PMP Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 29 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing PMP 7 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 2.42% 1.54% -
As % of the Qualifications category 15.56% 13.04% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £399 £328 -
25th Percentile £506 £360 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £414 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.85% - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £673 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £550 £376 -
% change year-on-year +46.37% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 45 23 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 15.57% 11.79% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 20 25
10th Percentile £308 £306 £400
25th Percentile £351 £352 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £382 £530
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -28.02% +11.58%
75th Percentile £480 £404 £534
90th Percentile £600 £433 £554
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £425 £500
% change year-on-year - -15.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £22.28
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.53%
75th Percentile - - £23.73
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.27 £24.18 £17.95
% change year-on-year -7.92% +34.75% +6.63%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Northamptonshire

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Northampton -14 6 £550 +32.85% 4
Towcester - 1 £700 -
PMP
East Midlands

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Banking Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Workday Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) Robotics
3 1 (14.29%) PMI
3 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 1 (14.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (71.43%) Project Management
4 4 (57.14%) Change Management
4 4 (57.14%) ERP
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (28.57%) Change Control
6 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 2 (28.57%) Cutover Planning
6 2 (28.57%) Logistics
6 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (28.57%) Project Governance
6 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
6 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Validation
6 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
6 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MBA
3 1 (14.29%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Basel III
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Workday