PgMP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PMI Program Management Professional (PgMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PgMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 355 410
Rank change year-on-year -28 +55 +83
Contract jobs citing PgMP 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.020% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.060% 0.058% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - £660 £583
25th Percentile £663 £675 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £700 £594
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +17.89% +7.95%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £598
90th Percentile - £740 £599
UK median daily rate £675 £650 £594
% change year-on-year +3.85% +9.47% +9.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PgMP 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 6,674 5,134 7,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.78% 34.56% 36.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,146 3,077 4,364
10th Percentile £255 £229 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -5.58% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £638
90th Percentile £703 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 868 393 605
10th Percentile £16.15 £18.53 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £52.21
Median % change year-on-year -41.35% -17.86% +16.79%
75th Percentile £48.75 £67.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £73.90 £75.00 £79.78
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

PgMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PgMP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PgMP
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PgMP
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 PgMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
South East -13 4 £675 -3.57%
PgMP
UK

PgMP
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (75.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) Apple Pay
2 2 (50.00%) Google Pay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Tableau
2 1 (25.00%) DTS
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Wallet
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) Fintech
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) People Management
2 3 (75.00%) Portfolio Management
2 3 (75.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Release Train
2 3 (75.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Compliance Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Business Forecasting
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (100.00%) PMP
2 3 (75.00%) OCP
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Samsung