APMP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 167 201
Rank change year-on-year -2 +34 +45
Contract jobs citing APMP 8 12 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.29% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.72% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 11
10th Percentile - £450 £500
25th Percentile - £455 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £530 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% -18.46% +18.18%
75th Percentile £627 £578 £694
90th Percentile £695 £588 £700
England median daily rate £534 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -2.96% +7.84% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £29.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +52.63% -
75th Percentile - £31.00 £21.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +5.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

APMP 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 1,571 1,659 2,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.46% 40.06% 41.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,028 1,071 1,348
10th Percentile £219 £278 £216
25th Percentile £406 £413 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% - +0.95%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 102 139
10th Percentile - £22.67 £26.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £49.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.34 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.89% -2.77% +33.33%
75th Percentile £39.00 £67.76 £71.90
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.36 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -50.93% -2.38% +16.67%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

APMP job vacancy trend in the South East

APMP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in the South East over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing APMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing APMP

APMP
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 APMP within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley -1 6 £515 +11.34%
Berkshire +10 3 - -
Buckinghamshire +8 3 £515 +5.91%
Hampshire -4 1 £740 - 3
West Sussex - 1 - - 1
APMP
England

APMP
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Construction Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) CCTV
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
3 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (37.50%) Change Control
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) Cost Reduction
4 3 (37.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 3 (37.50%) Energy Management
4 3 (37.50%) Portfolio Management
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Map
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Identification
6 1 (12.50%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
6 1 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
6 1 (12.50%) Security Management
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) P3O
2 2 (25.00%) GMP
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IFS