PMI Contract Job Trends in England

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 450 485
Rank change year-on-year +22 +35 +31
Contract jobs citing PMI 119 40 68
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 0.46% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 25 30
10th Percentile £336 £391 £423
25th Percentile £402 £463 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -11.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £925
UK median daily rate £525 £507 £575
% change year-on-year +3.55% -11.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £77.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Generic Skills
England

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,163 8,627 11,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.94% 32.58% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,122 5,166 7,700
10th Percentile £281 £270 £258
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £540
% change year-on-year -6.23% -1.26% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 247 590
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.35 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +11.43% +51.48%
75th Percentile £61.52 £68.38 £62.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £83.20 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.63 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.07% - +55.56%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

PMI job vacancy trend in England

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in England

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI

PMI
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI in England

PMI
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 PMI within the England region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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 +23 70 £570 +3.64% 6
South East -3 24 £545 -16.16% 20
Midlands -36 12 £347 -42.17% 10
East Midlands - 10 £340 - 6
North of England -56 8 £468 -7.69% 10
North West -22 5 £625 +75.56% 4
East of England - 4 £663 - 11
South West - 4 £488 - 10
Yorkshire -54 3 £468 -9.74% 5
West Midlands -37 2 £450 -25.00% 3
PMI
UK

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 20 (16.81%) Confluence
2 2 (1.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (10.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (10.08%) MS Visio
4 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (5.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (2.52%) Trello
7 2 (1.68%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Endur
1 6 (5.04%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.52%) Primavera
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.45%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.88%) Azure
3 4 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.36%) Smartsheet
4 3 (2.52%) SaaS
5 2 (1.68%) Contentsquare
5 2 (1.68%) Contentstack
5 2 (1.68%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.68%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.84%) AWS
6 1 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.84%) IaaS
6 1 (0.84%) Miro
6 1 (0.84%) PaaS
6 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.84%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) LAN
1 1 (0.84%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.84%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.45%) Power BI
2 3 (2.52%) Tableau
3 1 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 36 (30.25%) JIRA
General
1 60 (50.42%) Social Skills
2 53 (44.54%) Finance
3 30 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (22.69%) Banking
5 9 (7.56%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.72%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
7 7 (5.88%) Retail Banking
8 6 (5.04%) Legal
8 6 (5.04%) Marketing
9 5 (4.20%) Manufacturing
10 4 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.52%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.84%) Front Office
12 1 (0.84%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.84%) Publishing
12 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (31.93%) Project Manager
2 33 (27.73%) Analyst
3 31 (26.05%) Business Analyst
4 22 (18.49%) Senior
5 13 (10.92%) Programme Manager
6 8 (6.72%) Payments Analyst
6 8 (6.72%) Payments Business Analyst
6 8 (6.72%) Senior Manager
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
7 7 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Change Manager
8 5 (4.20%) Endur Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) Endur Business Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) Lead
8 5 (4.20%) OpenLink Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 4 (3.36%) Operational Change Manager
9 4 (3.36%) Project Planner
9 4 (3.36%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) React
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 30 (25.21%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.40%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.20%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.36%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.68%) LIMS
7 2 (1.68%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.84%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.84%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.84%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.68%) Linux
1 2 (1.68%) Windows
2 1 (0.84%) AIX
2 1 (0.84%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (67.23%) Agile
2 58 (48.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 56 (47.06%) Project Management
4 42 (35.29%) PRINCE2
5 37 (31.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (28.57%) Scrum
8 32 (26.89%) Project Delivery
9 30 (25.21%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (25.21%) Waterfall
10 23 (19.33%) Business Analysis
11 22 (18.49%) Change Management
12 21 (17.65%) Requirements Gathering
12 21 (17.65%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 19 (15.97%) Kanban
14 18 (15.13%) Use Case
14 18 (15.13%) User Stories
14 18 (15.13%) Workshop Facilitation
15 17 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
16 16 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.36%) SQL
2 2 (1.68%) Java
2 2 (1.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 117 (98.32%) PMI Certification
2 48 (40.34%) Degree
3 35 (29.41%) PMP
4 30 (25.21%) CBAP
5 17 (14.29%) Master's Degree
6 16 (13.45%) Security Cleared
7 11 (9.24%) MBA
8 10 (8.40%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.72%) APMP
10 7 (5.88%) SAFe Agilist
11 6 (5.04%) MAPM
12 5 (4.20%) DV Cleared
12 5 (4.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.84%) CAPM
15 1 (0.84%) CITP
15 1 (0.84%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (21.85%) PMO
1 26 (21.85%) QA
2 8 (6.72%) PSD2
3 7 (5.88%) Basel III
4 6 (5.04%) ISO 8583
4 6 (5.04%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.20%) Accessibility
6 4 (3.36%) P3O
7 3 (2.52%) GDPR
7 3 (2.52%) GRC
7 3 (2.52%) NIST
7 3 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.68%) GMP
8 2 (1.68%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.68%) SEPA
8 2 (1.68%) WCAG
9 1 (0.84%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.84%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.84%) RACF
1 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.72%) Planview
3 5 (4.20%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.36%) SAP
5 3 (2.52%) Oracle
6 2 (1.68%) Adobe
6 2 (1.68%) Ariba
6 2 (1.68%) Databricks
6 2 (1.68%) Google
6 2 (1.68%) NEC
6 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.84%) ComArch
7 1 (0.84%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.84%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.84%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.84%) VMware