PMP Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 39 52
Rank change year-on-year -40 +13 +5
Contract jobs citing PMP 8 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.12% 0.32% 0.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 1.39% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile £404 - £440
25th Percentile £408 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £419 - £538
90th Percentile £444 - £560
South Yorkshire median daily rate £417 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +81.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 168 72 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 23.50% 23.38% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 50 75
10th Percentile £342 £208 £400
25th Percentile £412 £220 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £478 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -16.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £694
90th Percentile £700 £653 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £470 £575
% change year-on-year +6.38% -18.26% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.85 £13.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +2.59% -73.00% +463.70%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Sheffield

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing PMP

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 3 (37.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Project Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Project Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Compliance Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Data Compliance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Governance Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) Project Management
2 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) Migration
4 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (50.00%) Scrum
5 3 (37.50%) API Integration
5 3 (37.50%) Change Management
5 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (37.50%) DevOps
5 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Register
5 3 (37.50%) Validation
6 2 (25.00%) Data Management
7 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 1 (12.50%) CRM
7 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (12.50%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) MiFID
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft