PMP Contract Job Trends 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 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 121 118
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 +84
Contract jobs citing PMP 22 16 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.76% 0.60% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.19% 2.05% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 11
10th Percentile £423 £313 £463
25th Percentile £463 £338 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -28.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £638 £520 £725
90th Percentile £725 £588 £775
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +42.86% -3.67%

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 1,005 782 760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.72% 29.51% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 475 491
10th Percentile £250 £310 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £618 £600
90th Percentile £651 £718 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 32 41
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.45 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +5.13% +16.96%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £40.38 £52.25 £68.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.95% -0.30% +16.67%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

PMP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP

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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 3 November 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 -20 15 £550 +5.77% 10
East Midlands -11 7 £588 +77.36% 11
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
2 1 (4.55%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (18.18%) Trello
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP PM
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Asana
1 2 (9.09%) Smartsheet
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) GCP
2 1 (4.55%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) JIRA
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Legal
2 6 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Automotive
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing
4 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (86.36%) Project Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Delivery Project Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (9.09%) Implementation Project Manager
2 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
2 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Business Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Change Manager
3 1 (4.55%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Records Manager
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Web Manager
3 1 (4.55%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) SCADA
2 3 (13.64%) Educational Technology
2 3 (13.64%) Learning Management System
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
3 2 (9.09%) PMI
3 2 (9.09%) Robotics
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) Animation
4 1 (4.55%) SCORM
4 1 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) AIX
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Project Management
2 15 (68.18%) Agile
2 15 (68.18%) PRINCE2
3 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (45.45%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (36.36%) Project Delivery
6 7 (31.82%) Change Management
6 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (27.27%) ERP
8 5 (22.73%) User Experience
9 4 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
9 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
9 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
10 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
10 3 (13.64%) Requirements Gathering
10 3 (13.64%) Validation
10 3 (13.64%) Workshop Facilitation
11 2 (9.09%) Business Transformation
11 2 (9.09%) Change Control
11 2 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) PMI Certification
2 13 (59.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) CAPM
3 1 (4.55%) CBAP
3 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Progress
3 1 (4.55%) Civica
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Sitecore
3 1 (4.55%) Workday