APMG Contracts

APMG (APM Group)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for APMG qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 568 686
Rank change year-on-year +64 +118 +142
Contract jobs citing APMG 16 14 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.032% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 24
10th Percentile £400 £419 £497
25th Percentile £447 £472 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £595
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% -3.36% +8.18%
75th Percentile £556 £656 £659
90th Percentile £593 £713 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £606 £545
% change year-on-year -21.65% +11.24% +25.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

APMG 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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

APMG
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing APMG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for APMG in the UK

APMG
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing APMG.

Daily rate trend for APMG in the UK

APMG
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMG over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for APMG in the UK

APMG
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMG within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 13 £488 -13.33% 7
UK excluding London +63 11 £475 -21.65% 7
Work from Home +50 10 £513 -10.87% 4
North of England +21 4 £450 -29.41% 3
South East +48 3 - -
North West +18 3 £400 -37.25% 3
London +37 2 £550 +25.71% 1
East of England - 2 £475 - 1
South West +44 1 £475 -13.64%
Midlands +21 1 £623 -11.07% 2
West Midlands +13 1 £623 -11.07% 1
North East - 1 £550 -

APMG
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.25%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (6.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Business Change Consultant
1 6 (37.50%) Business Consultant
1 6 (37.50%) Change Consultant
1 6 (37.50%) Consultant
2 5 (31.25%) Lead
3 4 (25.00%) Change Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Change Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Coordinator
5 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Change Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Test Coordinator
5 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Change Management
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (18.75%) Line Management
4 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 2 (12.50%) Agile
5 2 (12.50%) Business Case
5 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 2 (12.50%) ERP
5 2 (12.50%) Information Management
5 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) Project Management
6 1 (6.25%) Migration
6 1 (6.25%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) BC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (6.25%) Workday