CAPM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CAPM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 372 375
Rank change year-on-year -92 +3 +46
Contract jobs citing CAPM 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.033% 0.019% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £378 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -18.18%
75th Percentile £433 - -
90th Percentile £449 - -
UK median daily rate £382 £413 £488
% change year-on-year -7.39% -15.38% -37.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CAPM 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 9,203 5,403 6,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.37% 35.08% 35.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,916 3,201 3,972
10th Percentile £313 £214 £298
25th Percentile £417 £393 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £600 £638
90th Percentile £711 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £526
% change year-on-year - -0.24% -4.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,138 664 743
10th Percentile £17.42 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.09
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% -47.05% -8.46%
75th Percentile £74.00 £50.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £87.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +102.78% -41.51% -21.82%

CAPM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAPM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CAPM job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CAPM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAPM

CAPM
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 CAPM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
Midlands -46 1 - - 1
West Midlands -51 1 - -
North of England - 1 £350 -
South East - 1 £460 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £350 -
CAPM
UK

CAPM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) ERP Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) AIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Solaris
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) PMP
3 1 (33.33%) CBAP
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow