PMP Contract Job Trends 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 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 101 110
Rank change year-on-year -24 +9 +49
Contract jobs citing PMP 17 10 2
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.74% 0.60% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.01% 1.99% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 1
10th Percentile £418 £278 -
25th Percentile £450 £364 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £555
Median % change year-on-year +37.67% -28.02% +11.00%
75th Percentile £600 £542 £558
90th Percentile £718 £594 -
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £54.75 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £72.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year - +34.88% -2.27%

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 844 502 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 36.90% 29.92% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 332 338
10th Percentile £293 £213 £300
25th Percentile £417 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £675 £706 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 19 30
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.55 £17.46
25th Percentile £18.20 £19.25 £23.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £29.00 £34.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% -16.55% +78.21%
75th Percentile £25.15 £39.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £40.46 £52.50 £70.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £52.05
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.99% +15.67%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

PMP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

PMP
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the West Midlands

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP

PMP
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 25 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
Birmingham -1 8 £550 +175.00% 10
Warwickshire -7 6 £675 +37.61% 5
Coventry - 1 £388 - 7
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Shropshire - 1 £450 - 12
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (17.65%) Trello
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) SAP PM
1 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Asana
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) OpenShift
1 2 (11.76%) SaaS
1 2 (11.76%) Smartsheet
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) GCP
2 1 (5.88%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Legal
3 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.88%) Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Implementation Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
2 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Business Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Business Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Delivery Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Integration Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Integration Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Web Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Management Information System
2 3 (17.65%) Educational Technology
2 3 (17.65%) Learning Management System
2 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (11.76%) PMI
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Animation
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.88%) CMDB
4 1 (5.88%) SCADA
4 1 (5.88%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) AIX
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Solaris
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Project Management
2 13 (76.47%) PRINCE2
3 12 (70.59%) Agile
4 9 (52.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (35.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (29.41%) Change Management
7 5 (29.41%) Scrum
7 5 (29.41%) User Experience
8 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
9 3 (17.65%) Contract Negotiation
9 3 (17.65%) DevOps
9 3 (17.65%) Migration
9 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
9 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
9 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
10 2 (11.76%) ITIL
10 2 (11.76%) Validation
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) PMI Certification
2 12 (70.59%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) CAPM
3 1 (5.88%) CBAP
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (5.88%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) PMO
3 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.88%) NIST
3 1 (5.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Progress
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Sitecore