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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 252 230 280
Rank change year-on-year -22 +50 +48
Contract jobs citing PMP 123 141 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 0.77% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 2.14% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 90 97
10th Percentile £410 £387 £433
25th Percentile £450 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £708 £750 £693
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 19 10
10th Percentile £54.75 £35.94 £35.73
25th Percentile £60.00 - £38.38
Median hourly rate £75.00 £40.94 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +83.19% -30.31% +8.80%
75th Percentile - £74.38 £74.38
90th Percentile - £77.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £40.94 £58.75
% change year-on-year +64.88% -30.31% -6.75%

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 5,430 6,588 7,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.30% 36.07% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 3,986 4,576
10th Percentile £220 £298 £300
25th Percentile £399 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 661 747 520
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.19 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -8.46% +15.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.70 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +38 44 £530 -7.83% 60
North of England -29 30 £563 +7.14% 32
Midlands -7 20 £550 +15.79% 30
North West -3 17 £550 +35.80% 16
West Midlands -7 15 £525 +0.96% 21
Yorkshire -27 12 £595 +13.33% 12
South West +20 9 £425 -21.84% 7
East of England +11 8 £613 +11.36% 22
Scotland -14 7 £465 -7.00% 18
Northern Ireland -7 6 £588 - 6
East Midlands +1 5 £625 +88.68% 9
North East -1 1 £550 -8.33% 5
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 6 (4.88%) Confluence
2 4 (3.25%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.44%) CMS
3 3 (2.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.81%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (5.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.88%) Trello
4 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.81%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.50%) Smartsheet
2 4 (3.25%) Asana
3 3 (2.44%) Azure
3 3 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.63%) AWS
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.63%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.81%) GCP
5 1 (0.81%) Lucidchart
5 1 (0.81%) OCI
5 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.81%) SaaS
5 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.50%) 5G
2 2 (1.63%) Wireless
3 1 (0.81%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.44%) GIS
1 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.81%) DTS
3 1 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (21.14%) JIRA
General
1 73 (59.35%) Social Skills
2 54 (43.90%) Finance
3 25 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (18.70%) Legal
5 14 (11.38%) Telecoms
6 12 (9.76%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.32%) Banking
8 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
9 7 (5.69%) Billing
10 5 (4.07%) Automotive
10 5 (4.07%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (4.07%) Retail
11 4 (3.25%) Aerospace
12 3 (2.44%) Aviation
12 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (2.44%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.44%) Investment Banking
12 3 (2.44%) Marketing
13 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (56.10%) Project Manager
2 12 (9.76%) Senior
3 11 (8.94%) IT Manager
4 10 (8.13%) Lead
5 9 (7.32%) ERP Manager
5 9 (7.32%) Implementation Manager
6 8 (6.50%) OSS Project Manager
6 8 (6.50%) Telecoms Manager
6 8 (6.50%) Telecoms Project Manager
7 7 (5.69%) Analyst
7 7 (5.69%) ERP Implementation Manager
7 7 (5.69%) IT Project Manager
8 6 (4.88%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.88%) Senior Project Manager
9 5 (4.07%) SAP Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Technical Manager
9 5 (4.07%) Technical Project Manager
10 4 (3.25%) Contracts Manager
10 4 (3.25%) Engineering Manager
10 4 (3.25%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.44%) .NET
1 3 (2.44%) .NET Framework
1 3 (2.44%) ASP.NET
1 3 (2.44%) MSMQ
2 2 (1.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) PMI
2 11 (8.94%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.88%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.44%) Educational Technology
4 3 (2.44%) Learning Management System
4 3 (2.44%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.44%) N-Tier
4 3 (2.44%) SCADA
4 3 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.44%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.63%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.81%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.81%) IoT
6 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.07%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) AIX
2 1 (0.81%) Android
2 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
2 1 (0.81%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (79.67%) Project Management
2 89 (72.36%) PRINCE2
3 75 (60.98%) Agile
4 69 (56.10%) Stakeholder Management
5 43 (34.96%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (31.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 33 (26.83%) Project Delivery
8 29 (23.58%) Change Management
9 24 (19.51%) Waterfall
10 23 (18.70%) Scrum
11 21 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (16.26%) Risk Management
13 19 (15.45%) Project Governance
14 18 (14.63%) ERP
15 16 (13.01%) ITIL
16 14 (11.38%) Budget Management
16 14 (11.38%) Process Improvement
17 13 (10.57%) CRM
17 13 (10.57%) Decision-Making
17 13 (10.57%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.44%) VB.NET
2 2 (1.63%) Python
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (81.30%) PMI Certification
2 55 (44.72%) Degree
3 8 (6.50%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.07%) CISSP
4 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.07%) Master's Degree
4 5 (4.07%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.44%) APMP
6 3 (2.44%) ISEB
6 3 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.63%) CBAP
7 2 (1.63%) PgMP
8 1 (0.81%) CAPM
8 1 (0.81%) CISA
8 1 (0.81%) CISM
8 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (15.45%) QA
2 10 (8.13%) PMO
3 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.25%) SLA
4 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.44%) GDPR
4 3 (2.44%) P3O
4 3 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 3 (2.44%) PMBOK
5 2 (1.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.81%) GRC
6 1 (0.81%) PSD2
6 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (6.50%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (9.76%) SAP
2 9 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.88%) Amdocs
3 6 (4.88%) Ciena
3 6 (4.88%) Ericsson
3 6 (4.88%) NetCracker
3 6 (4.88%) Nokia
4 5 (4.07%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.44%) Cisco
5 3 (2.44%) Oracle
5 3 (2.44%) Planview
5 3 (2.44%) Progress
6 2 (1.63%) Cramer
6 2 (1.63%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.63%) Remedy
6 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.81%) Civica
7 1 (0.81%) ESRI
7 1 (0.81%) Marketo
7 1 (0.81%) Sitecore