PMP Contracts in the North of England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 137 163 190
Rank change year-on-year +26 +27 +10
Contract jobs citing PMP 25 27 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.76% 0.56% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.34% 2.16% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 22
10th Percentile £319 £390 £425
25th Percentile £451 £393 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +23.53%
75th Percentile £694 £538 £584
90th Percentile £750 £640 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -30.67% -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,068 1,252 1,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 32.62% 26.14% 25.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 649 692 1,063
10th Percentile £230 £286 £325
25th Percentile £375 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £580 £625 £625
90th Percentile £665 £720 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 165 70
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.61 £12.75 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +15.62%
75th Percentile £59.24 £38.43 £49.52
90th Percentile £80.59 £61.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the North of England

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the North of England

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the North of England

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the North of England

PMP
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
North West +7 14 £550 +38.19% 28
Yorkshire +17 6 £525 +2.44% 10
North East +2 5 £575 -4.17%
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (4.00%) Confluence
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.00%) Asana
2 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (4.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (68.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
5 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Billing
6 1 (4.00%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Digital Health
6 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (48.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (28.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.00%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.00%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Assistant Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) ERP Manager
5 1 (4.00%) ERP Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) PMO Lead
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Transformation Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) PMI
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (4.00%) NHS
2 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) PRINCE2
1 21 (84.00%) Project Management
2 15 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (44.00%) Agile
3 11 (44.00%) Change Management
4 8 (32.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
5 7 (28.00%) Project Delivery
6 6 (24.00%) Budget Management
6 6 (24.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (20.00%) Business Transformation
8 4 (16.00%) ITIL
8 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
8 4 (16.00%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (16.00%) Service Management
8 4 (16.00%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (16.00%) Waterfall
9 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 21 (84.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) APMG
4 1 (4.00%) CBAP
4 1 (4.00%) CIMA
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) HL7
2 1 (4.00%) PSD2
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft