APMG Contract Job Trends in the South East

APMG (APM Group)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for APMG qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 175 209
Rank change year-on-year -5 +34 +48
Contract jobs citing APMG 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.025% 0.019%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.065% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £602 - -
25th Percentile £605 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.36%
75th Percentile £643 - £588
90th Percentile £647 - -
England median daily rate £606 £427 £575
% change year-on-year +42.12% -25.81% +4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

APMG 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,805 1,548 2,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.29% 38.80% 42.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,183 1,023 1,305
10th Percentile £258 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.19%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £693
England median daily rate £525 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 85 144
10th Percentile - £20.95 £27.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £49.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.25 £64.73 £70.02
90th Percentile £90.09 £75.00 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.78 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.44% -7.09% +16.67%

APMG
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APMG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

APMG job vacancy trend in the South East

APMG
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing APMG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing APMG

APMG
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMG within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Thames Valley +8 4 £640 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 4 £640 - 1
West Sussex - 1 £600 -
APMG
England

APMG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Change Manager
2 4 (80.00%) Business Change Manager
2 4 (80.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (60.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (40.00%) Coaching
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (20.00%) Behavioural Change
5 1 (20.00%) Business Change Management
5 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Identification
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Map
5 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC