APMP Contract Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 100 136
Rank change year-on-year -12 +36 +18
Contract jobs citing APMP 8 28 17
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.40% 1.11% 0.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.75% 2.25% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 14
10th Percentile £595 £471 -
25th Percentile £674 £522 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £744 £588 £355
Median % change year-on-year +26.60% +65.49% -34.71%
75th Percentile £759 £625 £566
90th Percentile £765 £648 £593
England median daily rate £626 £525 £518
% change year-on-year +19.29% +1.45% -5.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £53.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +47.22% -
England median hourly rate - £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - +5.45% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,068 1,245 1,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 53.75% 49.44% 55.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 727 1,103
10th Percentile £213 £350 £395
25th Percentile £389 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £648 £672 £675
90th Percentile £738 £749 £729
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 104 175
10th Percentile £18.51 £35.38 £37.60
25th Percentile £20.82 £59.81 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +1.61%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

APMP job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in the South West over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Wiltshire +14 6 £645 +43.33% 2
Bristol +9 1 £750 - 4
Gloucestershire -11 1 £763 +27.08% 3
APMP
England

APMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Service Management Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Management Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 6 (75.00%) Project Management
3 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Change Management
3 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 5 (62.50%) ITIL
3 5 (62.50%) ITSM
3 5 (62.50%) Service Management
4 4 (50.00%) Business Strategy
4 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (25.00%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (12.50%) Epics
6 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
6 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
6 1 (12.50%) Scrum
6 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
1 1 (12.50%) BMC
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow