PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide and Standards)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PMBOK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMBOK over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 478 | 538 | 645 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +60 | +107 | +111 |
| Contract jobs citing PMBOK | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.029% | 0.011% | 0.016% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.18% | 0.076% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £450 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England
PMBOK falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 3,865 | 5,295 | 6,738 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 15.87% | 14.24% | 13.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,481 | 3,378 | 4,585 |
| 10th Percentile | £270 | £300 | £276 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £408 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £635 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -2.86% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 160 | 347 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.78 | £10.95 | £13.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.27 | £13.09 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.75 | £22.34 | £41.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.55% | -46.17% | +50.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £45.00 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.11 | £67.38 | £79.88 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.50 | £20.80 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.85% | -44.53% | +33.93% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing PMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMBOK in England.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMBOK 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 PMBOK within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +47 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | |
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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: