APMP Contracts

Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for APMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 596 667
Rank change year-on-year +94 +71 +10
Contract jobs citing APMP 73 86 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.56% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 73 99
10th Percentile £234 £348 £410
25th Percentile £425 £425 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +3.81% +10.74%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £600
90th Percentile £616 £780 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £550 £509
% change year-on-year -10.57% +8.16% +7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 32
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -10.11% +14.84%
75th Percentile £26.50 - £49.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £40.00 £100.00
% change year-on-year -35.00% -60.00% +158.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

APMP 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 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +73 66 £510 -7.27% 39
UK excluding London +30 53 £492 -10.57% 25
South West +19 28 £588 +6.82% 3
Work from Home +119 26 £550 +22.22% 21
South East +5 13 £425 -19.01% 8
London +84 12 £525 +1.65% 16
Midlands +14 6 - - 1
North of England +27 5 £525 +16.67% 10
North West +25 5 £525 +16.67% 3
West Midlands +16 3 - - 1
East Midlands +1 3 - -
Scotland +32 1 - - 1

APMP
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:

Applications
1 51 (69.86%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (53.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (49.32%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (34.25%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (19.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Primavera
2 2 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.37%) Loan IQ
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.18%) SaaS
2 13 (17.81%) Google Workspace
2 13 (17.81%) IaaS
2 13 (17.81%) PaaS
3 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.37%) Azure
4 1 (1.37%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) DHCP
1 4 (5.48%) DNS
1 4 (5.48%) Firewall
1 4 (5.48%) Network Security
1 4 (5.48%) TCP/IP
1 4 (5.48%) VLAN
1 4 (5.48%) VPN
2 1 (1.37%) Intranet
2 1 (1.37%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (34.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
General
1 35 (47.95%) Finance
1 35 (47.95%) Social Skills
2 30 (41.10%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (32.88%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (19.18%) Legal
5 10 (13.70%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.11%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.74%) Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.37%) Law
8 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Lead
2 24 (32.88%) Project Leader
3 20 (27.40%) Project Manager
4 7 (9.59%) Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Construction Project Manager
6 4 (5.48%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.48%) Senior
7 2 (2.74%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 2 (2.74%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
8 1 (1.37%) Bid Coordinator
8 1 (1.37%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM Project Manager
8 1 (1.37%) Finance Manager
8 1 (1.37%) Network Delivery Manager
8 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 1 (1.37%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (1.37%) Support Officer
8 1 (1.37%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Self-Motivation
1 13 (17.81%) Virtual Team
2 4 (5.48%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (5.48%) PMI
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Derivative
5 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.37%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.37%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (71.23%) Project Management
2 50 (68.49%) PRINCE2
3 37 (50.68%) Project Delivery
4 36 (49.32%) Agile
5 34 (46.58%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (46.58%) Project Planning
6 32 (43.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 29 (39.73%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 25 (34.25%) Commercial Awareness
8 25 (34.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 24 (32.88%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 24 (32.88%) Data Management
10 14 (19.18%) Customer Requirements
11 10 (13.70%) Risk Management
12 7 (9.59%) Business Analysis
12 7 (9.59%) Scrum
13 6 (8.22%) Change Management
13 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
13 6 (8.22%) Information Security
13 6 (8.22%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 42 (57.53%) Security Cleared
2 31 (42.47%) DV Cleared
3 26 (35.62%) Degree
4 23 (31.51%) PMP
5 20 (27.40%) PMI Certification
6 8 (10.96%) ISEB
7 7 (9.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
9 4 (5.48%) CCNA
9 4 (5.48%) CEH
9 4 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (5.48%) CISM
9 4 (5.48%) CISSP
9 4 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (4.11%) RIBA
11 1 (1.37%) CBAP
11 1 (1.37%) IIBA
11 1 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (36.99%) PMO
2 6 (8.22%) P3O
3 1 (1.37%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 54 (73.97%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.81%) Google
2 13 (17.81%) Oracle
3 12 (16.44%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.11%) NEC
5 1 (1.37%) BT
5 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.37%) Fujitsu
5 1 (1.37%) iManage