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 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 429 460 477
Rank change year-on-year +31 +17 +46
Contract jobs citing PMI 117 42 71
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% 0.47% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 27 29
10th Percentile £335 £392 £485
25th Percentile £402 £461 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.57% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £790
90th Percentile £738 £660 £925
UK median daily rate £551 £504 £588
% change year-on-year +9.43% -14.30% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile £77.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £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 11,145 8,969 11,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.24% 32.44% 31.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,066 5,395 7,770
10th Percentile £288 £275 £263
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £746 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -4.94% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 546 261 485
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.80 £20.25
Median hourly rate £28.56 £35.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% -16.47% +41.67%
75th Percentile £63.64 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.25 £77.11
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £41.23
% change year-on-year -18.21% -19.31% +38.73%

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 3 January 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 3 January 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 3 January 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 +37 72 £570 +8.57% 14
South East +5 24 £575 +9.52% 13
Midlands -37 12 £347 -40.94% 3
East Midlands - 10 £340 -
North West -24 5 £625 +75.56% 5
North of England -60 5 £625 +23.27% 10
South West - 4 £488 - 4
East of England - 3 £650 - 2
West Midlands -41 2 £450 -23.40% 3
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 19 (16.24%) Confluence
2 2 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (17.95%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (8.55%) MS Visio
4 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (2.56%) Trello
7 2 (1.71%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.13%) Endur
1 6 (5.13%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.71%) Primavera
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.98%) Azure
3 4 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.42%) Smartsheet
4 3 (2.56%) SaaS
5 2 (1.71%) Contentsquare
5 2 (1.71%) Contentstack
5 2 (1.71%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.71%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.71%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.85%) AWS
6 1 (0.85%) Canva
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.85%) IaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.85%) Miro
6 1 (0.85%) PaaS
6 1 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) LAN
1 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.68%) Power BI
2 3 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (29.06%) JIRA
General
1 58 (49.57%) Social Skills
2 49 (41.88%) Finance
3 29 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (22.22%) Banking
5 8 (6.84%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.98%) Corporate Banking
6 7 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.98%) Retail Banking
7 6 (5.13%) Legal
7 6 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.13%) Marketing
7 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.42%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.71%) Publishing
11 1 (0.85%) Front Office
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (35.04%) Project Manager
2 32 (27.35%) Analyst
3 30 (25.64%) Business Analyst
4 23 (19.66%) Senior
5 11 (9.40%) Programme Manager
6 10 (8.55%) Senior Manager
7 9 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (6.84%) Payments Analyst
8 8 (6.84%) Payments Business Analyst
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (4.27%) Endur Analyst
10 5 (4.27%) Endur Business Analyst
10 5 (4.27%) OpenLink Analyst
10 5 (4.27%) OpenLink Business Analyst
11 4 (3.42%) Change Manager
11 4 (3.42%) Data Manager
11 4 (3.42%) Lead
11 4 (3.42%) Operational Change Manager
11 4 (3.42%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) React
2 1 (0.85%) ADO
2 1 (0.85%) HTML
2 1 (0.85%) HTML5
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 30 (25.64%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.84%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.71%) LIMS
7 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.85%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.85%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.85%) SCORM
8 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.71%) Linux
1 2 (1.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.85%) AIX
2 1 (0.85%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (66.67%) Agile
2 56 (47.86%) Project Management
3 55 (47.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 41 (35.04%) PRINCE2
5 36 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (29.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (29.06%) Scrum
8 32 (27.35%) Project Delivery
9 30 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (24.79%) Waterfall
11 23 (19.66%) Business Analysis
12 21 (17.95%) Change Management
12 21 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
12 21 (17.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 19 (16.24%) Kanban
14 18 (15.38%) User Stories
15 17 (14.53%) Regulatory Change
15 17 (14.53%) Use Case
15 17 (14.53%) Workshop Facilitation
16 16 (13.68%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.42%) SQL
2 2 (1.71%) Java
2 2 (1.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 115 (98.29%) PMI Certification
2 44 (37.61%) Degree
3 35 (29.91%) PMP
4 30 (25.64%) CBAP
5 18 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 16 (13.68%) Master's Degree
7 12 (10.26%) SC Cleared
8 11 (9.40%) MBA
9 8 (6.84%) APMP
10 7 (5.98%) DV Cleared
10 7 (5.98%) SAFe Agilist
11 6 (5.13%) MAPM
12 5 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.85%) CAPM
15 1 (0.85%) CITP
15 1 (0.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (22.22%) QA
2 25 (21.37%) PMO
3 8 (6.84%) PSD2
4 7 (5.98%) Basel III
5 6 (5.13%) ISO 8583
5 6 (5.13%) PCI DSS
6 5 (4.27%) Accessibility
7 4 (3.42%) P3O
8 3 (2.56%) GDPR
8 3 (2.56%) GRC
8 3 (2.56%) NIST
8 3 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (1.71%) GMP
9 2 (1.71%) ISO 20022
9 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (1.71%) SEPA
9 2 (1.71%) WCAG
10 1 (0.85%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.85%) RACF
1 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) Planview
3 6 (5.13%) SAP
4 5 (4.27%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.56%) Adobe
6 2 (1.71%) Ariba
6 2 (1.71%) Databricks
6 2 (1.71%) Google
6 2 (1.71%) NEC
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle
6 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.85%) ComArch
7 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.85%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.85%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.85%) Synthesia
7 1 (0.85%) VMware