P3M3 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring P3M3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 334 383
Rank change year-on-year -95 +49 -
Contract jobs citing P3M3 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 £850 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £900 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% -
75th Percentile £775 £950 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £900 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

P3M3 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,496 11,513 17,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.10% 90.45% 84.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,734 7,198 10,233
10th Percentile £300 £235 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -4.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £581 £600
90th Percentile £681 £656 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,051 824 2,051
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.20 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.30 £15.24
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.78 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.59% -32.17% +8.57%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

P3M3
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3M3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

P3M3 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

P3M3
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing P3M3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing P3M3

P3M3
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 P3M3 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
East of England -29 1 £750 -16.67% 2
P3M3
UK

P3M3
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow