PQQ Contract Job Trends in the South East

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring PQQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PQQ 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.083% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £490 - £466
25th Percentile £535 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - £488
75th Percentile - - £497
90th Percentile - - £499
England median daily rate £560 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

PQQ falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,020 2,879 4,827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 83.66% 90.76% 87.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,637 1,777 2,935
10th Percentile £259 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £600 £610 £613
90th Percentile £694 £670 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 355 110 357
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.28 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £24.18 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.94 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% -7.49% +5.56%
75th Percentile £59.00 £62.50 £63.00
90th Percentile £83.45 £75.05 £76.92
England median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.26% - -

PQQ
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PQQ job vacancy trend in the South East

PQQ
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PQQ
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

PQQ
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 PQQ within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
Thames Valley - 3 £560 - 3
Buckinghamshire - 2 £560 -
Berkshire - 1 £460 - 1
PQQ
England

PQQ
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Military
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Presales
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner