PMP Contracts in Manchester

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 84 111
Rank change year-on-year +13 +27 +22
Contract jobs citing PMP 8 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.86% 0.79% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.04% 3.32% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £308 - £433
25th Percentile £374 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.70%
75th Percentile £788 - £506
90th Percentile £825 - £518
North West median daily rate £550 £398 £519
% change year-on-year +38.19% -23.28% +22.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -30.67% -
North West median hourly rate - £26.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year - -30.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 263 361 502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.40% 23.80% 26.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 214 369
10th Percentile £300 £313 £338
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £619
90th Percentile £713 £805 £700
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 17
10th Percentile - £24.14 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.25 £49.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +96.00% +54.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £73.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £74.13 £94.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Salford - 2 £800 -
PMP
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Asana
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Assistant Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Change Management
3 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (50.00%) Service Management
5 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
5 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) DevOps
6 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (25.00%) PLM
6 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) PMI Certification
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CIMA
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce