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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 486 504
Rank change year-on-year +56 +18 +5
Contract jobs citing PMI 89 33 77
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.34% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 22 31
10th Percentile £348 £376 £425
25th Percentile £402 £460 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £648
90th Percentile £717 £645 £790
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
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 10,727 9,707 12,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.41% 31.22% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,702 5,809 8,745
10th Percentile £290 £294 £285
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 294 461
10th Percentile £14.31 £16.76 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.44 £23.80 £21.31
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +5.56% +66.79%
75th Percentile £51.06 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.23 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.50% -10.11% +64.94%

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 6 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 6 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 +36 60 £600 +4.35% 59
South East +13 14 £515 +10.15% 55
North West -13 4 £625 +3.65% 10
North of England -33 4 £625 +3.65% 16
Midlands -34 4 £402 -33.00% 7
South West - 3 £325 - 15
East of England - 3 £650 - 4
East Midlands -16 2 £401 +18.81% 3
West Midlands -28 2 £450 -25.00% 4
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 10 (11.24%) Confluence
2 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 15 (16.85%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (14.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (6.74%) MS Visio
5 5 (5.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (4.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Endur
2 4 (4.49%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.24%) Power Platform
2 8 (8.99%) Azure
3 5 (5.62%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.49%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.25%) Canva
5 2 (2.25%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.25%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.12%) AWS
6 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.12%) Lucidchart
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.12%) Miro
6 1 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) Internet
1 1 (1.12%) LAN
1 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.24%) Power BI
2 4 (4.49%) Tableau
3 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 23 (25.84%) JIRA
General
1 49 (55.06%) Social Skills
2 34 (38.20%) Finance
3 19 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (14.61%) Banking
5 7 (7.87%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (6.74%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.62%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.62%) Publishing
8 4 (4.49%) Marketing
8 4 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.37%) Investment Banking
10 2 (2.25%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.25%) Games
10 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.12%) Back Office
11 1 (1.12%) Brand Awareness
11 1 (1.12%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (34.83%) Project Manager
2 27 (30.34%) Analyst
3 24 (26.97%) Business Analyst
4 20 (22.47%) Senior
5 11 (12.36%) Senior Manager
6 9 (10.11%) Senior Project Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Payments Analyst
7 6 (6.74%) Payments Business Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) Endur Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) Endur Business Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) Lead
8 5 (5.62%) OpenLink Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 4 (4.49%) Change Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Operational Change Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Service Owner
10 3 (3.37%) Deployment Manager
10 3 (3.37%) Integration Manager
10 3 (3.37%) Integration Project Manager
10 3 (3.37%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) HTML
1 2 (2.25%) React
1 2 (2.25%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.12%) .NET
2 1 (1.12%) ADO
2 1 (1.12%) HTML5
2 1 (1.12%) LDAP
2 1 (1.12%) OAuth
2 1 (1.12%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (21.35%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.37%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.37%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.37%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.25%) Learning Management System
5 2 (2.25%) LIMS
5 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.25%) Social Media
5 2 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.25%) Video Editing
5 2 (2.25%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.12%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.12%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.12%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.12%) Podcast
6 1 (1.12%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.25%) Linux
1 2 (2.25%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) AIX
2 1 (1.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (69.66%) Agile
2 41 (46.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (42.70%) Project Management
4 33 (37.08%) PRINCE2
5 30 (33.71%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (29.21%) Project Delivery
7 24 (26.97%) Scrum
8 23 (25.84%) Waterfall
9 21 (23.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 19 (21.35%) Business Analysis
10 19 (21.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (14.61%) Change Management
11 13 (14.61%) Programme Management
11 13 (14.61%) Requirements Gathering
11 13 (14.61%) User Stories
11 13 (14.61%) Workshop Facilitation
12 11 (12.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 10 (11.24%) Change Control
13 10 (11.24%) Risk Management
13 10 (11.24%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.49%) SQL
2 2 (2.25%) Java
2 2 (2.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 89 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 25 (28.09%) CBAP
3 24 (26.97%) Degree
4 21 (23.60%) PMP
5 10 (11.24%) Security Cleared
6 8 (8.99%) Master's Degree
7 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
8 4 (4.49%) APMP
8 4 (4.49%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.37%) MBA
10 2 (2.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.12%) CAPM
11 1 (1.12%) CITP
11 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.12%) CSPO
11 1 (1.12%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.98%) PMO
2 10 (11.24%) QA
3 6 (6.74%) PSD2
4 4 (4.49%) ISO 8583
4 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (3.37%) P3O
6 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.25%) Basel III
6 2 (2.25%) GMP
6 2 (2.25%) IFRS
6 2 (2.25%) IFRS 9
6 2 (2.25%) ISO 20022
6 2 (2.25%) MiFID
6 2 (2.25%) SEPA
7 1 (1.12%) GDPR
7 1 (1.12%) GRC
7 1 (1.12%) NIST
7 1 (1.12%) SLA
7 1 (1.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.12%) RACF
1 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.87%) Planview
3 5 (5.62%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.49%) SAP
5 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.25%) Adobe
6 2 (2.25%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.25%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.25%) Databricks
7 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.12%) ComArch
7 1 (1.12%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.12%) Okta
7 1 (1.12%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.12%) Oracle
7 1 (1.12%) Synthesia
7 1 (1.12%) VMware