PMP Contracts in England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 430 380
Rank change year-on-year +110 -50 +30
Contract jobs citing PMP 228 234 481
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.49% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.03% 1.76% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 167 337
10th Percentile £365 £403 £363
25th Percentile £438 £458 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £637 £650 £575
90th Percentile £729 £735 £644
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £490
% change year-on-year +4.76% +7.14% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 38
10th Percentile £22.34 £34.90 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £37.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £62.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +40.45% +61.82%
75th Percentile £27.25 £75.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £60.00 - £52.54
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -58.40% +40.45% +61.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

PMP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,227 13,261 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.86% 27.52% 21.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,936 8,905 10,075
10th Percentile £313 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £715
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 968 682 681
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.31 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +29.63% +6.58%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.06 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
% change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +90 115 £570 +3.64% 56
South East +14 30 £563 +5.14% 33
North of England +30 28 £500 -4.76% 25
Midlands +33 23 £475 -12.04% 18
West Midlands +34 20 £488 -7.14% 11
North West +26 17 £398 -23.28% 14
East of England +7 10 £550 +4.76% 12
South West +10 7 £544 +8.75% 9
Yorkshire +6 6 £513 -2.38% 8
East Midlands +11 3 £463 -31.48% 7
North East - 3 £600 - 4
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) Confluence
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (13.60%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (11.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.88%) CA PPM
2 2 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.88%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.44%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.44%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.44%) Primavera
3 1 (0.44%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.77%) SaaS
2 18 (7.89%) Azure
3 14 (6.14%) IaaS
3 14 (6.14%) PaaS
4 13 (5.70%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.07%) AWS
6 6 (2.63%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.32%) OCI
8 2 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.44%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.44%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.44%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.32%) LAN
1 3 (1.32%) Network Security
1 3 (1.32%) SAN
1 3 (1.32%) SD-WAN
1 3 (1.32%) Unified Communications
1 3 (1.32%) WAN
2 2 (0.88%) SNA
2 2 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (0.88%) Wireless
3 1 (0.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.44%) IMAP
3 1 (0.44%) Intranet
3 1 (0.44%) SNMP
3 1 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.63%) Power BI
2 3 (1.32%) MySQL
2 3 (1.32%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.88%) EDMS
3 2 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.44%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 16 (7.02%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
General
1 101 (44.30%) Social Skills
2 82 (35.96%) Finance
3 34 (14.91%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.53%) Banking
5 18 (7.89%) Legal
6 17 (7.46%) Military
6 17 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.14%) Marketing
7 14 (6.14%) Public Sector
8 13 (5.70%) Retail
9 12 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 11 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.95%) Aerospace
12 9 (3.95%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.63%) German Language
13 6 (2.63%) Mandarin Language
14 5 (2.19%) Dutch Language
14 5 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 102 (44.74%) Project Manager
2 23 (10.09%) IT Manager
3 20 (8.77%) Delivery Manager
4 17 (7.46%) IT Project Manager
5 15 (6.58%) Programme Manager
5 15 (6.58%) Scrum Master
5 15 (6.58%) Senior
5 15 (6.58%) Senior Manager
5 15 (6.58%) Technical Manager
6 14 (6.14%) Senior Project Manager
7 13 (5.70%) Lead
8 11 (4.82%) Security Manager
9 9 (3.95%) SAP Manager
10 6 (2.63%) Consultant
10 6 (2.63%) SAP Project Manager
10 6 (2.63%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (2.19%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (2.19%) PMO Lead
11 5 (2.19%) Security Project Manager
12 4 (1.75%) Technical Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.07%) CSS
1 7 (3.07%) HTML
2 5 (2.19%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.75%) REST
3 4 (1.75%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.32%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.88%) ADO
5 2 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.09%) PMI
2 17 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (6.14%) Virtual Team
4 13 (5.70%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.95%) Mobile Banking
6 7 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.19%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.32%) FMCG
9 3 (1.32%) NHS
9 3 (1.32%) Robotics
10 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.88%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.44%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.44%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.44%) Linux
1 1 (0.44%) Windows
1 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (71.93%) Project Management
2 134 (58.77%) PRINCE2
3 100 (43.86%) Agile
4 69 (30.26%) Project Delivery
5 50 (21.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 49 (21.49%) Scrum
7 48 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (19.30%) Decision-Making
9 36 (15.79%) Risk Management
10 32 (14.04%) Programme Management
10 32 (14.04%) Waterfall
11 27 (11.84%) Change Management
12 25 (10.96%) Business Case
13 22 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (9.21%) DevOps
14 21 (9.21%) Project Planning
15 20 (8.77%) Computer Science
16 19 (8.33%) Budget Management
17 18 (7.89%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.95%) SQL
2 7 (3.07%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.75%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 194 (85.09%) PMI Certification
2 81 (35.53%) Degree
3 40 (17.54%) Security Cleared
4 35 (15.35%) SC Cleared
5 17 (7.46%) APMP
5 17 (7.46%) DV Cleared
6 16 (7.02%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 10 (4.39%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (3.07%) PgMP
11 6 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (2.19%) CISSP
13 4 (1.75%) APMG
14 3 (1.32%) CISM
14 3 (1.32%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 3 (1.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 2 (0.88%) CAPM
15 2 (0.88%) CISA
15 2 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (14.04%) PMO
2 14 (6.14%) QA
3 6 (2.63%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.75%) PMBOK
5 3 (1.32%) P3O
6 2 (0.88%) GDPR
6 2 (0.88%) GxP
6 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.44%) COBIT
7 1 (0.44%) COREP
7 1 (0.44%) GAMP
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) NIST
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 41 (17.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.65%) Salesforce
3 18 (7.89%) SAP
4 17 (7.46%) Oracle
5 14 (6.14%) Google
6 4 (1.75%) Guidewire
6 4 (1.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 4 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.32%) Cisco
8 2 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.88%) VMware
9 1 (0.44%) Apple
9 1 (0.44%) Ariba
9 1 (0.44%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.44%) iManage
9 1 (0.44%) NCR
9 1 (0.44%) Planview
9 1 (0.44%) Progress