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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 169 180
Rank change year-on-year +50 +11 -34
Contract jobs citing PMP 36 31 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.22% 0.55% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.04% 1.23% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 23
10th Percentile £400 £416 £430
25th Percentile £438 £459 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +0.88% +25.27%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £625
90th Percentile £725 £723 £685
England median daily rate £530 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -3.64% +0.92% +10.27%
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 £53.75
% change year-on-year +188.46% -51.63% +20.79%

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 1,183 2,519 2,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 39.95% 44.87% 36.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 1,454 1,334
10th Percentile £263 £350 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £619
90th Percentile £675 £734 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 218 136
10th Percentile £18.65 £17.74 £19.00
25th Percentile £28.00 £28.13 £42.50
Median hourly rate £55.88 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.94 £70.00 £72.77
90th Percentile £78.24 £87.46 £76.37
England median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +37.50%

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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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +40 14 £463 -7.50% 16
Hampshire +39 13 £479 +19.69% 14
Berkshire +33 12 £463 -2.63% 7
Surrey +19 3 £513 -6.82% 2
West Sussex +11 3 £525 -8.70% 6
Buckinghamshire +9 1 £225 -65.12% 7
Oxfordshire +2 1 £500 - 3
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 (2.78%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.78%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (5.56%) GCP
2 2 (5.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.78%) Asana
3 1 (2.78%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) MPLS
1 1 (2.78%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Power BI
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau
2 1 (2.78%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (2.78%) BigQuery
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.78%) GIS
2 1 (2.78%) QlikView
2 1 (2.78%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 17 (47.22%) Finance
1 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Manufacturing
4 5 (13.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.33%) Aerospace
5 3 (8.33%) Aviation
5 3 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Agriculture
6 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Automotive
7 1 (2.78%) Electronics
7 1 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (2.78%) Military
7 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (55.56%) Project Manager
2 7 (19.44%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 7 (19.44%) ERP Manager
2 7 (19.44%) Implementation Manager
3 3 (8.33%) Financial Services Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) HR Manager
4 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Lead
4 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Manager
4 2 (5.56%) OSS Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Payroll Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Programme Manager
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Transformation Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 4 (11.11%) PMI
2 2 (5.56%) Life Science
2 2 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.78%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (2.78%) IoT
3 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) SCADA
3 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (91.67%) Project Management
2 29 (80.56%) PRINCE2
3 24 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (61.11%) Agile
5 11 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (30.56%) Project Delivery
6 10 (27.78%) Process Improvement
7 9 (25.00%) ERP
8 8 (22.22%) Coaching
8 8 (22.22%) People Management
8 8 (22.22%) Project Governance
9 7 (19.44%) Impact Analysis
10 6 (16.67%) Change Management
10 6 (16.67%) Project Planning
10 6 (16.67%) Scrum
10 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (16.67%) Time Management
11 5 (13.89%) PLM
11 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
11 5 (13.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (75.00%) PMI Certification
2 17 (47.22%) Degree
3 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.56%) CISSP
6 2 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.78%) APMP
7 1 (2.78%) CISA
7 1 (2.78%) CISM
7 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.78%) PgMP
7 1 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.78%) SAP Certification
7 1 (2.78%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (2.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (2.78%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.78%) COBIT
3 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) ISO 14001
3 1 (2.78%) NIST
3 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.78%) PMBOK
3 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) SAP
2 2 (5.56%) Cramer
2 2 (5.56%) Infoblox
2 2 (5.56%) Remedy
3 1 (2.78%) Cisco
3 1 (2.78%) IBM
3 1 (2.78%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow