PMP Contract Job Trends in Southampton

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing PMP 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 2.06% 0.99% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.26% 3.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £320 - -
25th Percentile £333 £381 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £388 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% - -
75th Percentile £374 £394 -
90th Percentile £435 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +17.65% +3.03% -17.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 76 27 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 39.18% 26.73% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 14 37
10th Percentile £307 £175 £268
25th Percentile £456 £251 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £425 £517
Median % change year-on-year +25.88% -17.79% -6.00%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £675
90th Percentile £686 £636 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £551 £600
% change year-on-year +4.45% -8.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £45.63
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate £12.21 - £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +101.39%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £79.38
90th Percentile £60.49 - £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -59.76% +8.98% -4.42%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Southampton

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing PMP

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in Southampton over the 6 months to 31 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in Southampton

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) PMO Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) PMO Lead
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) PMO