PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 445 380
Rank change year-on-year +140 -65 +61
Contract jobs citing PMP 301 281 609
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.47% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.26% 1.73% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 196 426
10th Percentile £381 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £625 £639 £575
90th Percentile £708 £788 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £513 £450
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 12 43
10th Percentile £23.75 £37.50 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £41.25 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £65.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +46.07% +61.82%
75th Percentile £40.94 £73.13 £49.25
90th Percentile £81.78 £75.00 £62.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £68.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -39.79% +8.80% +133.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,313 16,288 19,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.29% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,187 10,860 12,550
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.42%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.47% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 849 780
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.71
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +29.16% +8.01%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.57 £32.37
% change year-on-year -17.41% +53.14% -11.44%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the UK

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the UK

PMP
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +97 236 £550 - 176
UK excluding London +89 136 £525 +2.44% 120
Work from Home +119 120 £550 +10.00% 69
London +83 117 £575 +4.55% 63
South East +23 36 £545 +9.00% 36
North of England +32 26 £488 -7.14% 34
Midlands +38 21 £475 -5.00% 22
West Midlands +32 18 £475 -7.32% 14
North West +25 18 £398 -23.28% 26
Scotland +37 16 £500 +11.11% 7
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
South West +15 12 £550 +15.79% 11
East of England +4 9 £550 -4.35% 11
East Midlands +19 3 £463 - 8
Yorkshire +14 3 £500 -4.76% 7
North East - 3 £600 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (7.31%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.66%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (9.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (7.31%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.65%) Acrobat
5 4 (1.33%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.00%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.66%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.33%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.33%) iTrent
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.98%) Azure
1 21 (6.98%) SaaS
2 15 (4.98%) Google Workspace
3 14 (4.65%) IaaS
3 14 (4.65%) PaaS
4 7 (2.33%) AWS
5 4 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.00%) OCI
6 3 (1.00%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.33%) Apple Pay
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.33%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.33%) Google Pay
7 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.33%) Smartsheet
7 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.33%) Network Security
2 6 (1.99%) Firewall
3 5 (1.66%) SAN
3 5 (1.66%) SNA
3 5 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.66%) VPN
4 4 (1.33%) DHCP
4 4 (1.33%) DNS
4 4 (1.33%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.33%) VLAN
5 3 (1.00%) LAN
5 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.00%) WAN
5 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.66%) 4G
6 2 (0.66%) 5G
6 2 (0.66%) BGP
6 2 (0.66%) MPLS
6 2 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (1.00%) Power BI
2 2 (0.66%) DB2
2 2 (0.66%) EDMS
3 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.33%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 30 (9.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 142 (47.18%) Social Skills
2 97 (32.23%) Finance
3 57 (18.94%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.64%) Marketing
5 23 (7.64%) Legal
6 21 (6.98%) Military
7 20 (6.64%) Banking
8 19 (6.31%) Public Sector
9 18 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (5.65%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.98%) Retail
11 15 (4.98%) Telecoms
12 13 (4.32%) Aerospace
12 13 (4.32%) Local Government
13 12 (3.99%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
14 10 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (1.99%) German Language
15 6 (1.99%) Mandarin Language
16 5 (1.66%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 135 (44.85%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.30%) Senior
2 28 (9.30%) Senior Manager
3 27 (8.97%) IT Manager
4 24 (7.97%) Delivery Manager
5 19 (6.31%) IT Project Manager
5 19 (6.31%) Programme Manager
5 19 (6.31%) Technical Manager
6 17 (5.65%) Lead
7 16 (5.32%) Scrum Master
8 15 (4.98%) Security Manager
8 15 (4.98%) Senior Project Manager
9 12 (3.99%) SAP Manager
10 11 (3.65%) Bid Manager
10 11 (3.65%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.32%) Project Controller
12 9 (2.99%) Senior Bid Manager
12 9 (2.99%) Technical Project Manager
13 8 (2.66%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 7 (2.33%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.66%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.33%) CSS
2 4 (1.33%) HTML
2 4 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.33%) REST
2 4 (1.33%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.00%) ADO
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.63%) PMI
2 17 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.32%) Management Information System
3 16 (5.32%) Virtual Team
4 12 (3.99%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.99%) Mobile Banking
7 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.33%) FMCG
9 4 (1.33%) NHS
9 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.00%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.00%) Robotics
11 2 (0.66%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.66%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.66%) LPAR
12 1 (0.33%) Reinsurance
12 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.66%) zOS
2 1 (0.33%) AIX
2 1 (0.33%) Linux
2 1 (0.33%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (75.75%) Project Management
2 176 (58.47%) PRINCE2
3 118 (39.20%) Agile
4 100 (33.22%) Project Delivery
5 76 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (23.92%) Stakeholder Management
7 59 (19.60%) Risk Management
8 56 (18.60%) Decision-Making
9 55 (18.27%) Scrum
10 42 (13.95%) Waterfall
11 36 (11.96%) Programme Management
12 34 (11.30%) Budget Management
13 31 (10.30%) Business Case
13 31 (10.30%) Change Management
14 30 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (9.30%) Project Planning
16 26 (8.64%) DevOps
17 25 (8.31%) Migration
17 25 (8.31%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.99%) SQL
2 4 (1.33%) Apex Code
2 4 (1.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 242 (80.40%) PMI Certification
2 108 (35.88%) Degree
3 68 (22.59%) Security Cleared
4 57 (18.94%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 19 (6.31%) APMP
6 19 (6.31%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.32%) CISSP
9 10 (3.32%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.33%) CISM
11 6 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.99%) PgMP
12 5 (1.66%) CCNA
13 4 (1.33%) APMG
13 4 (1.33%) CEH
14 3 (1.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 3 (1.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.96%) PMO
2 27 (8.97%) QA
3 5 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.00%) PMBOK
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) GxP
5 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.33%) COBIT
6 1 (0.33%) COREP
6 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.33%) GAMP
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.33%) P3O
6 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.33%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.64%) SAP
3 22 (7.31%) Salesforce
4 19 (6.31%) Oracle
5 16 (5.32%) Google
6 11 (3.65%) Adobe
7 7 (2.33%) Cisco
8 6 (1.99%) Ariba
9 4 (1.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (1.00%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.00%) Guidewire
10 3 (1.00%) IBM
10 3 (1.00%) VMware
11 2 (0.66%) Apple
11 2 (0.66%) Planview
12 1 (0.33%) BT
12 1 (0.33%) DocuSign
12 1 (0.33%) iManage
12 1 (0.33%) Infor
12 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow