PMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 257 353
Rank change year-on-year +25 +96 -80
Contract jobs citing PMP 107 137 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.66% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.36% 1.77% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 70 76
10th Percentile £376 £391 £406
25th Percentile £413 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £595
90th Percentile £738 £646 £703
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 27 9
10th Percentile £33.70 - £37.50
25th Percentile £60.00 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £40.94 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.19% -39.79% +8.80%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £75.00
90th Percentile - £86.12 -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PMP 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 4,539 7,720 7,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.63% 37.13% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,779 4,426 5,362
10th Percentile £213 £263 £275
25th Percentile £399 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £530 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £680 £720 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 409 934 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.20 £77.35 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
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 PMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +49 42 £513 -5.96% 51
North of England +26 25 £550 +10.00% 38
Midlands +18 15 £404 -15.05% 22
North West +7 14 £550 +38.19% 28
Scotland +4 11 £465 -7.00% 5
West Midlands +7 9 £297 -37.58% 9
South West +40 7 £425 -22.73% 6
East of England +31 7 £497 -9.64% 10
Yorkshire +17 6 £525 +2.44% 10
East Midlands +13 6 £414 -10.49% 11
North East +2 5 £575 -4.17%
PMP
UK

PMP
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 (4.67%) Confluence
2 2 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.93%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 18 (16.82%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (5.61%) Trello
3 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.80%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.87%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.93%) Maximo
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.48%) AWS
1 8 (7.48%) Azure
2 7 (6.54%) Asana
3 4 (3.74%) GCP
3 4 (3.74%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.80%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.87%) OCI
5 2 (1.87%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.87%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.93%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.93%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.93%) PaaS
6 1 (0.93%) SaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.74%) 5G
2 3 (2.80%) WAN
3 1 (0.93%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) LAN
3 1 (0.93%) MPLS
3 1 (0.93%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.87%) Data Lake
1 2 (1.87%) GIS
1 2 (1.87%) Power BI
1 2 (1.87%) Tableau
2 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.93%) Looker
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle ODI
2 1 (0.93%) QlikView
2 1 (0.93%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 19 (17.76%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
General
1 63 (58.88%) Social Skills
2 37 (34.58%) Finance
3 29 (27.10%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.28%) Telecoms
5 10 (9.35%) Manufacturing
6 8 (7.48%) Legal
7 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
8 6 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.67%) Automotive
9 5 (4.67%) Billing
10 4 (3.74%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.80%) Aviation
11 3 (2.80%) Banking
11 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.87%) Agriculture
12 2 (1.87%) Japanese Language
12 2 (1.87%) Marketing
12 2 (1.87%) Military
13 1 (0.93%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (51.40%) Project Manager
2 10 (9.35%) Lead
3 8 (7.48%) ERP Manager
3 8 (7.48%) Programme Manager
4 7 (6.54%) ERP Implementation Manager
4 7 (6.54%) Implementation Manager
5 6 (5.61%) IT Manager
5 6 (5.61%) IT Project Manager
5 6 (5.61%) OSS Project Manager
5 6 (5.61%) Telecoms Manager
5 6 (5.61%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 5 (4.67%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.74%) SAP Manager
7 4 (3.74%) SAP Project Manager
7 4 (3.74%) Transformation Manager
7 4 (3.74%) Transformation Project Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 3 (2.80%) Financial Services Project Manager
8 3 (2.80%) PMO Specialist
8 3 (2.80%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.87%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.93%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) PMI
2 7 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.80%) Life Science
4 3 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.87%) NHS
5 2 (1.87%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.93%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.93%) IoT
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.93%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.93%) SCADA
6 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Android
2 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (88.79%) Project Management
2 73 (68.22%) PRINCE2
3 61 (57.01%) Agile
4 58 (54.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (31.78%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (26.17%) Project Delivery
7 25 (23.36%) Risk Management
8 24 (22.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 23 (21.50%) Change Management
10 20 (18.69%) Waterfall
11 19 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (15.89%) Process Improvement
12 17 (15.89%) Scrum
13 14 (13.08%) Decision-Making
13 14 (13.08%) ERP
14 12 (11.21%) Coaching
14 12 (11.21%) Programme Management
14 12 (11.21%) Resource Allocation
15 11 (10.28%) Project Governance
15 11 (10.28%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.87%) SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (83.18%) PMI Certification
2 46 (42.99%) Degree
3 12 (11.21%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.48%) CISSP
4 8 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (7.48%) SC Cleared
5 6 (5.61%) Master's Degree
6 5 (4.67%) APMP
6 5 (4.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 5 (4.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.80%) CISM
8 3 (2.80%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.93%) CBAP
9 1 (0.93%) CIMA
9 1 (0.93%) CISA
9 1 (0.93%) MBA
9 1 (0.93%) MCP
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) PMO
1 11 (10.28%) QA
2 4 (3.74%) GDPR
2 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.80%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.93%) COBIT
5 1 (0.93%) GRC
5 1 (0.93%) HL7
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.93%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (5.61%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (10.28%) SAP
2 6 (5.61%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.67%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.74%) Amdocs
4 4 (3.74%) Ciena
4 4 (3.74%) Cisco
4 4 (3.74%) Ericsson
4 4 (3.74%) NetCracker
4 4 (3.74%) Nokia
5 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.87%) Cramer
6 2 (1.87%) Databricks
6 2 (1.87%) Google
6 2 (1.87%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.87%) Oracle
6 2 (1.87%) Planview
6 2 (1.87%) Remedy
7 1 (0.93%) IBM
7 1 (0.93%) Openreach
7 1 (0.93%) Palo Alto