PMP Contracts in England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 405 389
Rank change year-on-year +96 -16 +28
Contract jobs citing PMP 250 243 470
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.67% 0.52% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.18% 1.89% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 182 332
10th Percentile £390 £413 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £575
90th Percentile £738 £706 £643
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £485
% change year-on-year +2.38% +8.25% +5.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 38
10th Percentile £22.34 £37.50 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £41.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £62.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +40.45% +61.82%
75th Percentile £27.25 £75.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £60.00 - £53.83
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £62.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -58.40% +40.45% +61.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,463 12,852 15,408
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.56% 27.32% 21.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 8,593 10,289
10th Percentile £313 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £638
90th Percentile £738 £745 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,006 655 691
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.35 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%
75th Percentile £64.25 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PMP in England

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London +69 113 £550 +1.38% 63
North of England +36 43 £525 - 24
South East +8 30 £575 +4.55% 26
Midlands +23 26 £475 -13.64% 28
West Midlands +25 22 £488 -8.45% 18
North West +23 19 £440 -15.18% 15
Yorkshire +20 19 £525 -4.55% 7
South West +4 12 £560 +14.87% 20
East of England +2 10 £550 -2.22% 13
East Midlands +6 4 £463 -33.93% 10
North East - 3 £600 - 2
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.60%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (12.80%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (11.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (10.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (8.40%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (2.00%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.80%) CA PPM
2 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.80%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.40%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.40%) Primavera
3 1 (0.40%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.40%) Power Platform
2 19 (7.60%) SaaS
3 18 (7.20%) Azure
4 13 (5.20%) IaaS
4 13 (5.20%) PaaS
5 12 (4.80%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.80%) AWS
7 4 (1.60%) Apple Pay
7 4 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.60%) Google Pay
7 4 (1.60%) OCI
8 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.40%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.60%) LAN
2 3 (1.20%) Network Security
2 3 (1.20%) SAN
2 3 (1.20%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.20%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.20%) WAN
3 2 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.80%) Wireless
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) IMAP
4 1 (0.40%) Intranet
4 1 (0.40%) SNA
4 1 (0.40%) SNMP
4 1 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
4 1 (0.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.40%) Power BI
2 17 (6.80%) Qlik Sense
2 17 (6.80%) Relational Database
3 16 (6.40%) MySQL
4 2 (0.80%) EDMS
5 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.40%) IDMS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 110 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 87 (34.80%) Finance
3 40 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.40%) Banking
5 21 (8.40%) Legal
6 20 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 18 (7.20%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (5.60%) Marketing
9 13 (5.20%) Retail
10 11 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.00%) Manufacturing
11 10 (4.00%) Military
11 10 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.60%) Aerospace
12 9 (3.60%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.40%) German Language
13 6 (2.40%) Mandarin Language
14 5 (2.00%) Dutch Language
14 5 (2.00%) Electronics
14 5 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 110 (44.00%) Project Manager
2 28 (11.20%) IT Manager
3 23 (9.20%) IT Project Manager
4 16 (6.40%) Programme Manager
5 15 (6.00%) Senior
5 15 (6.00%) Senior Manager
5 15 (6.00%) Technical Manager
6 14 (5.60%) Data Scientist
6 14 (5.60%) Delivery Manager
6 14 (5.60%) Lead
6 14 (5.60%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (4.80%) Scrum Master
8 9 (3.60%) SAP Manager
8 9 (3.60%) Security Manager
9 8 (3.20%) Consultant
10 6 (2.40%) Architect
10 6 (2.40%) PMO Lead
10 6 (2.40%) SAP Project Manager
10 6 (2.40%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (2.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.00%) CSS
1 20 (8.00%) HTML
2 16 (6.40%) AngularJS
3 5 (2.00%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.60%) REST
4 4 (1.60%) Visualforce
5 2 (0.80%) ADO
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.80%) PMI
2 15 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.60%) Virtual Team
4 12 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.80%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.40%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.60%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.20%) FMCG
9 3 (1.20%) NHS
9 3 (1.20%) Robotics
10 2 (0.80%) CMDB
10 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.80%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.40%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) Linux
1 1 (0.40%) Windows
1 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (68.40%) Project Management
2 135 (54.00%) PRINCE2
3 100 (40.00%) Agile
4 72 (28.80%) Project Delivery
5 60 (24.00%) Scrum
6 53 (21.20%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (20.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 40 (16.00%) Decision-Making
9 39 (15.60%) Risk Management
10 33 (13.20%) Computer Science
10 33 (13.20%) ITIL
10 33 (13.20%) Programme Management
11 29 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (11.60%) Waterfall
12 28 (11.20%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (10.40%) Change Management
14 24 (9.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (8.80%) Business Case
15 22 (8.80%) Data Security
16 21 (8.40%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.20%) SQL
2 20 (8.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.60%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 213 (85.20%) PMI Certification
2 98 (39.20%) Degree
3 37 (14.80%) Security Cleared
4 29 (11.60%) SC Cleared
5 24 (9.60%) Master's Degree
6 23 (9.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (6.80%) APMP
7 17 (6.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 15 (6.00%) DV Cleared
9 9 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (2.80%) PgMP
11 6 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.60%) APMG
12 4 (1.60%) CISSP
12 4 (1.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (1.20%) CAPM
13 3 (1.20%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 3 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.80%) CBAP
14 2 (0.80%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (13.60%) PMO
2 14 (5.60%) QA
3 6 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.60%) P3O
4 4 (1.60%) PMBOK
5 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.80%) GDPR
6 2 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.40%) COBIT
7 1 (0.40%) COREP
7 1 (0.40%) GAMP
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) GxP
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 45 (18.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.80%) Salesforce
3 20 (8.00%) SAP
3 20 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 18 (7.20%) Oracle
5 16 (6.40%) Google
6 4 (1.60%) Apple
6 4 (1.60%) Guidewire
6 4 (1.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.80%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.80%) Cisco
7 2 (0.80%) Planview
7 2 (0.80%) VMware
8 1 (0.40%) Ariba
8 1 (0.40%) comScore
8 1 (0.40%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.40%) iManage
8 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.40%) NCR
8 1 (0.40%) Progress