PMP Contracts in the North West

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 109 116 145
Rank change year-on-year +7 +29 +9
Contract jobs citing PMP 14 18 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.72% 0.65% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.99% 2.14% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 8
10th Percentile £300 £390 £451
25th Percentile £374 £390 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £398 £519
Median % change year-on-year +38.19% -23.28% +22.06%
75th Percentile £713 £470 £588
90th Percentile £825 £513 £621
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 705 841 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 36.12% 30.28% 31.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 482 683
10th Percentile £230 £248 £325
25th Percentile £393 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.39% -1.44% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £602
90th Percentile £650 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 124 67
10th Percentile £17.70 £10.95 £20.00
25th Percentile £25.26 £11.77 £25.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%
75th Percentile £60.00 £39.54 £49.52
90th Percentile £83.13 £62.50 £66.13
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +15 8 £525 - 13
Cumbria - 2 - - 4
Cheshire -6 1 £268 -31.46% 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Asana
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 12 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
4 1 (7.14%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Lead
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Assistant Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Manager
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Senior
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Mobile Banking
1 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Project Management
2 11 (78.57%) PRINCE2
3 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (42.86%) Agile
5 5 (35.71%) Change Management
5 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) Budget Management
6 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (28.57%) Project Delivery
6 4 (28.57%) Service Management
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
7 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
7 3 (21.43%) ITIL
7 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
7 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
8 2 (14.29%) PLM
8 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
8 2 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) PMI Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) CBAP
4 1 (7.14%) CIMA
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PSD2
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft