APMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 310 346 398
Rank change year-on-year +36 +52 +36
Contract jobs citing APMP 26 53 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.69% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 54
10th Percentile £413 £58 £358
25th Percentile £450 £157 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £506 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -0.74% +7.37%
75th Percentile £556 £609 £587
90th Percentile £589 £735 £625
UK median daily rate £468 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -15.00% +7.84% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.00% -60.00%
UK median hourly rate £62.00 £26.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +138.46% -35.00% -10.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the UK excluding London

APMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing APMP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for APMP in the UK excluding London

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the UK excluding London

APMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing APMP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for APMP in the UK excluding London

APMP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +25 11 £438 -16.67% 5
Yorkshire - 10 £438 - 3
South East +44 9 £513 +772.04% 9
Scotland +13 3 £436 -6.93%
Midlands +18 2 £581 - 3
West Midlands +13 2 £581 - 3
South West +19 1 £763 +29.79% 2
North West +13 1 - - 2
APMP
UK

APMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (19.23%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
1 1 (3.85%) OCI
1 1 (3.85%) PaaS
1 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Local Government
4 2 (7.69%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Project Manager
2 8 (30.77%) Technical Manager
3 6 (23.08%) Bid Manager
3 6 (23.08%) Bid Writer
4 5 (19.23%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (19.23%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 4 (15.38%) Network Delivery Manager
5 4 (15.38%) Senior
6 3 (11.54%) Healthcare Manager
6 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
6 3 (11.54%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Bid Writer
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Writer
7 2 (7.69%) Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Business Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Project Controller
8 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Manager
8 1 (3.85%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) ADO
1 1 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Agile
2 14 (53.85%) Project Management
3 13 (50.00%) PRINCE2
4 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (23.08%) Storyboarding
6 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Cost Control
7 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 4 (15.38%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 4 (15.38%) Supplier Management
8 3 (11.54%) Change Management
8 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
9 2 (7.69%) Coaching
9 2 (7.69%) Contract Management
9 2 (7.69%) DevSecOps
9 2 (7.69%) Order Management
9 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (7.69%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) PMP
1 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.54%) ISEB
3 3 (11.54%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) P3O
1 2 (7.69%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) CheckPoint
2 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) IFS
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.85%) Openreach
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Snow