PMP Contracts in the Midlands

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 117 149
Rank change year-on-year +18 +32 +42
Contract jobs citing PMP 15 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.78% 0.76% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 2.34% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 13
10th Percentile £200 £461 £415
25th Percentile £247 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% -5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £460 £500 £550
90th Percentile £503 £545 £599
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -42.22% -
75th Percentile - £26.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 565 896 971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.57% 32.57% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 370 555 616
10th Percentile £150 £227 £254
25th Percentile £275 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £516
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.71% +14.56%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £689
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 71 76
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £17.00 £14.30
Median hourly rate £24.50 £24.65 £18.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +32.35% -6.88%
75th Percentile £31.38 £43.13 £26.64
90th Percentile £59.00 £56.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
West Midlands +7 9 £297 -37.58% 9
East Midlands +13 6 £414 -10.49% 11
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (6.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (20.00%) Trello
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Asana
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.67%) Automotive
5 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 3 (20.00%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Automation Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Communications Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Digital
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Digital Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) IAM Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Management Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing Automation Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Agile
3 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
5 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (20.00%) Data Management
5 3 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (20.00%) Deadline-Driven
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Dependency Management
6 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
6 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
6 2 (13.33%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (13.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) PMI Certification
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 3 (20.00%) CISSP
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) CISM
5 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
5 1 (6.67%) MCP
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (13.33%) QA
3 1 (6.67%) GDPR
3 1 (6.67%) GRC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.67%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Salesforce
1 2 (13.33%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Marketo
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Planview