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 27 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 443 491
Rank change year-on-year -5 +48 +39
Contract jobs citing PMI 115 41 64
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 0.48% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 27 28
10th Percentile £340 £377 £400
25th Percentile £401 £469 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £530 £569
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% -6.81% -1.09%
75th Percentile £629 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £745 £925
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £80.00 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile £96.25 - -
90th Percentile £98.50 - £62.66
UK median hourly rate £85.00 - £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 12,040 8,581 11,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.98% 33.38% 30.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,668 5,315 7,613
10th Percentile £283 £275 £257
25th Percentile £409 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 593 265 752
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £16.47
Median hourly rate £33.50 £37.00 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +17.46% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £83.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £32.81 £30.58
% change year-on-year -0.18% +7.29% +36.00%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +2 61 £539 -2.09% 7
South East -12 25 £545 -16.16% 6
Midlands -45 15 £340 -28.57% 3
East Midlands -15 11 £340 -13.04% 1
North of England -69 8 £402 -22.88% 6
South West - 6 £488 - 2
North West -27 4 £379 +6.46% 4
West Midlands -50 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -71 4 £468 -11.70% 2
East of England - 2 £708 - 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 22 (19.13%) Confluence
2 5 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 19 (16.52%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (9.57%) MS Visio
4 7 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (4.35%) Trello
6 2 (1.74%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.48%) Endur
3 3 (2.61%) Primavera
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.65%) Power Platform
2 8 (6.96%) Azure
3 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.48%) Lucidchart
4 4 (3.48%) SaaS
5 2 (1.74%) Contentsquare
5 2 (1.74%) Google Analytics
5 2 (1.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.74%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.87%) AWS
6 1 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.87%) Contentstack
6 1 (0.87%) IaaS
6 1 (0.87%) PaaS
6 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.87%) LAN
1 1 (0.87%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (15.65%) Power BI
2 3 (2.61%) Tableau
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (25.22%) JIRA
General
1 59 (51.30%) Social Skills
2 49 (42.61%) Finance
3 26 (22.61%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (21.74%) Banking
5 9 (7.83%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (6.96%) Corporate Banking
6 8 (6.96%) Legal
6 8 (6.96%) Retail Banking
7 7 (6.09%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.22%) Manufacturing
9 5 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (4.35%) Marketing
9 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.87%) Automotive
12 1 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.87%) Front Office
12 1 (0.87%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 40 (34.78%) Project Manager
2 31 (26.96%) Analyst
3 28 (24.35%) Business Analyst
4 18 (15.65%) Senior
5 13 (11.30%) Programme Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Change Manager
6 7 (6.09%) Senior Analyst
6 7 (6.09%) Senior Business Analyst
6 7 (6.09%) Senior Manager
7 6 (5.22%) Payments Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) Payments Business Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 6 (5.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (4.35%) Operational Change Manager
9 4 (3.48%) Banking Project Manager
9 4 (3.48%) Project Planner
9 4 (3.48%) Service Owner
10 3 (2.61%) Endur Business Analyst
10 3 (2.61%) OpenLink Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.87%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.74%) Product Ownership
2 13 (11.30%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.96%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.61%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.61%) LIMS
5 3 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.74%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.74%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.87%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.87%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.87%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.61%) Linux
1 3 (2.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.74%) AIX
2 2 (1.74%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (65.22%) Agile
2 55 (47.83%) Project Management
2 55 (47.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 40 (34.78%) PRINCE2
4 36 (31.30%) Continuous Improvement
5 35 (30.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 33 (28.70%) Scrum
7 29 (25.22%) Change Management
8 26 (22.61%) Project Delivery
9 25 (21.74%) Waterfall
10 23 (20.00%) Kanban
11 20 (17.39%) Business Analysis
11 20 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (16.52%) Requirements Gathering
12 19 (16.52%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 19 (16.52%) Workshop Facilitation
13 18 (15.65%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (14.78%) User Stories
15 16 (13.91%) Regulatory Change
15 16 (13.91%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.48%) SQL
2 1 (0.87%) Java
2 1 (0.87%) Python
Qualifications
1 113 (98.26%) PMI Certification
2 46 (40.00%) Degree
3 33 (28.70%) PMP
4 27 (23.48%) CBAP
5 23 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 19 (16.52%) Master's Degree
7 16 (13.91%) SC Cleared
8 10 (8.70%) MBA
9 9 (7.83%) SAFe Agilist
10 8 (6.96%) APMP
11 7 (6.09%) MAPM
12 6 (5.22%) DV Cleared
13 5 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (1.74%) CAPM
15 2 (1.74%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 2 (1.74%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 1 (0.87%) CITP
16 1 (0.87%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.48%) QA
2 19 (16.52%) PMO
3 8 (6.96%) Basel III
4 6 (5.22%) ISO 8583
4 6 (5.22%) PCI DSS
4 6 (5.22%) PSD2
5 4 (3.48%) Accessibility
5 4 (3.48%) GDPR
5 4 (3.48%) NIST
6 3 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.74%) GMP
7 2 (1.74%) GRC
7 2 (1.74%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.74%) WCAG
8 1 (0.87%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.87%) P3O
8 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.87%) RACF
1 1 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.48%) Planview
2 4 (3.48%) SAP
3 3 (2.61%) Oracle
4 2 (1.74%) Adobe
4 2 (1.74%) Ariba
4 2 (1.74%) Databricks
4 2 (1.74%) Google
4 2 (1.74%) NEC
4 2 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.87%) CyberArk
5 1 (0.87%) GoldenSource
5 1 (0.87%) OpenLink
5 1 (0.87%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.87%) VMware