%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.60%) .NET
5 1 (0.60%) EDI
5 1 (0.60%) Kafka
5 1 (0.60%) RESTful
5 1 (0.60%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 12 (7.14%) PMI
2 8 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.38%) Life Science
5 4 (2.38%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.79%) Derivative
6 3 (1.79%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.79%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.79%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.19%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.60%) FMCG
8 1 (0.60%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.60%) New Media
8 1 (0.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.38%) Linux
1 4 (2.38%) Windows
2 2 (1.19%) Unix
3 1 (0.60%) VMS
3 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (77.98%) Project Management
2 128 (76.19%) PRINCE2
3 104 (61.90%) Agile
4 100 (59.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (35.71%) Project Delivery
6 49 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (29.17%) Risk Management
7 40 (23.81%) Change Management
8 38 (22.62%) Migration
9 34 (20.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (19.05%) Programme Management
11 29 (17.26%) Scrum
12 25 (14.88%) Project Governance
13 24 (14.29%) Decision-Making
14 23 (13.69%) Budget Management
15 22 (13.10%) Resource Allocation
16 21 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (12.50%) Waterfall
17 17 (10.12%) Project Planning
18 16 (9.52%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.36%) SQL
2 2 (1.19%) Korn
2 2 (1.19%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.60%) Java
3 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 146 (86.90%) PMI Certification
2 69 (41.07%) Degree
3 14 (8.33%) Master's Degree
4 11 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 10 (5.95%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.36%) APMP
7 8 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (4.17%) CISSP
9 6 (3.57%) CISM
9 6 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (2.38%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.38%) MBA
11 3 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.79%) CCNA
11 3 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.79%) CRISC
11 3 (1.79%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.19%) CAPM
12 2 (1.19%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (16.07%) PMO
2 19 (11.31%) QA
3 17 (10.12%) GDPR
4 11 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (5.95%) NIST
6 7 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.98%) Basel III
8 3 (1.79%) GAAP
8 3 (1.79%) GMP
8 3 (1.79%) IFRS
8 3 (1.79%) IFRS 9
8 3 (1.79%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.19%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.19%) EMIR
9 2 (1.19%) IFRS 17
9 2 (1.19%) MiFID
10 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.60%) GRC
10 1 (0.60%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.60%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (13.10%) SAP
2 18 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.33%) Oracle
4 11 (6.55%) Workday
5 7 (4.17%) CyberArk
5 7 (4.17%) Planview
5 7 (4.17%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.79%) Cisco
6 3 (1.79%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.79%) Informatica
6 3 (1.79%) Remedy
7 2 (1.19%) Adobe
7 2 (1.19%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.19%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.19%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.60%) Ariba
8 1 (0.60%) Avaya
8 1 (0.60%) Genesys
8 1 (0.60%) Juniper
8 1 (0.60%) UiPath