PMP Contract Job Trends in the South West

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 109 138
Rank change year-on-year -13 +29 +38
Contract jobs citing PMP 3 24 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.13% 1.05% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 2.04% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 22 11
10th Percentile £414 - £356
25th Percentile £416 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +7.89% +5.56%
75th Percentile £466 £756 £588
90th Percentile £471 - £734
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +3.68%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,277 1,174 1,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.98% 51.15% 56.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 722 1,084
10th Percentile £263 £350 £377
25th Percentile £450 £461 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £744 £750 £726
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 84 181
10th Percentile £17.90 £30.00 £36.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £57.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £66.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.89% +5.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.56 £78.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PMP 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 PMP.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 PMP within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol -7 2 £425 - 2
Devon - 1 £450 - 3
PMP
England

PMP
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Asana
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Order to Cash
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (33.33%) Record to Report
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) Revenue Recognition
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow