PMP Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 324 293
Rank change year-on-year +77 -31 +53
Contract jobs citing PMP 147 111 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.49% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.94% 1.50% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 84 186
10th Percentile £411 £425 £350
25th Percentile £463 £459 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £550
90th Percentile £679 £696 £604
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £480
% change year-on-year +4.76% +9.38% +3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 9 3
10th Percentile - £37.50 £48.80
25th Percentile £25.50 £41.00 £50.75
Median hourly rate £40.94 £62.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +15.74% +101.87%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.88
90th Percentile £86.12 - £76.20
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £53.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -51.63% +20.79% +61.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,578 7,380 8,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.93% 32.49% 26.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,382 4,875 5,333
10th Percentile £275 £300 £261
25th Percentile £425 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £600
90th Percentile £713 £713 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 571 539
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.57 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +50.00% +25.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £56.14
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £67.60
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +42 41 £525 - 21
South East +7 30 £575 +4.55% 28
Midlands +28 26 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands +20 22 £488 -8.45% 15
North West +21 19 £440 -15.18% 12
Yorkshire +16 17 £525 -4.55% 6
Scotland +43 14 £550 +22.22% 2
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
South West +12 10 £560 +14.87% 19
East of England 0 10 £550 +4.76% 13
East Midlands +11 4 £463 -33.93% 12
North East - 3 £600 - 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 3
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (10.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (7.48%) Acrobat
4 9 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) CA PPM
1 2 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.36%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 1 (0.68%) iTrent
2 1 (0.68%) Primavera
2 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.68%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.24%) Power Platform
2 13 (8.84%) SaaS
3 10 (6.80%) IaaS
3 10 (6.80%) PaaS
4 9 (6.12%) Azure
4 9 (6.12%) Google Workspace
5 3 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.36%) AWS
6 2 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.68%) OCI
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.04%) Network Security
2 2 (1.36%) LAN
2 2 (1.36%) Wireless
3 1 (0.68%) SAN
3 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.68%) SNMP
3 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.68%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) WAN
3 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.24%) Power BI
2 15 (10.20%) MySQL
2 15 (10.20%) Qlik Sense
2 15 (10.20%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.68%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 17 (11.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
General
1 66 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 43 (29.25%) Finance
3 20 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (12.24%) Legal
5 16 (10.88%) Public Sector
6 14 (9.52%) Marketing
7 11 (7.48%) Local Government
8 8 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (4.76%) Aerospace
9 7 (4.76%) Manufacturing
9 7 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (4.08%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (4.08%) Military
11 3 (2.04%) Front Office
11 3 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.36%) Aviation
12 2 (1.36%) Banking
12 2 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.36%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (42.18%) Project Manager
2 15 (10.20%) Senior
2 15 (10.20%) Senior Manager
3 14 (9.52%) Data Scientist
4 11 (7.48%) Bid Manager
4 11 (7.48%) IT Manager
5 10 (6.80%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (6.12%) Senior Bid Manager
7 8 (5.44%) Project Controller
8 7 (4.76%) Lead
9 6 (4.08%) Security Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Technical Manager
9 6 (4.08%) Technical Project Manager
10 5 (3.40%) Architect
11 4 (2.72%) Enterprise Architect
12 3 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
12 3 (2.04%) SAP Manager
12 3 (2.04%) Scrum Master
12 3 (2.04%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.56%) CSS
1 17 (11.56%) HTML
2 15 (10.20%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.36%) ADO
3 2 (1.36%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.36%) REST
3 2 (1.36%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.48%) Virtual Team
2 10 (6.80%) PMI
3 9 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.40%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.72%) NHS
7 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.04%) Robotics
8 2 (1.36%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.68%) CCTV
9 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.68%) Life Science
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (70.75%) Project Management
2 71 (48.30%) PRINCE2
3 44 (29.93%) Agile
4 42 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 40 (27.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (21.77%) Scrum
7 28 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (17.01%) Risk Management
9 24 (16.33%) ITIL
10 21 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (12.24%) Computer Science
12 18 (12.24%) Waterfall
13 17 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
13 17 (11.56%) Data Security
13 17 (11.56%) Decision-Making
14 16 (10.88%) ITSM
15 15 (10.20%) Data Modelling
16 14 (9.52%) Project Planning
16 14 (9.52%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.56%) JavaScript
1 17 (11.56%) SQL
2 2 (1.36%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 119 (80.95%) PMI Certification
2 61 (41.50%) Degree
3 30 (20.41%) Security Cleared
4 23 (15.65%) SC Cleared
5 20 (13.61%) Master's Degree
6 17 (11.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (7.48%) APMP
8 10 (6.80%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.80%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (1.36%) PgMP
10 2 (1.36%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.68%) APMG
11 1 (0.68%) CBAP
11 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.68%) PhD
11 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.68%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) PMO
2 5 (3.40%) QA
3 4 (2.72%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.68%) GAMP
5 1 (0.68%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (23.13%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.88%) Salesforce
3 15 (10.20%) ServiceNow
4 11 (7.48%) Adobe
4 11 (7.48%) Oracle
5 10 (6.80%) SAP
6 9 (6.12%) Google
7 4 (2.72%) Guidewire
8 2 (1.36%) Ariba
8 2 (1.36%) Planview
8 2 (1.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Apple
9 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco
9 1 (0.68%) Infor
9 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft