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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 84 101
Rank change year-on-year +4 +17 +36
DemandTrendContract jobs citing PMP 8 5 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.78% 0.41% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.80% 1.79% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £386 £545 £488
25th Percentile £444 £575 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £825 £699 £581
90th Percentile - £713 £593
North West median daily rate £588 £405 £550
% change year-on-year +45.06% -26.36% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 £15.92 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £16.17 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +348.36% -56.88% -
75th Percentile £73.75 £16.42 £46.25
90th Percentile - - £51.50
North West median hourly rate £72.50 £16.17 £46.75
% change year-on-year +348.36% -65.41% -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 286 279 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 27.98% 23.04% 25.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 162 324
10th Percentile £346 £350 £252
25th Percentile £425 £425 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £523
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -1.94% -0.48%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £603
90th Percentile £750 £825 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £506 £515
% change year-on-year -1.19% -1.80% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 20 15
10th Percentile £21.08 £16.76 £15.73
25th Percentile £22.16 £27.53 £15.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £51.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% +164.10% -30.97%
75th Percentile £55.37 £75.56 £40.63
90th Percentile £71.88 £100.00 £50.50
North West median hourly rate £30.64 £22.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +36.16% -47.06% +46.55%

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

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Manchester

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMP

PMP
DemandTrendContract 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 25 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford - 3 £800 -
PMP
North West

PMP
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Smartsheet
2 1 (12.50%) Asana
2 1 (12.50%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Assistant Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) ERP Manager
4 1 (12.50%) ERP Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Life Science
1 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Change Management
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 8 (100.00%) Project Management
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (75.00%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) Service Management
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (37.50%) Customer Experience
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) Matrix Management
5 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
6 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (25.00%) PLM
6 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CIMA
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMBOK
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle