PMP Contract Job Trends in the North East

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East citing PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	82	48	35
Rank change year-on-year	-34	-13	-5
Contract jobs citing PMP	3	1	3
As % of all contract jobs in the North East	0.36%	0.29%	1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.92%	0.79%	2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	3
10^th Percentile	£385	-	£570
25^th Percentile	£419	-	£581
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	-	£600
75^th Percentile	£513	-	£675
90^th Percentile	£520	-	£720
England median daily rate	£525	£575	£550
% change year-on-year	-8.70%	+4.55%	-

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North East.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	326	126	115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East	39.61%	37.17%	39.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	190	94	57
10^th Percentile	£313	£175	£312
25^th Percentile	£363	£373	£358
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£426	£475	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-10.42%	+5.56%	-13.46%
75^th Percentile	£520	£575	£600
90^th Percentile	£625	£718	£727
England median daily rate	£538	£525	£530
% change year-on-year	+2.38%	-0.85%	-3.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted	67	5	14
10^th Percentile	£19.74	£47.20	£26.45
25^th Percentile	-	£51.25	-
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£52.50	£46.18
Median % change year-on-year	-16.27%	+13.69%	-
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£55.00	£65.00
90^th Percentile	-	£66.56	£70.00
England median hourly rate	£48.00	£25.15	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+90.85%	-49.70%	-4.76%

PMP Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

PMP Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

PMP Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the North East over the 6 months to 9 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the North East

PMP Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the North East region over the 6 months to 9 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Tyne and Wear	-	3	£500	-	1
PMP England

PMP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing PMP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North East region citing PMP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PRINCE2	100.0%	3
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	3
3	Agile	66.7%	2
3	PMI Certification	66.7%	2
5	Acceptance Criteria	33.3%	1
5	Agile Project Management	33.3%	1
5	Azure	33.3%	1
5	Azure DevOps	33.3%	1
5	Budgeting	33.3%	1
5	Budgeting and Forecasting	33.3%	1
5	Business Intelligence	33.3%	1
5	Confluence	33.3%	1
5	Continuous Delivery	33.3%	1
5	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
5	Decision-Making	33.3%	1
5	DevOps	33.3%	1
5	Digital Transformation Programme	33.3%	1
5	ITIL	33.3%	1
5	ITSM	33.3%	1
5	JIRA	33.3%	1
5	Kanban	33.3%	1
5	Knowledge Transfer	33.3%	1
5	Microsoft	33.3%	1
5	Microsoft 365	33.3%	1
5	Microsoft Project	33.3%	1
5	Miro	33.3%	1
5	Performance Management	33.3%	1
5	Performance Metrics	33.3%	1
5	Planning and Forecasting	33.3%	1
5	Portfolio Management	33.3%	1

PMP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PMI Certification	66.7%	2
2	PRINCE2 Practitioner	33.3%	1
2	SAFe Agilist	33.3%	1
2	SC Cleared	33.3%	1
2	Security Cleared	33.3%	1