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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 446 382
Rank change year-on-year +135 -64 +57
Contract jobs citing PMP 305 276 606
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 0.47% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.30% 1.71% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 193 427
10th Percentile £375 £400 £363
25th Percentile £438 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £575
90th Percentile £720 £782 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £519 £450
% change year-on-year +1.20% +15.28% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 12 42
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 £62.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £68.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -39.79% -9.33% +180.37%

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 13,258 16,187 19,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.32% 21.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,176 10,805 12,557
10th Percentile £300 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.92%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,080 847 775
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.86 £20.00 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.72 £34.69
% change year-on-year -17.66% +43.34% -0.89%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 3 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
England +115 241 £550 - 167
UK excluding London +82 135 £525 +1.20% 112
London +82 122 £575 +2.22% 62
Work from Home +117 120 £550 +10.00% 66
South East +21 35 £540 +8.00% 36
North of England +28 26 £488 -7.14% 26
Midlands +35 22 £475 -6.17% 21
West Midlands +31 19 £475 -8.43% 13
North West +24 18 £398 -22.34% 21
Scotland +39 15 £500 +11.11% 7
Wales - 14 £600 - 3
South West +23 12 £550 +10.00% 12
East of England +9 9 £550 -4.35% 10
East Midlands +21 3 £463 - 8
Yorkshire +8 3 £500 -4.76% 5
North East - 3 £600 - 2
Northern Ireland - 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 23 (7.54%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.97%) Confluence
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (10.16%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (10.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 21 (6.89%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.61%) Acrobat
5 5 (1.64%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.98%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
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 General Ledger
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 22 (7.21%) SaaS
2 21 (6.89%) Azure
3 15 (4.92%) Google Workspace
4 14 (4.59%) IaaS
4 14 (4.59%) PaaS
5 7 (2.30%) AWS
6 4 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.31%) OCI
6 4 (1.31%) SuccessFactors
7 3 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.98%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.33%) Apple Pay
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.33%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.33%) Google Pay
8 1 (0.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.30%) Network Security
2 6 (1.97%) Firewall
3 5 (1.64%) SAN
3 5 (1.64%) SNA
3 5 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.64%) VPN
4 4 (1.31%) DHCP
4 4 (1.31%) DNS
4 4 (1.31%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.31%) VLAN
5 3 (0.98%) LAN
5 3 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.98%) WAN
5 3 (0.98%) 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 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (0.98%) 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 (9.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 144 (47.21%) Social Skills
2 101 (33.11%) Finance
3 59 (19.34%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (8.52%) Marketing
5 23 (7.54%) Banking
5 23 (7.54%) Legal
6 21 (6.89%) Military
7 20 (6.56%) Public Sector
8 18 (5.90%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (5.57%) Manufacturing
10 15 (4.92%) Retail
10 15 (4.92%) Telecoms
11 13 (4.26%) Aerospace
11 13 (4.26%) Local Government
11 13 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (3.93%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.97%) German Language
14 6 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
15 5 (1.64%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 133 (43.61%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.18%) Senior
2 28 (9.18%) Senior Manager
3 27 (8.85%) IT Manager
4 24 (7.87%) Delivery Manager
5 20 (6.56%) Programme Manager
6 19 (6.23%) IT Project Manager
6 19 (6.23%) Technical Manager
7 18 (5.90%) Lead
8 16 (5.25%) Scrum Master
8 16 (5.25%) Security Manager
9 15 (4.92%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (3.93%) SAP Manager
11 11 (3.61%) Bid Manager
12 10 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (3.28%) Project Controller
13 9 (2.95%) Senior Bid Manager
13 9 (2.95%) Technical Project Manager
14 7 (2.30%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 7 (2.30%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.64%) SailPoint
2 4 (1.31%) CSS
2 4 (1.31%) HTML
2 4 (1.31%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.31%) REST
2 4 (1.31%) Visualforce
3 3 (0.98%) ADO
4 2 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.51%) PMI
2 17 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.25%) Virtual Team
4 15 (4.92%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.28%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (2.95%) Mobile Banking
8 7 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (1.31%) FMCG
11 4 (1.31%) NHS
11 4 (1.31%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.98%) Mainframe
12 3 (0.98%) Robotics
13 2 (0.66%) Hedge funds
13 2 (0.66%) IBM Mainframe
13 2 (0.66%) LPAR
14 1 (0.33%) Reinsurance
14 1 (0.33%) Social Media
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
1 231 (75.74%) Project Management
2 178 (58.36%) PRINCE2
3 119 (39.02%) Agile
4 102 (33.44%) Project Delivery
5 79 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (24.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (20.33%) Risk Management
8 56 (18.36%) Decision-Making
9 55 (18.03%) Scrum
10 41 (13.44%) Waterfall
11 40 (13.11%) Programme Management
12 33 (10.82%) Budget Management
12 33 (10.82%) Change Management
13 32 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (10.16%) Business Case
15 29 (9.51%) Cybersecurity
15 29 (9.51%) Project Planning
16 26 (8.52%) DevOps
17 25 (8.20%) Computer Science
17 25 (8.20%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.97%) SQL
2 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
2 4 (1.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 246 (80.66%) PMI Certification
2 112 (36.72%) Degree
3 69 (22.62%) Security Cleared
4 58 (19.02%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 19 (6.23%) APMP
6 19 (6.23%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (3.28%) CISSP
9 10 (3.28%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.30%) CISM
11 6 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.97%) PgMP
12 5 (1.64%) CCNA
13 4 (1.31%) APMG
13 4 (1.31%) CEH
14 3 (0.98%) Six Sigma Black Belt
14 3 (0.98%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.13%) PMO
2 29 (9.51%) QA
3 5 (1.64%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.98%) 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 (2.30%) 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 61 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.52%) SAP
3 22 (7.21%) Salesforce
4 20 (6.56%) Oracle
5 16 (5.25%) Google
6 11 (3.61%) Adobe
7 7 (2.30%) Cisco
8 6 (1.97%) Ariba
9 4 (1.31%) Guidewire
9 4 (1.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.98%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.98%) IBM
10 3 (0.98%) 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