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 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 490 512
Rank change year-on-year +47 +22 +1
Contract jobs citing PMI 76 40 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.40% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 25 36
10th Percentile £351 £334 £425
25th Percentile £402 £405 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.91% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £675
90th Percentile £713 £637 £795
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +2.99% -16.67% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - -12.09%

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 10,264 9,977 13,212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.46% 31.07% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,436 6,007 9,136
10th Percentile £300 £294 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £820 £788
UK median daily rate £515 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -2.83% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 538 352 434
10th Percentile £14.91 £16.87 £17.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £24.18 £22.00
Median hourly rate £29.50 £52.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -44.08% +14.23% +78.92%
75th Percentile £55.00 £70.00 £67.23
90th Percentile £74.13 £75.16 £78.25
UK median hourly rate £27.33 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% +2.62% +73.08%

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 15 October 2025.

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
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 15 October 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
London +45 52 £600 +4.80% 31
South East +17 10 £515 +10.15% 25
North West -10 4 £625 +75.56% 3
Midlands -19 4 £402 -33.00% 10
North of England -19 4 £625 +75.56% 7
East of England - 3 £650 - 2
East Midlands -3 2 £401 +18.81% 5
West Midlands -20 2 £450 -25.00% 5
South West - 1 - - 9
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 9 (11.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) MS Project Server
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (7.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (7.89%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Endur
2 4 (5.26%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.32%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.53%) Azure
1 8 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.58%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.26%) Smartsheet
4 2 (2.63%) Canva
4 2 (2.63%) Contentstack
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.63%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.32%) AWS
5 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.32%) Miro
5 1 (1.32%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Internet
1 1 (1.32%) LAN
1 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.53%) Power BI
2 4 (5.26%) Tableau
3 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 22 (28.95%) JIRA
2 2 (2.63%) Postman
General
1 40 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 32 (42.11%) Finance
3 17 (22.37%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.79%) Banking
5 6 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Publishing
7 4 (5.26%) Marketing
7 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.95%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.63%) Back Office
9 2 (2.63%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.63%) Games
9 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.32%) Brand Awareness
10 1 (1.32%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.32%) Legal
10 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (36.84%) Project Manager
2 24 (31.58%) Analyst
3 20 (26.32%) Business Analyst
4 14 (18.42%) Senior
5 9 (11.84%) Senior Manager
6 8 (10.53%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Payments Analyst
7 6 (7.89%) Payments Business Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Lead
9 3 (3.95%) Deployment Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Deployment Project Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Endur Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) Endur Business Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) Integration Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Integration Project Manager
9 3 (3.95%) OpenLink Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 3 (3.95%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Salesforce Project Manager
9 3 (3.95%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) HTML
1 2 (2.63%) React
1 2 (2.63%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.32%) .NET
2 1 (1.32%) ADO
2 1 (1.32%) HTML5
2 1 (1.32%) LDAP
2 1 (1.32%) OAuth
2 1 (1.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.95%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.63%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.63%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.63%) Social Media
4 2 (2.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.63%) Video Editing
4 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.32%) IoT
5 1 (1.32%) Podcast
5 1 (1.32%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) AIX
1 1 (1.32%) Linux
1 1 (1.32%) Solaris
1 1 (1.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (65.79%) Agile
2 35 (46.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (43.42%) Project Management
4 28 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (30.26%) PRINCE2
5 23 (30.26%) Project Delivery
6 19 (25.00%) Scrum
6 19 (25.00%) Waterfall
7 17 (22.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (21.05%) Business Analysis
9 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (17.11%) User Acceptance Testing
10 12 (15.79%) User Stories
11 11 (14.47%) Programme Management
11 11 (14.47%) Requirements Gathering
11 11 (14.47%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (13.16%) Regulatory Change
12 10 (13.16%) Risk Management
12 10 (13.16%) Use Case
13 9 (11.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.63%) Java
2 2 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 23 (30.26%) CBAP
3 21 (27.63%) Degree
4 18 (23.68%) PMP
5 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
5 6 (7.89%) Security Cleared
6 5 (6.58%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.26%) APMP
7 4 (5.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.63%) MBA
9 1 (1.32%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.32%) CAPM
9 1 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.32%) CSPO
9 1 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.42%) PMO
2 10 (13.16%) QA
3 6 (7.89%) PSD2
4 4 (5.26%) ISO 8583
4 4 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.95%) P3O
6 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.63%) Basel III
6 2 (2.63%) GMP
6 2 (2.63%) IFRS
6 2 (2.63%) IFRS 9
6 2 (2.63%) ISO 20022
6 2 (2.63%) MiFID
6 2 (2.63%) SEPA
7 1 (1.32%) GDPR
7 1 (1.32%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.32%) NIST
7 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.58%) Planview
2 5 (6.58%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.26%) SAP
4 2 (2.63%) Adobe
4 2 (2.63%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.63%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.63%) Databricks
4 2 (2.63%) Oracle
4 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.32%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.32%) ComArch
5 1 (1.32%) GoldenSource
5 1 (1.32%) Okta
5 1 (1.32%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.32%) Synthesia
5 1 (1.32%) VMware