PQQ Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PQQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 340 392
Rank change year-on-year -82 +52 +89
Contract jobs citing PQQ 5 7 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.052% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.058% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 12
10th Percentile £490 - £516
25th Percentile £535 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £580 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £790
UK median daily rate £560 £580 £700
% change year-on-year -3.45% -17.14% +55.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.13 -
UK median hourly rate - £27.13 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

PQQ 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 17,073 12,036 18,062
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.97% 89.69% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,375 7,220 11,184
10th Percentile £250 £231 £250
25th Percentile £390 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,829 657 1,789
10th Percentile £14.36 £15.50 £13.04
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.76 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% -9.26% -
75th Percentile £60.90 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.87 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.46% -6.26% -

PQQ
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PQQ job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PQQ
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PQQ
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PQQ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PQQ

PQQ
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 PQQ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
South East - 4 £560 - 4
South West -23 1 - - 1
PQQ
UK

PQQ
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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Commercial Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Bid Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development
1 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Information Capture
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (20.00%) Presales
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (20.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (20.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
1 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) APMP
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner