PMP Contracts 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 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 103 143 160
Rank change year-on-year +40 +17 -13
Contract jobs citing PMP 7 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 0.38% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.66% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £410 £338 £394
25th Percentile £413 £443 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +15.79% -4.52%
75th Percentile £444 £590 £523
90th Percentile £460 £654 £581
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67.00
Median hourly rate - - £68.00
75th Percentile - - £69.00
90th Percentile - - -
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 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 922 1,812 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.75% 56.66% 52.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 1,155 1,404
10th Percentile £250 £351 £388
25th Percentile £450 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
75th Percentile £631 £655 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 195 156
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.05 £38.53
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +5.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.45
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the South West

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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 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
Bristol +26 6 £425 +17.73% 5
Gloucestershire +14 1 £450 -25.00% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) 5G
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Billing
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) OSS Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) PMO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (71.43%) Scrum
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
4 4 (57.14%) CRM
4 4 (57.14%) Fault Management
4 4 (57.14%) Network Management
5 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Change Management
5 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
6 1 (14.29%) Coaching
6 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMBOK
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Amdocs
1 4 (57.14%) Ciena
1 4 (57.14%) Ericsson
1 4 (57.14%) NetCracker
1 4 (57.14%) Nokia