PMP Contracts in the South East

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 168 198
Rank change year-on-year +49 +30 -57
Contract jobs citing PMP 42 36 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.40% 0.65% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.45% 1.44% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 16
10th Percentile £404 £421 £425
25th Percentile £447 £458 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £535
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +1.87% +18.89%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £625
90th Percentile £718 £719 £706
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 5
10th Percentile £72.00 - £60.75
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £60.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £77.41 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,219 2,493 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.65% 44.91% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 774 1,413 1,432
10th Percentile £304 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 214 145
10th Percentile £20.01 £17.53 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £57.13 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -0.71% +29.14%
75th Percentile £70.31 £67.02 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.01 £85.29 £75.00
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the South East

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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 PMP within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +37 16 £550 +10.00% 14
Hampshire +38 15 £413 +3.13% 18
Berkshire +30 13 £463 -2.63% 10
Surrey +13 3 £513 -6.82% 2
West Sussex +9 3 £525 -8.70% 6
Oxfordshire +7 3 £700 - 4
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.38%) Confluence
1 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.38%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.76%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.38%) Maximo
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) AWS
1 5 (11.90%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) GCP
3 3 (7.14%) Snowflake
4 2 (4.76%) OCI
4 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Asana
5 1 (2.38%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) WAN
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) LAN
2 1 (2.38%) MPLS
2 1 (2.38%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
1 2 (4.76%) Tableau
2 1 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.38%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.38%) GIS
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (2.38%) QlikView
2 1 (2.38%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Forms
General
1 22 (52.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (47.62%) Finance
3 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (21.43%) Manufacturing
5 4 (9.52%) Telecoms
6 3 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 3 (7.14%) Aviation
6 3 (7.14%) Legal
7 2 (4.76%) Agriculture
7 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.38%) Automotive
8 1 (2.38%) Electronics
8 1 (2.38%) Local Government
8 1 (2.38%) Marketing
8 1 (2.38%) Military
8 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.67%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 7 (16.67%) ERP Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Implementation Manager
3 3 (7.14%) Data Manager
3 3 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (7.14%) Financial Services Project Manager
3 3 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 3 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
3 3 (7.14%) Transformation Project Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Finance Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Finance Project Manager
4 2 (4.76%) HR Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (4.76%) OSS Project Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Payroll Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Programme Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (4.76%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) PMI
2 3 (7.14%) Life Science
3 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.38%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) SCADA
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (88.10%) Project Management
2 32 (76.19%) PRINCE2
3 27 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (59.52%) Agile
5 13 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (26.19%) ERP
6 11 (26.19%) Project Delivery
7 10 (23.81%) Process Improvement
8 8 (19.05%) Coaching
8 8 (19.05%) People Management
8 8 (19.05%) Project Governance
8 8 (19.05%) Risk Management
9 7 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
9 7 (16.67%) Migration
10 6 (14.29%) Change Management
10 6 (14.29%) Programme Management
10 6 (14.29%) Project Planning
10 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (14.29%) Time Management
11 5 (11.90%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (76.19%) PMI Certification
2 20 (47.62%) Degree
3 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 4 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.14%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.76%) APMP
6 2 (4.76%) CISSP
6 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.38%) CISA
7 1 (2.38%) CISM
7 1 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.38%) MBA
7 1 (2.38%) PgMP
7 1 (2.38%) SAP Certification
7 1 (2.38%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (2.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (2.38%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
3 1 (2.38%) COBIT
3 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) ISO 14001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.38%) PMBOK
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) SAP
2 2 (4.76%) Cramer
2 2 (4.76%) Databricks
2 2 (4.76%) Google
2 2 (4.76%) Infoblox
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
2 2 (4.76%) Remedy
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco
3 1 (2.38%) IBM
3 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow