PMI Contracts 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 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 417 469 546
Rank change year-on-year +52 +77 +43
Contract jobs citing PMI 68 73 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.64% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 60
10th Percentile £313 £338 £405
25th Percentile £422 £419 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £644 £725
90th Percentile £690 £925 £826
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £588
% change year-on-year -7.82% -6.38% +11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £49.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +18.81% +146.34%
75th Percentile - - £51.75
90th Percentile - £65.33 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +18.81% +146.34%

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 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PMI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PMI in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMI in England.

Daily rate trend for PMI in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMI in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMI 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 PMI 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
London +34 34 £563 -6.25% 62
North of England +30 15 £550 +14.29% 14
Yorkshire +18 12 £550 +14.29% 7
South East +37 8 £650 +23.81% 27
Midlands +24 7 £463 - 12
West Midlands +15 6 £475 - 3
East of England +30 2 £450 -5.26% 3
North East - 2 £550 - 2
South West +43 1 - - 7
North West +16 1 £356 - 7
East Midlands - 1 £391 - 9
PMI
UK

PMI
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 16 (23.53%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (16.18%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Endur
2 1 (1.47%) Aligne
2 1 (1.47%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.47%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (4.41%) SaaS
3 2 (2.94%) IaaS
3 2 (2.94%) Miro
3 2 (2.94%) PaaS
3 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.47%) Asana
4 1 (1.47%) AWS
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.47%) GCP
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) Internet
1 1 (1.47%) MQTT
1 1 (1.47%) Network Security
1 1 (1.47%) SMS
1 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Big Data
2 1 (1.47%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.47%) Looker
2 1 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Postman
General
1 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 30 (44.12%) Finance
3 14 (20.59%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (8.82%) Marketing
7 5 (7.35%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (5.88%) Back Office
9 3 (4.41%) Automotive
9 3 (4.41%) Legal
10 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.94%) Military
10 2 (2.94%) Publishing
10 2 (2.94%) Retail
11 1 (1.47%) Banking
11 1 (1.47%) Billing
11 1 (1.47%) Electronics
11 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
11 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (39.71%) Project Manager
2 11 (16.18%) Analyst
2 11 (16.18%) Lead
3 7 (10.29%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.82%) Senior
5 5 (7.35%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.35%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (7.35%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Administrator
6 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.41%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Security Project Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Senior Manager
7 3 (4.41%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (2.94%) PMO Lead
8 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Management Information System
1 6 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.88%) IoT
3 3 (4.41%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.41%) Reference Data
4 2 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.94%) Infotainment
4 2 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.47%) Robotics
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.47%) Social Media
5 1 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (60.29%) Project Management
2 35 (51.47%) PRINCE2
3 31 (45.59%) Agile
4 26 (38.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (22.06%) Change Management
6 15 (22.06%) Project Delivery
7 14 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (14.71%) Business Analysis
8 10 (14.71%) PRINCE
8 10 (14.71%) Programme Management
9 9 (13.24%) Roadmaps
10 8 (11.76%) Budget Management
10 8 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
10 8 (11.76%) Portfolio Management
10 8 (11.76%) Project Planning
10 8 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (10.29%) ITIL
11 7 (10.29%) Scrum
11 7 (10.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.94%) SQL
2 1 (1.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 31 (45.59%) Degree
3 14 (20.59%) PMP
4 8 (11.76%) CBAP
5 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (4.41%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.94%) CSPO
7 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.94%) IIBA
7 2 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.47%) APMP
8 1 (1.47%) CFA
8 1 (1.47%) CISA
8 1 (1.47%) CISM
8 1 (1.47%) CISSP
8 1 (1.47%) PgMP
8 1 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.47%) PMO
2 2 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.94%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.47%) GDPR
3 1 (1.47%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.47%) NIST
3 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.47%) QA
3 1 (1.47%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.94%) SAP
4 1 (1.47%) Databricks
4 1 (1.47%) eFront
4 1 (1.47%) Facebook
4 1 (1.47%) HP
4 1 (1.47%) Instagram
4 1 (1.47%) OpenLink
4 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow