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 18 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 474 495
Rank change year-on-year +26 +21 +27
Contract jobs citing PMI 96 35 82
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 0.36% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 23 32
10th Percentile £321 £379 £428
25th Percentile £402 £439 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £738 £645 £799
UK median daily rate £517 £513 £600
% change year-on-year +0.97% -14.58% +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 10,976 9,685 12,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.44% 31.56% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,878 5,782 8,753
10th Percentile £285 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £511 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -3.63% -3.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 302 463
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.24 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.45% +2.62% +52.54%
75th Percentile £52.66 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.33% -15.73% +50.29%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +55 65 £539 -2.09% 42
South East +13 15 £515 +10.15% 30
North West -17 5 £625 +3.65% 6
Midlands -35 5 £401 -33.17% 11
North of England -35 5 £625 +3.65% 11
East Midlands -14 3 £400 +18.52% 6
South West - 3 £325 - 8
East of England - 3 £650 - 4
West Midlands -32 2 £450 -25.00% 5
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 11 (11.46%) Confluence
2 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 15 (15.63%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (13.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (6.25%) MS Visio
5 5 (5.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (4.17%) Trello
7 1 (1.04%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (5.21%) Endur
3 4 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.04%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.46%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.33%) Azure
3 5 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.17%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.08%) Canva
5 2 (2.08%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.08%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.04%) AWS
6 1 (1.04%) Contentsquare
6 1 (1.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.04%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.04%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.04%) Miro
6 1 (1.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.04%) LAN
1 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.46%) Power BI
2 4 (4.17%) Tableau
3 2 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (26.04%) JIRA
General
1 52 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (37.50%) Finance
3 24 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (15.63%) Banking
5 8 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.21%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Marketing
7 5 (5.21%) Publishing
8 4 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.13%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.08%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.08%) Games
10 2 (2.08%) Legal
10 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.04%) Back Office
11 1 (1.04%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.04%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (34.38%) Project Manager
2 29 (30.21%) Analyst
3 26 (27.08%) Business Analyst
4 20 (20.83%) Senior
5 11 (11.46%) Senior Manager
6 9 (9.38%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (8.33%) Payments Analyst
7 8 (8.33%) Payments Business Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Endur Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Endur Business Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) Lead
8 5 (5.21%) OpenLink Analyst
8 5 (5.21%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 4 (4.17%) Change Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Operational Change Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Programme Manager
9 4 (4.17%) Service Owner
10 3 (3.13%) Data Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Deployment Manager
10 3 (3.13%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) HTML
1 2 (2.08%) React
1 2 (2.08%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.04%) .NET
2 1 (1.04%) ADO
2 1 (1.04%) HTML5
2 1 (1.04%) LDAP
2 1 (1.04%) OAuth
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.04%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.92%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.29%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.13%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.08%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.08%) LIMS
5 2 (2.08%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.08%) Social Media
5 2 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.08%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.04%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.04%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.04%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.04%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Linux
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.04%) AIX
2 1 (1.04%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (69.79%) Agile
2 43 (44.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (41.67%) Project Management
4 35 (36.46%) PRINCE2
5 33 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (29.17%) Scrum
7 27 (28.13%) Project Delivery
8 26 (27.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 24 (25.00%) Waterfall
10 23 (23.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (20.83%) Business Analysis
12 16 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
13 15 (15.63%) User Stories
13 15 (15.63%) Workshop Facilitation
14 14 (14.58%) Change Management
14 14 (14.58%) Programme Management
15 13 (13.54%) Regulatory Change
15 13 (13.54%) User Acceptance Testing
16 12 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 11 (11.46%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.17%) SQL
2 2 (2.08%) Java
2 2 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 26 (27.08%) CBAP
3 24 (25.00%) Degree
4 23 (23.96%) PMP
5 11 (11.46%) Security Cleared
6 9 (9.38%) Master's Degree
7 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
8 5 (5.21%) DV Cleared
9 4 (4.17%) APMP
9 4 (4.17%) MBA
10 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (1.04%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.04%) CAPM
12 1 (1.04%) CITP
12 1 (1.04%) CSPO
12 1 (1.04%) ISEB
12 1 (1.04%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) PMO
2 14 (14.58%) QA
3 8 (8.33%) PSD2
4 6 (6.25%) ISO 8583
4 6 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 4 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
6 3 (3.13%) Basel III
6 3 (3.13%) P3O
7 2 (2.08%) GDPR
7 2 (2.08%) GMP
7 2 (2.08%) IFRS
7 2 (2.08%) IFRS 9
7 2 (2.08%) ISO 20022
7 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (2.08%) MiFID
7 2 (2.08%) SEPA
8 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.04%) SLA
8 1 (1.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.04%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.04%) RACF
1 1 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (14.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) Planview
3 5 (5.21%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.17%) SAP
5 3 (3.13%) Adobe
5 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.08%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.08%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.08%) Databricks
6 2 (2.08%) Oracle
7 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.04%) ComArch
7 1 (1.04%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.04%) Google
7 1 (1.04%) Okta
7 1 (1.04%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.04%) Synthesia
7 1 (1.04%) VMware