APMP Contract Job Trends 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 6 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 117 132
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +26
Contract jobs citing APMP 7 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.34% 0.28% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.86% 0.74% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £515 - £460
25th Percentile £527 £450 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £463 £675
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -31.48% +32.35%
75th Percentile £700 £510 £700
90th Percentile £738 £534 £750
South East median daily rate £575 £510 £650
% change year-on-year +12.75% -21.54% +27.45%

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 815 813 1,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.11% 38.24% 41.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 493 668
10th Percentile £255 £250 £210
25th Percentile £367 £398 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.39% +4.50%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £623
90th Percentile £633 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 42 66
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.93 £24.38
25th Percentile £20.50 £41.66 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.69 £60.89
Median % change year-on-year -57.15% -3.62% +189.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.73 £68.63
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.35 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

APMP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing APMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing APMP

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing APMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing APMP

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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 6 December 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 0 4 £650 +44.44% 2
Buckinghamshire +9 3 £515 +5.91%
APMP
South East

APMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Manager
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Construction Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (42.86%) Energy Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Map
4 2 (28.57%) Contingency Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (28.57%) Network Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 7 (100.00%) PMP
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) MAPM
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) PMO
2 2 (28.57%) GMP