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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 595 688
Rank change year-on-year +99 +93 -59
Contract jobs citing APMP 80 89 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.58% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 75 89
10th Percentile £410 £359 £400
25th Percentile £425 £424 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +3.90% +8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £588
90th Percentile £712 £773 £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £530 £475
% change year-on-year -8.02% +11.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 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% +4.71%
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% +135.29%

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 12,833 15,476 18,815
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.15% 27.17% 21.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,954 10,342 12,449
10th Percentile £308 £325 £337
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £627
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,055 780 767
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.82
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.56 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -26.69% +24.14% +16.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £58.17
90th Percentile £75.85 £79.78 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.30 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.40% +42.86% +1.33%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 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 +104 71 £510 -4.05% 40
UK excluding London +48 57 £488 -8.02% 31
Work from Home +130 31 £550 +20.55% 22
South West +25 28 £588 +6.82% 3
South East +6 15 £449 -11.89% 8
London +95 14 £550 +4.81% 10
Midlands +18 6 - - 8
North of England +29 5 £525 +27.27% 5
North West +23 5 £525 +16.67% 4
Scotland +31 3 £469 +4.17% 3
West Midlands +28 3 - - 5
East Midlands +2 3 - - 3

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 54 (67.50%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (53.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (52.50%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (31.25%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (21.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Loan IQ
2 3 (3.75%) Primavera
3 1 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.50%) SaaS
2 13 (16.25%) Google Workspace
2 13 (16.25%) IaaS
2 13 (16.25%) PaaS
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.25%) Azure
4 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.25%) OCI
4 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) Network Security
2 4 (5.00%) DHCP
2 4 (5.00%) DNS
2 4 (5.00%) Firewall
2 4 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.00%) VLAN
2 4 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (1.25%) Intranet
3 1 (1.25%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (1.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (31.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 41 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 40 (50.00%) Finance
3 30 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (31.25%) Presentation Skills
5 15 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 14 (17.50%) Legal
7 4 (5.00%) Banking
7 4 (5.00%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.00%) Investment Banking
7 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.25%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.25%) Law
9 1 (1.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (32.50%) Lead
2 25 (31.25%) Project Manager
3 24 (30.00%) Project Leader
4 8 (10.00%) Analyst
5 5 (6.25%) Construction Project Manager
6 4 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.00%) Senior
7 2 (2.50%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 2 (2.50%) Network Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Change Analyst
8 1 (1.25%) CRM Project Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Finance Project Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Oracle Project Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Project Officer
8 1 (1.25%) Security Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Technical Manager
8 1 (1.25%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.50%) Virtual Team
2 13 (16.25%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.00%) Derivative
4 4 (5.00%) Fixed Income
4 4 (5.00%) PMI
4 4 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.25%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.25%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (73.75%) Project Management
2 57 (71.25%) PRINCE2
3 44 (55.00%) Project Delivery
4 43 (53.75%) Agile
5 37 (46.25%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (42.50%) Project Planning
7 33 (41.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (35.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 25 (31.25%) Commercial Awareness
9 25 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
10 24 (30.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 24 (30.00%) Data Management
11 14 (17.50%) Customer Requirements
12 10 (12.50%) Business Analysis
12 10 (12.50%) Waterfall
13 9 (11.25%) Change Management
13 9 (11.25%) Decision-Making
13 9 (11.25%) Information Security
13 9 (11.25%) Risk Management
14 8 (10.00%) Budget Management
Qualifications
1 42 (52.50%) Security Cleared
2 31 (38.75%) DV Cleared
3 27 (33.75%) Degree
4 21 (26.25%) PMP
5 19 (23.75%) PMI Certification
6 8 (10.00%) ISEB
7 7 (8.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
9 4 (5.00%) CCNA
9 4 (5.00%) CEH
9 4 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (5.00%) CISM
9 4 (5.00%) CISSP
9 4 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (3.75%) RIBA
11 1 (1.25%) CBAP
11 1 (1.25%) IIBA
11 1 (1.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.50%) PMO
2 5 (6.25%) P3O
3 1 (1.25%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (1.25%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 60 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.25%) Google
2 13 (16.25%) Oracle
3 12 (15.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.75%) NEC
5 1 (1.25%) BT
5 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.25%) Fujitsu
5 1 (1.25%) iManage