PMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 333 278
Rank change year-on-year +65 -55 +58
Contract jobs citing PMP 129 105 246
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.46% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.75% 1.40% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 77 193
10th Percentile £392 £420 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £550
90th Percentile £647 £685 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £494
% change year-on-year +4.76% +6.22% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 2
10th Percentile - £37.50 £49.88
25th Percentile £25.50 £41.00 £53.44
Median hourly rate £40.94 £62.50 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% -1.19% +136.45%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £74.44
90th Percentile £86.12 - £78.83
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £53.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.63% +20.79% +61.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,351 7,496 8,077
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.30% 32.71% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,294 5,005 5,256
10th Percentile £269 £292 £260
25th Percentile £425 £423 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £709 £675
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 596 537
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.81 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.33% +45.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £64.25 £66.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.23
% change year-on-year -27.27% +24.36% +21.82%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +33 30 £525 - 24
South East +17 30 £563 +5.14% 33
Midlands +28 23 £475 -12.04% 22
West Midlands +23 20 £488 -7.14% 11
North West +34 19 £440 -15.18% 13
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
Scotland +40 13 £550 +22.22% 10
East of England +11 10 £550 +4.76% 8
South West +7 7 £544 +11.54% 10
Yorkshire +14 6 £513 -4.65% 8
East Midlands +16 3 £463 -31.48% 11
North East - 3 £600 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (9.30%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (14.73%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (13.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (8.53%) Acrobat
5 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) CA PPM
1 2 (1.55%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.55%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.78%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.78%) iTrent
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.78%) Primavera
2 1 (0.78%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.78%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 13 (10.08%) SaaS
2 10 (7.75%) IaaS
2 10 (7.75%) PaaS
3 9 (6.98%) Azure
3 9 (6.98%) Google Workspace
4 5 (3.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.55%) AWS
6 2 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.55%) OCI
7 1 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.33%) Network Security
2 2 (1.55%) LAN
2 2 (1.55%) Wireless
3 1 (0.78%) SAN
3 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.78%) SNMP
3 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.78%) WAN
3 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.88%) Power BI
2 3 (2.33%) MySQL
2 3 (2.33%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.78%) IDMS
3 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (13.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (47.29%) Social Skills
2 40 (31.01%) Finance
3 16 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.40%) Legal
4 14 (10.85%) Marketing
5 11 (8.53%) Local Government
5 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.20%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.43%) Aerospace
7 7 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (5.43%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (4.65%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (4.65%) Military
9 3 (2.33%) Front Office
9 3 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.55%) Aviation
10 2 (1.55%) Banking
10 2 (1.55%) Games
10 2 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 60 (46.51%) Project Manager
2 15 (11.63%) Senior
2 15 (11.63%) Senior Manager
3 11 (8.53%) Bid Manager
4 10 (7.75%) IT Manager
5 9 (6.98%) IT Project Manager
5 9 (6.98%) Senior Bid Manager
6 8 (6.20%) Project Controller
7 6 (4.65%) Lead
7 6 (4.65%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Technical Manager
7 6 (4.65%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (3.88%) Security Manager
9 4 (3.10%) ERP Manager
9 4 (3.10%) ERP Project Manager
10 3 (2.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 3 (2.33%) Data Scientist
10 3 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.33%) SAP Manager
10 3 (2.33%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.88%) CSS
1 5 (3.88%) HTML
2 3 (2.33%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.55%) ADO
3 2 (1.55%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.55%) REST
3 2 (1.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) PMI
1 10 (7.75%) Virtual Team
2 9 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.10%) NHS
6 3 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.33%) Robotics
7 2 (1.55%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.78%) CCTV
8 1 (0.78%) Life Science
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (75.97%) Project Management
2 70 (54.26%) PRINCE2
3 42 (32.56%) Project Delivery
4 41 (31.78%) Agile
5 40 (31.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (17.83%) Risk Management
7 19 (14.73%) Scrum
8 17 (13.18%) Decision-Making
8 17 (13.18%) Waterfall
9 16 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (10.85%) Budget Management
11 14 (10.85%) Project Planning
11 14 (10.85%) Work Breakdown Structure
12 12 (9.30%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (9.30%) Migration
13 11 (8.53%) Resource Allocation
13 11 (8.53%) Value Proposition
14 10 (7.75%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.88%) JavaScript
1 5 (3.88%) SQL
2 2 (1.55%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 101 (78.29%) PMI Certification
2 48 (37.21%) Degree
3 27 (20.93%) Security Cleared
4 22 (17.05%) SC Cleared
5 12 (9.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (7.75%) APMP
7 7 (5.43%) DV Cleared
7 7 (5.43%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.55%) CCNP
9 2 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.55%) PgMP
10 1 (0.78%) CCNA
10 1 (0.78%) CISSP
10 1 (0.78%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.78%) PhD
10 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.78%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.08%) PMO
2 7 (5.43%) QA
3 4 (3.10%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.55%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.78%) GAMP
5 1 (0.78%) GxP
5 1 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.40%) Salesforce
3 12 (9.30%) Oracle
4 11 (8.53%) Adobe
5 9 (6.98%) Google
6 8 (6.20%) SAP
7 4 (3.10%) Guidewire
8 3 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.55%) Ariba
9 2 (1.55%) Cisco
9 2 (1.55%) Planview
9 2 (1.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.78%) Apple
10 1 (0.78%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.78%) Infor
10 1 (0.78%) MuleSoft