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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 454 377
Rank change year-on-year +151 -77 +46
Contract jobs citing PMP 291 259 605
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.45% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.27% 1.67% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 190 435
10th Percentile £375 £400 £363
25th Percentile £438 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +7.14% +3.16%
75th Percentile £625 £643 £575
90th Percentile £721 £728 £644
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 41
10th Percentile £23.75 £34.90 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £37.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £62.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +40.45% +61.82%
75th Percentile £40.94 £75.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £81.78 - £60.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £66.25 £63.25
% change year-on-year -38.20% +4.74% +136.45%

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 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
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 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +85 225 £550 - 165
UK excluding London +76 128 £525 - 116
Work from Home +128 114 £538 +7.50% 62
London +86 113 £575 +3.37% 57
South East +21 30 £563 +5.14% 33
North of England +24 28 £500 -4.76% 31
Midlands +37 22 £475 -12.04% 20
West Midlands +26 19 £475 -9.52% 13
North West +25 17 £398 -22.34% 18
Scotland +49 15 £500 +11.11% 9
Wales - 14 £600 - 2
East of England +8 9 £550 +4.76% 12
South West +19 8 £544 +8.75% 10
Yorkshire +12 6 £513 -2.38% 10
East Midlands +13 3 £463 -31.48% 7
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 23 (7.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.06%) Confluence
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (11.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (10.65%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (10.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (6.87%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.78%) Acrobat
5 5 (1.72%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.03%) CA PPM
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.69%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.69%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.34%) iTrent
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) Primavera
4 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.87%) SaaS
2 19 (6.53%) Azure
3 15 (5.15%) Google Workspace
4 14 (4.81%) IaaS
4 14 (4.81%) PaaS
5 7 (2.41%) AWS
6 6 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.37%) OCI
7 4 (1.37%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.34%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.41%) Network Security
2 5 (1.72%) Firewall
2 5 (1.72%) SAN
2 5 (1.72%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.72%) VPN
3 4 (1.37%) DHCP
3 4 (1.37%) DNS
3 4 (1.37%) VLAN
4 3 (1.03%) LAN
4 3 (1.03%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.03%) WAN
4 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.69%) SNA
5 2 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (0.69%) Wireless
6 1 (0.34%) IMAP
6 1 (0.34%) Intranet
6 1 (0.34%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.06%) Power BI
2 3 (1.03%) MySQL
2 3 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.03%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (1.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.69%) DB2
3 2 (0.69%) EDMS
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.34%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 28 (9.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
General
1 142 (48.80%) Social Skills
2 96 (32.99%) Finance
3 54 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.59%) Banking
4 25 (8.59%) Marketing
5 23 (7.90%) Legal
6 19 (6.53%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.84%) Military
7 17 (5.84%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (5.15%) Manufacturing
9 14 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (4.81%) Retail
10 13 (4.47%) Aerospace
10 13 (4.47%) Local Government
11 12 (4.12%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.09%) Telecoms
13 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (2.06%) German Language
14 6 (2.06%) Mandarin Language
15 5 (1.72%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 123 (42.27%) Project Manager
2 24 (8.25%) IT Manager
2 24 (8.25%) Senior
2 24 (8.25%) Senior Manager
3 22 (7.56%) Delivery Manager
4 18 (6.19%) IT Project Manager
4 18 (6.19%) Lead
4 18 (6.19%) Technical Manager
5 15 (5.15%) Programme Manager
5 15 (5.15%) Scrum Master
6 14 (4.81%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (4.12%) SAP Manager
7 12 (4.12%) Security Manager
8 11 (3.78%) Bid Manager
9 10 (3.44%) Project Controller
10 9 (3.09%) Senior Bid Manager
10 9 (3.09%) Technical Project Manager
11 7 (2.41%) Consultant
11 7 (2.41%) ERP Manager
11 7 (2.41%) ERP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.41%) CSS
1 7 (2.41%) HTML
2 5 (1.72%) SailPoint
3 4 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.37%) REST
3 4 (1.37%) Visualforce
4 3 (1.03%) ADO
4 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.28%) PMI
2 17 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.81%) Virtual Team
4 13 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.78%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.09%) Mobile Banking
7 6 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.06%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.37%) FMCG
9 4 (1.37%) NHS
9 4 (1.37%) Product Ownership
10 3 (1.03%) Mainframe
10 3 (1.03%) Robotics
11 2 (0.69%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.69%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.69%) LPAR
12 1 (0.34%) Social Media
12 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.69%) zOS
2 1 (0.34%) AIX
2 1 (0.34%) Linux
2 1 (0.34%) Windows
2 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (75.26%) Project Management
2 169 (58.08%) PRINCE2
3 106 (36.43%) Agile
4 93 (31.96%) Project Delivery
5 71 (24.40%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (20.62%) Risk Management
7 53 (18.21%) Scrum
8 49 (16.84%) Decision-Making
9 35 (12.03%) Waterfall
10 32 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (11.00%) Programme Management
11 31 (10.65%) Budget Management
11 31 (10.65%) Change Management
12 28 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
13 27 (9.28%) Business Case
13 27 (9.28%) Computer Science
14 26 (8.93%) Project Planning
15 24 (8.25%) Resource Allocation
16 23 (7.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.09%) SQL
2 7 (2.41%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 237 (81.44%) PMI Certification
2 111 (38.14%) Degree
3 64 (21.99%) Security Cleared
4 55 (18.90%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 19 (6.53%) APMP
7 17 (5.84%) DV Cleared
8 16 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (4.47%) Master's Degree
10 11 (3.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 10 (3.44%) CISSP
12 7 (2.41%) CISM
13 6 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (2.06%) PgMP
14 5 (1.72%) CCNA
15 4 (1.37%) APMG
15 4 (1.37%) CEH
16 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (12.37%) PMO
2 27 (9.28%) QA
3 6 (2.06%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.03%) PMBOK
5 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.69%) GxP
5 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) COBIT
6 1 (0.34%) COREP
6 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.34%) GAMP
6 1 (0.34%) GRC
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) P3O
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.59%) SAP
3 22 (7.56%) Salesforce
4 19 (6.53%) Oracle
5 16 (5.50%) Google
6 11 (3.78%) Adobe
7 6 (2.06%) Ariba
8 4 (1.37%) Cisco
8 4 (1.37%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.03%) IBM
10 2 (0.69%) Apple
10 2 (0.69%) Planview
10 2 (0.69%) VMware
11 1 (0.34%) HP
11 1 (0.34%) Infor
11 1 (0.34%) NCR
11 1 (0.34%) Progress