PMP Contracts in the West Midlands

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 94 126
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +40
Contract jobs citing PMP 9 18 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.67% 0.93% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% 2.84% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 11
10th Percentile - - £425
25th Percentile £200 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £297 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year -37.58% -7.32% +17.14%
75th Percentile £456 £509 £572
90th Percentile £488 £549 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -42.22% -
75th Percentile - £26.50 £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +188.46% -60.00% +46.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 417 634 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.96% 32.66% 26.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 401 394
10th Percentile £150 £263 £313
25th Percentile £298 £358 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.69% +12.53%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £606
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 27
10th Percentile £16.97 £14.00 £11.60
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.16 £13.31
Median hourly rate £28.18 £28.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +50.00% +1.33%
75th Percentile £41.97 £49.38 £24.16
90th Percentile £59.40 £58.75 £60.90
England median hourly rate £46.30 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +15.75% -23.66% +39.73%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Birmingham +10 4 £200 -60.98% 4
Warwickshire 0 1 £393 - 1
Shropshire - 1 £500 -
PMP
England

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (33.33%) Trello
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Asana
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Coordinator
2 3 (33.33%) Project Coordinator
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
3 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Communications Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Digital
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Digital Transformation
4 1 (11.11%) Head of IT Security
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
4 1 (11.11%) IT Security Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Salesforce Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Deadline-Driven
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 3 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) MCP
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) PMBOK
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Planview
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce
1 1 (11.11%) SAP