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 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 104 149
Rank change year-on-year -15 +45 +3
Contract jobs citing PMP 24 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.71% 0.53% 0.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.62% 0.98% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 4
10th Percentile £448 £411 £378
25th Percentile £450 £413 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £544
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -21.84% +8.75%
75th Percentile £610 £438 £558
90th Percentile £703 £455 £571
England median daily rate £536 £528 £550
% change year-on-year +1.66% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £81.25 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +188.46% -51.63%

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 1,485 920 1,780
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.79% 54.53% 54.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 572 1,144
10th Percentile £340 £220 £363
25th Percentile £431 £414 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - -6.30%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £663
90th Percentile £706 £700 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 96 192
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £21.26
25th Percentile £21.33 £18.87 £40.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £37.50 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -40.94% -2.31%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.14 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.52 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +46.22% -18.75% -25.93%

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

PMP
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

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the South West over the 6 months to 29 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the South West

PMP
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

PMP
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 May 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
Wiltshire - 10 £600 -
Bristol -22 8 £450 +5.88% 1
Devon - 3 £825 -
Somerset - 3 £469 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (8.33%) Trello
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (29.17%) NetSuite
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle Payables
1 7 (29.17%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Asana
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) 3G
1 5 (20.83%) 4G
1 5 (20.83%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) General Ledger
3 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 7 (29.17%) Consultant
2 7 (29.17%) Implementation Consultant
3 6 (25.00%) Lead
3 6 (25.00%) Lead Consultant
3 6 (25.00%) NetSuite Consultant
4 5 (20.83%) Telecoms Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 5 (20.83%) Transformation Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Delivery Project Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (8.33%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Manager
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) PMI
1 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 18 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (54.17%) Agile
3 11 (45.83%) Budget Management
3 11 (45.83%) Project Management
4 10 (41.67%) Risk Management
5 9 (37.50%) Change Management
6 7 (29.17%) Budgeting
6 7 (29.17%) Change Control
6 7 (29.17%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (25.00%) Workflow
8 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (20.83%) Technology Enablement
9 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 4 (16.67%) ERP
9 4 (16.67%) ITIL
9 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
10 3 (12.50%) Migration
10 3 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 7 (29.17%) ACCA
2 7 (29.17%) CIMA
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
3 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (8.33%) SAP Certification
7 1 (4.17%) APMP
7 1 (4.17%) CBAP
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) HL7
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
2 1 (4.17%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) JD Edwards
3 2 (8.33%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow