MAPM Contract Job Trends

Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for MAPM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 522 -
Rank change year-on-year -120 - -
Contract jobs citing MAPM 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.003% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.025% 0.011% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% - -
75th Percentile £614 £738 -
90th Percentile £630 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

MAPM 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 15,731 9,165 13,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.35% 30.95% 29.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,453 5,680 8,081
10th Percentile £350 £275 £310
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £624 £615 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £505 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,159 588 1,116
10th Percentile £17.08 £17.85 £13.99
25th Percentile £22.63 £21.00 £18.35
Median hourly rate £50.00 £30.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £72.25 £63.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £77.28 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £28.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +67.75% -31.71% -20.95%

MAPM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MAPM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

MAPM job vacancy trend in the UK

MAPM
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MAPM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MAPM

MAPM
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MAPM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MAPM

MAPM
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MAPM within the UK over the 6 months to 15 June 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
Work from Home -43 4 £575 -20.69% 2
England -104 4 £575 -20.69% 2
UK excluding London - 4 £575 - 1
South East - 3 £575 - 1
South West - 1 £621 -

MAPM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) PMI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Network Planning
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Process Management
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (100.00%) PMP
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) APMP
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) PMO