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 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 269 309
Rank change year-on-year +51 +40 +50
Contract jobs citing PMP 161 124 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.14% 0.78% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.06% 3.07% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 69 81
10th Percentile £397 £424 £363
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £700 £714 £643
90th Percentile £750 £838 £725
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
England median hourly rate £71.25 £72.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year -1.72% +34.88% -20.37%

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 3,968 4,039 4,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.98% 25.49% 23.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,757 2,559 3,133
10th Percentile £352 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 53 99
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.10 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £46.56 £60.75 £65.43
90th Percentile £72.91 £82.24 £83.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 November 2025. 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 20 £560 -10.40% 6
West London -10 5 £500 -9.09% 3
South London - 3 £513 - 3
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 14 (8.70%) Confluence
2 8 (4.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.62%) CMS
3 1 (0.62%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (18.01%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (4.35%) Trello
5 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.48%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.86%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.86%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.86%) Workfront
4 2 (1.24%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.24%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.62%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.62%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.62%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.62%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.62%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.32%) Azure
2 11 (6.83%) AWS
3 8 (4.97%) Power Platform
4 7 (4.35%) Smartsheet
5 5 (3.11%) Asana
5 5 (3.11%) SaaS
6 4 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.86%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.24%) Miro
8 2 (1.24%) Slack
9 1 (0.62%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.62%) GitHub
9 1 (0.62%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.62%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.62%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.62%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.97%) Network Security
2 5 (3.11%) Firewall
3 3 (1.86%) VPN
4 2 (1.24%) WAN
4 2 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.62%) DHCP
5 1 (0.62%) DNS
5 1 (0.62%) Intranet
5 1 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.62%) LAN
5 1 (0.62%) Multicast
5 1 (0.62%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) Power BI
2 3 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.24%) Star Schema
3 2 (1.24%) Tableau
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.62%) Metadata
4 1 (0.62%) MySQL
4 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 32 (19.88%) JIRA
General
1 99 (61.49%) Social Skills
2 83 (51.55%) Finance
3 36 (22.36%) Banking
4 28 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (10.56%) Legal
6 13 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (6.83%) Investment Banking
8 10 (6.21%) Retail
9 9 (5.59%) Manufacturing
9 9 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.97%) Marketing
11 6 (3.73%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.48%) Law
12 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.86%) Front Office
13 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 2 (1.24%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 108 (67.08%) Project Manager
2 20 (12.42%) Senior
3 18 (11.18%) Senior Manager
4 14 (8.70%) IT Manager
5 13 (8.07%) Infrastructure Manager
6 12 (7.45%) SAP Manager
6 12 (7.45%) Senior Project Manager
7 11 (6.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 11 (6.83%) SAP Project Manager
7 11 (6.83%) Technical Manager
8 10 (6.21%) IT Project Manager
8 10 (6.21%) Lead
9 9 (5.59%) Analyst
9 9 (5.59%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (4.97%) Digital Project Manager
10 8 (4.97%) Security Manager
10 8 (4.97%) Transformation Manager
10 8 (4.97%) Transformation Project Manager
11 7 (4.35%) Banking Project Manager
11 7 (4.35%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.86%) XML
2 2 (1.24%) .NET
2 2 (1.24%) Middleware
3 1 (0.62%) Kafka
3 1 (0.62%) RESTful
3 1 (0.62%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.45%) PMI
2 8 (4.97%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.11%) Life Science
5 4 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.86%) Derivative
6 3 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.86%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.24%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.24%) FMCG
7 2 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.24%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.24%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.62%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.62%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.86%) Windows
2 2 (1.24%) Linux
2 2 (1.24%) Unix
3 1 (0.62%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (79.50%) Project Management
2 120 (74.53%) PRINCE2
3 101 (62.73%) Agile
4 78 (48.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (27.33%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (27.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 43 (26.71%) Risk Management
7 42 (26.09%) Project Delivery
8 40 (24.84%) Change Management
9 35 (21.74%) Migration
10 30 (18.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (16.77%) Waterfall
12 26 (16.15%) Resource Allocation
13 24 (14.91%) Budget Management
13 24 (14.91%) Scrum
14 23 (14.29%) Programme Management
14 23 (14.29%) Project Governance
15 22 (13.66%) Decision-Making
16 17 (10.56%) Computer Science
17 16 (9.94%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.86%) SQL
2 2 (1.24%) Korn
3 1 (0.62%) C++
3 1 (0.62%) Java
3 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 140 (86.96%) PMI Certification
2 71 (44.10%) Degree
3 10 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (6.21%) Master's Degree
4 6 (3.73%) CISM
4 6 (3.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (3.11%) CISSP
6 4 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (2.48%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.86%) MBA
7 3 (1.86%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.24%) CAPM
8 2 (1.24%) CRISC
8 2 (1.24%) IIBA
9 1 (0.62%) APMG
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 1 (0.62%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.91%) PMO
2 15 (9.32%) QA
3 9 (5.59%) GDPR
4 4 (2.48%) GMP
4 4 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.48%) SLA
5 3 (1.86%) Basel III
5 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.86%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.86%) MiFID
5 3 (1.86%) NIST
5 3 (1.86%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.24%) EMIR
7 1 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.62%) GRC
7 1 (0.62%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.62%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.62%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.62%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 19 (11.80%) SAP
2 14 (8.70%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.97%) Salesforce
4 7 (4.35%) Oracle
4 7 (4.35%) Planview
5 4 (2.48%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.86%) Adobe
6 3 (1.86%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.86%) Workday
7 2 (1.24%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.24%) Cisco
7 2 (1.24%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.24%) UiPath
7 2 (1.24%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.62%) Ariba
8 1 (0.62%) Calypso
8 1 (0.62%) Juniper
8 1 (0.62%) Misys
8 1 (0.62%) Murex
8 1 (0.62%) Temenos