APMP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 135 132
Rank change year-on-year +39 -3 +11
Contract jobs citing APMP 6 10 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.40% 0.37% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.91% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 14
10th Percentile - £55 £420
25th Percentile £450 £57 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £59 £505
Median % change year-on-year +772.04% -88.36% +12.22%
75th Percentile £544 £250 £525
90th Percentile £554 £595 £535
South East median daily rate £513 £59 £500
% change year-on-year +772.04% -88.25% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing APMP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for APMP in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing APMP in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for APMP in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +26 3 £450 +665.70% 2
Buckinghamshire +17 3 £543 - 1
APMP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Local Government
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (83.33%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
4 2 (33.33%) Product Management
4 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
4 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
5 1 (16.67%) Coaching
5 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) P3O
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) IFS
1 1 (16.67%) Snow