PMP Contracts

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 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 303 432 381
Rank change year-on-year +129 -51 +55
Contract jobs citing PMP 300 268 598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.48% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.33% 1.76% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 201 426
10th Percentile £391 £406 £363
25th Percentile £452 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £488
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +9.23% +2.63%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £585
90th Percentile £688 £710 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +2.38% +16.67% +7.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 42
10th Percentile £23.75 £36.20 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £53.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.63% +20.79% +61.82%
75th Percentile £40.94 £74.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £81.78 £75.00 £62.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £62.50 £54.00
% change year-on-year -34.50% +15.74% +101.87%

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 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%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 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 +80 239 £550 - 177
UK excluding London +63 136 £538 +2.38% 108
London +80 117 £550 - 62
Work from Home +113 113 £550 +6.54% 45
North of England +32 34 £525 - 23
South East +4 30 £575 +2.68% 23
Midlands +28 25 £475 -12.84% 26
West Midlands +22 22 £488 -7.14% 15
North West +29 19 £440 -15.18% 16
Scotland +40 14 £550 +22.22% 5
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
Yorkshire +14 10 £525 -4.55% 3
East of England +2 10 £550 +2.33% 13
South West +3 7 £544 +11.54% 16
East Midlands +9 3 £463 -33.93% 11
North East - 3 £600 - 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2

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 24 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.00%) Confluence
3 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 23 (7.67%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (3.67%) Acrobat
6 5 (1.67%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.67%) CA PPM
2 2 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.67%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.33%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.33%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.33%) iTrent
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.33%) Primavera
3 1 (0.33%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.67%) SaaS
2 19 (6.33%) Azure
3 15 (5.00%) Google Workspace
4 14 (4.67%) IaaS
4 14 (4.67%) PaaS
5 10 (3.33%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.33%) AWS
7 6 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.33%) OCI
9 3 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.67%) Apple Pay
10 2 (0.67%) Google Pay
10 2 (0.67%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.33%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.33%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.33%) Smartsheet
11 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.33%) Network Security
2 5 (1.67%) Firewall
2 5 (1.67%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.67%) VPN
3 4 (1.33%) DHCP
3 4 (1.33%) DNS
3 4 (1.33%) LAN
3 4 (1.33%) SAN
3 4 (1.33%) VLAN
4 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.00%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.00%) WAN
5 2 (0.67%) SNA
5 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.67%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) IMAP
6 1 (0.33%) Intranet
6 1 (0.33%) SNMP
6 1 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.33%) Power BI
2 7 (2.33%) MySQL
2 7 (2.33%) Qlik Sense
2 7 (2.33%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.67%) EDMS
5 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) DB2
5 1 (0.33%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 31 (10.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 143 (47.67%) Social Skills
2 90 (30.00%) Finance
3 54 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.67%) Legal
5 25 (8.33%) Banking
5 25 (8.33%) Marketing
6 20 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 18 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (5.67%) Military
9 14 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (4.33%) Local Government
11 12 (4.00%) Manufacturing
11 12 (4.00%) Retail
12 11 (3.67%) Aerospace
13 10 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (3.00%) Telecoms
15 7 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (2.00%) German Language
16 6 (2.00%) Mandarin Language
17 5 (1.67%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 130 (43.33%) Project Manager
2 30 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 25 (8.33%) Senior
3 25 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 24 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
5 23 (7.67%) Delivery Manager
6 17 (5.67%) Technical Manager
7 16 (5.33%) Lead
7 16 (5.33%) Programme Manager
8 15 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (4.33%) Security Manager
10 12 (4.00%) Scrum Master
11 11 (3.67%) Bid Manager
11 11 (3.67%) SAP Manager
12 10 (3.33%) Project Controller
13 9 (3.00%) Senior Bid Manager
14 8 (2.67%) Analyst
14 8 (2.67%) Infrastructure Manager
14 8 (2.67%) Technical Project Manager
15 7 (2.33%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.67%) CSS
1 11 (3.67%) HTML
2 7 (2.33%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.67%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.33%) REST
4 4 (1.33%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.00%) ADO
6 2 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.67%) PMI
2 17 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.00%) Virtual Team
4 12 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.00%) Mobile Banking
8 5 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.33%) FMCG
9 4 (1.33%) NHS
9 4 (1.33%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.00%) Robotics
11 2 (0.67%) CMDB
11 2 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.67%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.67%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.33%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.33%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.67%) Windows
2 1 (0.33%) AIX
2 1 (0.33%) Linux
2 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (74.33%) Project Management
2 175 (58.33%) PRINCE2
3 108 (36.00%) Agile
4 96 (32.00%) Project Delivery
5 72 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 71 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (20.67%) Risk Management
8 56 (18.67%) Scrum
9 50 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 38 (12.67%) Waterfall
11 35 (11.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (11.00%) Programme Management
13 30 (10.00%) Computer Science
14 29 (9.67%) Budget Management
15 28 (9.33%) Business Case
16 27 (9.00%) Change Management
16 27 (9.00%) Cybersecurity
17 26 (8.67%) Project Planning
17 26 (8.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 25 (8.33%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.33%) SQL
2 11 (3.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 248 (82.67%) PMI Certification
2 116 (38.67%) Degree
3 61 (20.33%) Security Cleared
4 52 (17.33%) SC Cleared
5 23 (7.67%) APMP
6 20 (6.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 19 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (5.67%) DV Cleared
8 17 (5.67%) Master's Degree
9 12 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 9 (3.00%) CISSP
11 7 (2.33%) PgMP
12 6 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (2.00%) CISM
13 5 (1.67%) CCNA
14 4 (1.33%) APMG
14 4 (1.33%) CEH
15 3 (1.00%) CBAP
15 3 (1.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.33%) PMO
2 26 (8.67%) QA
3 6 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.33%) P3O
4 4 (1.33%) PMBOK
5 2 (0.67%) GDPR
5 2 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.67%) 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%) GxP
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%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.00%) SAP
3 22 (7.33%) Salesforce
4 18 (6.00%) Oracle
5 17 (5.67%) Google
6 11 (3.67%) Adobe
7 10 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.33%) Ariba
8 4 (1.33%) Cisco
8 4 (1.33%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.00%) Apple
9 3 (1.00%) Planview
10 2 (0.67%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.67%) IBM
10 2 (0.67%) VMware
11 1 (0.33%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.33%) iManage
11 1 (0.33%) Infor
11 1 (0.33%) MuleSoft