PMP Contract Job Trends in Somerset

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing PMP 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.88% - 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.88% - 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 - -
South West median daily rate £460 £425 £555
% change year-on-year +8.12% -23.42% +11.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 104 73 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 30.50% 49.66% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 41 34
10th Percentile £357 £313 £182
25th Percentile £449 £513 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +13.04% -8.91%
75th Percentile £603 £715 £622
90th Percentile £650 £838 £643
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £18.51 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% -43.05% -35.00%
75th Percentile £43.44 - £40.00
90th Percentile £57.50 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £61.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% -1.64% -6.15%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Somerset

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing PMP

PMP
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Taunton - 2 - -
Bath - 1 £469 -
PMP
South West

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Trello
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Healthcare
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Delivery Project Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Healthcare Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Healthcare Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) PMI
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Agile Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Kanban
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Review
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Health Informatics
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CBAP
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft