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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 485 511
Rank change year-on-year +56 +26 +21
Contract jobs citing PMI 85 43 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.86% 0.43% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 24 40
10th Percentile £302 £330 £461
25th Percentile £400 £398 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.91% -16.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £688
90th Percentile £750 £618 £800
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £625
% change year-on-year +2.90% -20.00% +19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -10.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -10.45%

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 9,855 9,988 13,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.79% 30.72% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,185 6,163 9,659
10th Percentile £300 £300 £300
25th Percentile £408 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -1.79%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £792
UK median daily rate £515 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.07% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 418 415
10th Percentile £15.48 £14.89 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 £70.00 £67.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.16 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +12.36% +67.92%

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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +64 58 £600 +9.09% 36
South East +26 11 £515 +25.60% 30
North of England -10 6 £625 +75.56% 8
North West -8 4 £625 +75.56% 5
East of England - 4 £563 - 2
West Midlands -13 3 £450 -25.00% 2
Midlands -14 3 £450 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire -15 1 £700 - 1
North East - 1 - - 2
South West - 1 - - 4
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 9 (10.59%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (16.47%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (15.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (7.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (7.06%) MS Visio
5 2 (2.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (7.06%) Endur
2 4 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.18%) Aligne
3 1 (1.18%) Primavera
3 1 (1.18%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.18%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.06%) Azure
1 6 (7.06%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (3.53%) Smartsheet
3 2 (2.35%) Canva
3 2 (2.35%) Contentstack
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.35%) Miro
3 2 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.18%) AWS
4 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.18%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.18%) SaaS
4 1 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) Internet
1 1 (1.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.06%) Power BI
2 4 (4.71%) Tableau
3 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.18%) Big Data
4 1 (1.18%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) Postman
General
1 45 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 33 (38.82%) Finance
3 12 (14.12%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (9.41%) Banking
5 8 (9.41%) Marketing
6 6 (7.06%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (5.88%) Back Office
7 5 (5.88%) Publishing
8 4 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 4 (4.71%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.53%) Investment Banking
9 3 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.35%) Aerospace
10 2 (2.35%) Automotive
10 2 (2.35%) Games
10 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.35%) Military
10 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (37.65%) Project Manager
2 19 (22.35%) Analyst
3 16 (18.82%) Business Analyst
4 12 (14.12%) Senior
5 8 (9.41%) Senior Manager
6 7 (8.24%) Lead
7 6 (7.06%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (4.71%) Administrator
8 4 (4.71%) Integration Manager
8 4 (4.71%) Integration Project Manager
8 4 (4.71%) Systems Administrator
9 3 (3.53%) Deployment Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Deployment Project Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Endur Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Endur Business Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) OpenLink Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 3 (3.53%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Salesforce Project Manager
9 3 (3.53%) Senior PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.35%) HTML
1 2 (2.35%) React
1 2 (2.35%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.18%) .NET
2 1 (1.18%) ADO
2 1 (1.18%) HTML5
2 1 (1.18%) LDAP
2 1 (1.18%) OAuth
2 1 (1.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.53%) Graphic Design
3 3 (3.53%) Reference Data
3 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.35%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.35%) Learning Management System
4 2 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.35%) Social Media
4 2 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (2.35%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.18%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.18%) IoT
5 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.18%) Podcast
5 1 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.18%) AIX
1 1 (1.18%) Linux
1 1 (1.18%) Solaris
1 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (57.65%) Agile
2 39 (45.88%) Project Management
3 35 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (30.59%) PRINCE2
4 26 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (27.06%) Project Delivery
6 16 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (18.82%) Waterfall
7 15 (17.65%) Scrum
8 13 (15.29%) Programme Management
9 12 (14.12%) Business Analysis
9 12 (14.12%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (12.94%) Matrix Organization
10 11 (12.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (10.59%) Budget Management
11 9 (10.59%) Business Case
11 9 (10.59%) Change Management
11 9 (10.59%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 8 (9.41%) Programme Delivery
12 8 (9.41%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.71%) SQL
2 2 (2.35%) Java
2 2 (2.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 85 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 29 (34.12%) Degree
3 24 (28.24%) PMP
4 19 (22.35%) CBAP
5 11 (12.94%) Security Cleared
6 8 (9.41%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.06%) DV Cleared
7 6 (7.06%) Master's Degree
8 5 (5.88%) APMP
9 3 (3.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (2.35%) MBA
11 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.18%) CAPM
11 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.18%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.00%) PMO
2 4 (4.71%) QA
3 3 (3.53%) P3O
4 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.35%) Basel III
4 2 (2.35%) GMP
4 2 (2.35%) IFRS
4 2 (2.35%) IFRS 9
4 2 (2.35%) ISO 20022
4 2 (2.35%) MiFID
4 2 (2.35%) PMBOK
4 2 (2.35%) PSD2
4 2 (2.35%) SEPA
5 1 (1.18%) GDPR
5 1 (1.18%) GRC
5 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.18%) NIST
5 1 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.88%) Planview
2 5 (5.88%) SAP
3 4 (4.71%) Oracle
3 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.35%) Adobe
4 2 (2.35%) Alteryx
4 2 (2.35%) CyberArk
4 2 (2.35%) Databricks
5 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.18%) ComArch
5 1 (1.18%) Okta
5 1 (1.18%) OpenLink
5 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow