P3M3 Contract Job Trends

Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring P3M3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 584 - 592
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing P3M3 2 0 19
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 14
10th Percentile - - £610
25th Percentile £725 - £941
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £1,100
75th Percentile £775 - £1,150
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 - £1,100

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

P3M3 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,245 30,148 39,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 88.48% 87.93% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,297 18,397 26,233
10th Percentile £300 £306 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £531
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,086 1,007 1,510
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.62 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.53 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.85 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £32.39 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.99% -27.21% +39.06%

P3M3
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing P3M3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

P3M3 job vacancy trend in the UK

P3M3
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing P3M3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing P3M3

P3M3
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing P3M3 within the UK over the 6 months to 15 December 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
East of England - 1 £750 -
UK excluding London - 1 £750 -
England - 1 £750 -

P3M3
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Management
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow