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 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 430 477
Rank change year-on-year -17 +47 +72
Contract jobs citing PMI 113 42 71
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% 0.51% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 27 32
10th Percentile £340 £408 £402
25th Percentile £400 £476 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% -3.30% -1.09%
75th Percentile £628 £647 £650
90th Percentile £738 £745 £925
UK median daily rate £475 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -9.95% -4.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £96.25 - -
90th Percentile £98.50 - £63.55
UK median hourly rate £85.00 - £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 12,155 8,316 11,774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.59% 33.59% 30.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,717 5,311 7,674
10th Percentile £290 £288 £256
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £626 £674 £662
90th Percentile £750 £784 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 598 285 805
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.83 £12.79
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.72 £15.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.06 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.76 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +33.42%

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 10 March 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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +9 61 £520 -13.33% 9
South East -24 22 £575 -11.54% 8
Midlands -58 15 £340 -28.42% 4
East Midlands -21 11 £340 -13.04% 1
North of England -65 9 £421 -23.41% 12
South West - 6 £488 - 4
Yorkshire -62 5 £468 -13.33% 4
North West -31 4 £379 -37.15% 7
West Midlands -62 4 £575 +20.93% 3
East of England - 2 £708 - 2
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 (17.70%) Confluence
2 5 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.88%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.88%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.88%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (8.85%) MS Visio
4 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (6.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (3.54%) Trello
7 2 (1.77%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.31%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.54%) Endur
2 4 (3.54%) Primavera
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 16 (14.16%) Power Platform
2 8 (7.08%) Azure
3 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (4.42%) SaaS
5 4 (3.54%) Lucidchart
6 3 (2.65%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.77%) AWS
7 2 (1.77%) Contentsquare
7 2 (1.77%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.88%) IaaS
8 1 (0.88%) PaaS
8 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) Internet
1 1 (0.88%) LAN
1 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.16%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (22.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.88%) Git
2 1 (0.88%) Introscope
General
1 55 (48.67%) Social Skills
2 48 (42.48%) Finance
3 26 (23.01%) Banking
4 24 (21.24%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.96%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.96%) Legal
6 8 (7.08%) Corporate Banking
6 8 (7.08%) Retail Banking
7 7 (6.19%) Marketing
7 7 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.77%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.88%) Automotive
12 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.88%) Front Office
12 1 (0.88%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (34.51%) Project Manager
2 28 (24.78%) Analyst
3 25 (22.12%) Business Analyst
4 17 (15.04%) Senior
5 13 (11.50%) Programme Manager
6 7 (6.19%) Change Manager
6 7 (6.19%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (6.19%) Senior Business Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Payments Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) Payments Business Analyst
7 6 (5.31%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (5.31%) Senior Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Operational Change Manager
8 5 (4.42%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Banking Project Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (3.54%) Project Planner
9 4 (3.54%) Service Owner
10 3 (2.65%) Endur Business Analyst
10 3 (2.65%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.88%) Middleware
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.24%) Product Ownership
2 12 (10.62%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.08%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.54%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.65%) LIMS
5 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.77%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Linux
2 3 (2.65%) AIX
2 3 (2.65%) Windows
3 2 (1.77%) Solaris
4 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (62.83%) Agile
2 55 (48.67%) Project Management
3 54 (47.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 42 (37.17%) PRINCE2
5 36 (31.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (30.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (27.43%) Scrum
8 28 (24.78%) Change Management
9 27 (23.89%) Project Delivery
10 24 (21.24%) Waterfall
11 23 (20.35%) Kanban
12 20 (17.70%) Business Analysis
13 18 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (15.93%) Requirements Gathering
13 18 (15.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 18 (15.93%) Workshop Facilitation
14 17 (15.04%) Decision-Making
14 17 (15.04%) Roadmaps
14 17 (15.04%) User Stories
15 16 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.77%) SQL
2 1 (0.88%) Java
2 1 (0.88%) Jython
2 1 (0.88%) Python
2 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 111 (98.23%) PMI Certification
2 47 (41.59%) Degree
3 31 (27.43%) PMP
4 24 (21.24%) CBAP
5 20 (17.70%) Security Cleared
6 16 (14.16%) Master's Degree
7 13 (11.50%) SC Cleared
8 10 (8.85%) MBA
9 9 (7.96%) SAFe Agilist
10 7 (6.19%) MAPM
11 5 (4.42%) APMP
11 5 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (3.54%) DV Cleared
12 4 (3.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (1.77%) CAPM
13 2 (1.77%) Six Sigma Black Belt
13 2 (1.77%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 1 (0.88%) CITP
14 1 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.89%) QA
2 18 (15.93%) PMO
3 8 (7.08%) Basel III
4 6 (5.31%) ISO 8583
4 6 (5.31%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.31%) PSD2
5 4 (3.54%) GDPR
5 4 (3.54%) NIST
5 4 (3.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.77%) GRC
7 2 (1.77%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.77%) WCAG
8 1 (0.88%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.88%) P3O
8 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.88%) RACF
1 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) CA Wily
1 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.54%) Oracle
3 3 (2.65%) Planview
4 2 (1.77%) Adobe
4 2 (1.77%) Ariba
4 2 (1.77%) Databricks
4 2 (1.77%) Google
4 2 (1.77%) NEC
4 2 (1.77%) SAP
4 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.88%) GoldenSource
5 1 (0.88%) OpenLink
5 1 (0.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.88%) VMware