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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 437 489
Rank change year-on-year -116 +52 +26
Contract jobs citing PMI 83 74 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.27% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% 0.73% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 44 25
10th Percentile £413 £336 £334
25th Percentile £445 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -12.00%
75th Percentile £648 £642 £600
90th Percentile £726 £727 £637
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £25.33 £61.00 -
25th Percentile £43.02 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

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 15,961 10,166 10,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.51% 36.42% 31.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,581 6,361 6,029
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £644 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £820
UK median daily rate £525 £519 £525
% change year-on-year +1.25% -1.29% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,185 535 355
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.81 £16.10
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.51 £24.18
Median hourly rate £33.99 £29.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -43.81% +13.69%
75th Percentile £67.70 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.70 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.42 £46.18
% change year-on-year +31.31% -40.63% +2.62%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -106 37 £550 -8.33% 71
South East -48 27 £575 +11.66% 24
South West -23 9 £525 - 9
North of England -63 5 £463 -26.00% 11
North West -45 4 £394 -37.00% 7
East of England -23 3 £650 - 2
Midlands -38 1 £525 +16.67% 5
West Midlands -45 1 £525 +16.67% 3
Yorkshire - 1 £500 - 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 6 (7.23%) Confluence
2 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.20%) Apache
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Primavera
2 2 (2.41%) Changepoint
2 2 (2.41%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.20%) Elite 3E
3 1 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Azure
2 6 (7.23%) Power Platform
2 6 (7.23%) Smartsheet
3 5 (6.02%) IaaS
4 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (3.61%) SaaS
6 2 (2.41%) AWS
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.20%) GCP
7 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.20%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.20%) Twilio
7 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.41%) VoIP
3 1 (1.20%) CTI
3 1 (1.20%) Firewall
3 1 (1.20%) LAN
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) PBX
3 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) Power BI
2 4 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.41%) Metadata
4 1 (1.20%) Big Data
4 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.20%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (1.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (15.66%) JIRA
General
1 39 (46.99%) Social Skills
2 25 (30.12%) Finance
3 16 (19.28%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.23%) Banking
5 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Marketing
6 4 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Aviation
7 3 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.61%) German Language
8 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.41%) Automotive
8 2 (2.41%) Billing
8 2 (2.41%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.41%) Law
8 2 (2.41%) Legal
8 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.41%) Police
8 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (19.28%) Project Manager
2 14 (16.87%) Analyst
3 12 (14.46%) Risk Manager
4 11 (13.25%) Business Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) Lead
4 11 (13.25%) Senior
5 4 (4.82%) Administrator
5 4 (4.82%) IT Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Technical Manager
6 3 (3.61%) Integration Specialist
6 3 (3.61%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (3.61%) Programme Manager
6 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (3.61%) Scrum Master
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.41%) Agile Scrum Master
7 2 (2.41%) Migration Manager
7 2 (2.41%) Pensions Administrator
7 2 (2.41%) Technical Programme Manager
7 2 (2.41%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.41%) FMCG
4 2 (2.41%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.41%) Synthetic Data
4 2 (2.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.20%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.20%) IVR
5 1 (1.20%) Life Science
5 1 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.82%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (40.96%) PRINCE2
3 33 (39.76%) Project Management
4 30 (36.14%) Agile
5 23 (27.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (26.51%) Decision-Making
7 20 (24.10%) Project Delivery
7 20 (24.10%) Risk Management
8 18 (21.69%) Workshop Facilitation
9 17 (20.48%) Change Management
9 17 (20.48%) Scrum
9 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (16.87%) Waterfall
11 13 (15.66%) Risk Analysis
12 11 (13.25%) Kanban
13 10 (12.05%) Business Case
13 10 (12.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 9 (10.84%) Programme Governance
14 9 (10.84%) Project Governance
14 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 83 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 33 (39.76%) Security Cleared
3 32 (38.55%) Degree
4 22 (26.51%) SC Cleared
5 14 (16.87%) PMP
6 12 (14.46%) CBAP
7 11 (13.25%) DV Cleared
8 6 (7.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.61%) CAPM
9 3 (3.61%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
10 2 (2.41%) APMP
10 2 (2.41%) CISA
10 2 (2.41%) MAPM
10 2 (2.41%) MCSE
10 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (1.20%) CIPD
11 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.20%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) PMO
2 7 (8.43%) Data Quality
3 4 (4.82%) SLA
4 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.41%) NIST
4 2 (2.41%) P3O
4 2 (2.41%) QA
4 2 (2.41%) SEPA
5 1 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.20%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) Kibana
1 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.82%) SAP
3 3 (3.61%) Databricks
3 3 (3.61%) Oracle
3 3 (3.61%) Planview
3 3 (3.61%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.20%) Ariba
4 1 (1.20%) Avaya
4 1 (1.20%) Cisco
4 1 (1.20%) Genesys
4 1 (1.20%) Intapp
4 1 (1.20%) Progress
4 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.20%) Splunk
4 1 (1.20%) VMware
4 1 (1.20%) Wrike