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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 247 291
Rank change year-on-year +26 +44 +69
Contract jobs citing PMP 156 129 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 0.86% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.83% 3.34% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 77 78
10th Percentile £390 £413 £359
25th Percentile £459 £475 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £649
90th Percentile £735 £848 £721
England median daily rate £540 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -1.82% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +34.88% -2.27%

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 4,075 3,864 4,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.46% 25.88% 24.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,843 2,438 3,010
10th Percentile £359 £350 £350
25th Percentile £427 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £665
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 59 89
10th Percentile £20.59 £21.00 £19.20
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -24.82% +9.03%
75th Percentile £62.25 £58.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

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 22 December 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 22 December 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 -10 20 £525 -16.00% 41
West London -12 5 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 2 £600 - 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 13 (8.33%) Confluence
2 8 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.64%) CMS
3 1 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (16.03%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (4.49%) Trello
5 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.56%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (2.56%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.92%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.92%) Workfront
4 2 (1.28%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.28%) ResourceLink
4 2 (1.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.64%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.64%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.64%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.64%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.64%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.64%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.26%) Azure
2 11 (7.05%) AWS
3 10 (6.41%) Power Platform
4 6 (3.85%) Smartsheet
5 5 (3.21%) Asana
6 4 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.56%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.92%) SaaS
8 2 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.28%) Miro
8 2 (1.28%) Slack
8 2 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.64%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.64%) GitHub
9 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.13%) Network Security
2 5 (3.21%) Firewall
3 3 (1.92%) VPN
4 2 (1.28%) WAN
5 1 (0.64%) Intranet
5 1 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.64%) LAN
5 1 (0.64%) Multicast
5 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.77%) Power BI
2 4 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.28%) Star Schema
4 2 (1.28%) Tableau
5 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.64%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.64%) Metadata
5 1 (0.64%) MySQL
5 1 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (18.59%) JIRA
General
1 98 (62.82%) Social Skills
2 81 (51.92%) Finance
3 33 (21.15%) Banking
4 29 (18.59%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (10.26%) Legal
6 14 (8.97%) Retail
7 11 (7.05%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (6.41%) Investment Banking
8 10 (6.41%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.49%) Marketing
9 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.56%) Front Office
12 4 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (2.56%) Law
13 3 (1.92%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.92%) Retail Finance
13 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 109 (69.87%) Project Manager
2 17 (10.90%) Senior
3 16 (10.26%) Infrastructure Manager
3 16 (10.26%) Senior Manager
4 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 13 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 12 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
5 12 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (6.41%) Analyst
6 10 (6.41%) SAP Manager
6 10 (6.41%) SAP Project Manager
6 10 (6.41%) Technical Manager
7 9 (5.77%) Lead
8 8 (5.13%) Digital Project Manager
8 8 (5.13%) Transformation Manager
8 8 (5.13%) Transformation Project Manager
9 7 (4.49%) Banking Project Manager
9 7 (4.49%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.49%) Technical Project Manager
10 6 (3.85%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.92%) XML
2 2 (1.28%) .NET
2 2 (1.28%) Middleware
3 1 (0.64%) Kafka
3 1 (0.64%) RESTful
3 1 (0.64%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) PMI
2 8 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.21%) Life Science
5 4 (2.56%) Derivative
5 4 (2.56%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.92%) Digital Wallet
6 3 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.92%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.28%) Equities
7 2 (1.28%) FMCG
7 2 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.28%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.64%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.28%) Linux
1 2 (1.28%) Unix
1 2 (1.28%) Windows
2 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (79.49%) Project Management
2 118 (75.64%) PRINCE2
3 98 (62.82%) Agile
4 84 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (29.49%) Risk Management
6 44 (28.21%) Project Delivery
7 42 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (26.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 37 (23.72%) Change Management
10 30 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (19.23%) Migration
11 27 (17.31%) Waterfall
12 25 (16.03%) Scrum
13 23 (14.74%) Programme Management
13 23 (14.74%) Resource Allocation
14 22 (14.10%) Budget Management
15 21 (13.46%) Decision-Making
15 21 (13.46%) Project Governance
16 14 (8.97%) Project Planning
17 13 (8.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.56%) SQL
2 2 (1.28%) Korn
3 1 (0.64%) Java
3 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 137 (87.82%) PMI Certification
2 66 (42.31%) Degree
3 9 (5.77%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 6 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.21%) CISSP
6 5 (3.21%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.56%) CISM
7 4 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.92%) MBA
9 2 (1.28%) APMP
9 2 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.28%) CAPM
9 2 (1.28%) IIBA
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.64%) CFA
10 1 (0.64%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (17.31%) PMO
2 20 (12.82%) QA
3 9 (5.77%) GDPR
4 4 (2.56%) Basel III
4 4 (2.56%) GMP
4 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.92%) MiFID
5 3 (1.92%) NIST
5 3 (1.92%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.92%) SLA
6 2 (1.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.64%) GRC
7 1 (0.64%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.64%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.64%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 17 (10.90%) SAP
2 16 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.77%) Oracle
4 7 (4.49%) Planview
4 7 (4.49%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.21%) Workday
6 3 (1.92%) Adobe
6 3 (1.92%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.92%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.28%) Cisco
7 2 (1.28%) Databricks
7 2 (1.28%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.64%) AlgoSec
8 1 (0.64%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.64%) Concur
8 1 (0.64%) Meraki
8 1 (0.64%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) UiPath