PMP Contracts 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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 284 353
Rank change year-on-year +94 +69 +30
Contract jobs citing PMP 157 116 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.28% 0.66% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.97% 2.78% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 80 101
10th Percentile £381 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £738 £644 £670
90th Percentile £825 £739 £750
England median daily rate £534 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -2.95% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £23.05 -
25th Percentile - £23.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £25.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +171.84% -4.63% -39.33%
75th Percentile - £27.06 £29.50
90th Percentile - £27.25 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year +188.46% -51.63% +20.79%

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 3,157 4,178 5,470
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.78% 23.63% 21.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,111 2,868 3,752
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £447 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £525 £564
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -6.87% +2.50%
75th Percentile £662 £650 £685
90th Percentile £750 £770 £800
England median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.07% -2.53% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 89
10th Percentile £19.21 £14.49 £19.23
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £21.24
Median hourly rate £27.83 £25.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -51.46% +16.71%
75th Percentile £55.25 £42.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.38 £68.60 £87.50
England median hourly rate £32.00 £40.33 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.64% -26.68% +35.80%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in London

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in London over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in London

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in London

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 11 June 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 +27 34 £636 +15.68% 16
West London +14 5 £475 -5.00% 9
South London +2 1 £425 -22.73% 5
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.73%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.82%) Confluence
3 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.64%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.64%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (15.29%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (7.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.55%) Trello
5 2 (1.27%) Chatbot
5 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.27%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.27%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.64%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.64%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 30 (19.11%) Azure
2 17 (10.83%) AWS
3 11 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.10%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.82%) GCP
5 6 (3.82%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.18%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.55%) SaaS
8 2 (1.27%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.27%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.27%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.64%) dbt
9 1 (0.64%) IaaS
9 1 (0.64%) PaaS
9 1 (0.64%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.10%) Firewall
2 4 (2.55%) VPN
3 2 (1.27%) DNS
3 2 (1.27%) Network Security
3 2 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.64%) 4G
4 1 (0.64%) 5G
4 1 (0.64%) DHCP
4 1 (0.64%) LTE
4 1 (0.64%) PPP
4 1 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.64%) SWIFTNet
4 1 (0.64%) TETRA
4 1 (0.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.10%) Power BI
2 4 (2.55%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.27%) Tableau
5 1 (0.64%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.64%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.64%) Looker
5 1 (0.64%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.64%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 27 (17.20%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Git
2 1 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 98 (62.42%) Social Skills
2 81 (51.59%) Finance
3 30 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (13.38%) Banking
5 13 (8.28%) Legal
6 10 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (4.46%) Marketing
8 5 (3.18%) Back Office
8 5 (3.18%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.18%) Retail
9 4 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.91%) Front Office
10 3 (1.91%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.91%) Law
10 3 (1.91%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.27%) Advertising
11 2 (1.27%) Billing
11 2 (1.27%) French Language
11 2 (1.27%) German Language
Job Titles
1 83 (52.87%) Project Manager
2 13 (8.28%) Programme Manager
3 12 (7.64%) Delivery Manager
4 11 (7.01%) Lead
5 9 (5.73%) Consultant
5 9 (5.73%) Infrastructure Manager
6 8 (5.10%) Senior
6 8 (5.10%) Senior Manager
7 7 (4.46%) Implementation Manager
7 7 (4.46%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 7 (4.46%) IT Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Architect
8 6 (3.82%) Implementation Project Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Migration Manager
8 6 (3.82%) Technical Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) Finance Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Migration Project Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Project Implementation Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) Middleware
2 1 (0.64%) ADO
2 1 (0.64%) CSS
2 1 (0.64%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.64%) HTML
2 1 (0.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.18%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.55%) PMI
3 4 (2.55%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (1.91%) PKI
4 3 (1.91%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.91%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.27%) CCTV
5 2 (1.27%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.27%) DTCC
5 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.27%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.27%) Reinsurance
5 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.64%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.10%) Windows
2 3 (1.91%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (78.34%) Project Management
2 94 (59.87%) PRINCE2
3 86 (54.78%) Agile
4 68 (43.31%) Stakeholder Management
5 48 (30.57%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (23.57%) Waterfall
7 33 (21.02%) Scrum
8 29 (18.47%) Change Management
9 27 (17.20%) Migration
9 27 (17.20%) Project Delivery
9 27 (17.20%) Risk Management
10 26 (16.56%) Programme Management
10 26 (16.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (15.92%) ITIL
12 23 (14.65%) Roadmaps
13 20 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
14 19 (12.10%) Budget Management
15 17 (10.83%) Decision-Making
16 16 (10.19%) Resource Allocation
17 15 (9.55%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.18%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.55%) SQL
3 3 (1.91%) Python
4 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.64%) Java
4 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 138 (87.90%) PMI Certification
2 63 (40.13%) Degree
3 11 (7.01%) Master's Degree
4 8 (5.10%) AWS Certification
4 8 (5.10%) Azure Certification
4 8 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.46%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.18%) CISM
6 5 (3.18%) CISSP
6 5 (3.18%) CRISC
7 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.91%) CISA
9 2 (1.27%) CBAP
10 1 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.64%) PCI QSA
10 1 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.46%) PMO
2 7 (4.46%) GDPR
3 6 (3.82%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.82%) QA
4 4 (2.55%) HIPAA
4 4 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.91%) MiFID
5 3 (1.91%) NIST
6 2 (1.27%) SLA
7 1 (0.64%) EMIR
7 1 (0.64%) FINRA
7 1 (0.64%) IFRS
7 1 (0.64%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.64%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.64%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.64%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (7.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.91%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.27%) SCCM
4 1 (0.64%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.64%) Terraform
4 1 (0.64%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (19.75%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.83%) SAP
3 5 (3.18%) Databricks
4 3 (1.91%) Google
4 3 (1.91%) HP
4 3 (1.91%) Oracle
4 3 (1.91%) ServiceNow
4 3 (1.91%) Workday
4 3 (1.91%) Zscaler
5 2 (1.27%) Avaloq
5 2 (1.27%) comScore
5 2 (1.27%) CyberArk
5 2 (1.27%) Dell
5 2 (1.27%) Pure Storage
5 2 (1.27%) Wrike
6 1 (0.64%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (0.64%) Marketo
6 1 (0.64%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.64%) Pega
6 1 (0.64%) Zoho