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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 438 507
Rank change year-on-year +12 +69 -1
Contract jobs citing PMI 117 39 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.03% 0.45% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 25 25
10th Percentile £336 £391 £410
25th Percentile £402 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -7.83% -
75th Percentile £656 £625 £675
90th Percentile £738 £780 £925
UK median daily rate £523 £504 £575
% change year-on-year +3.77% -12.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
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 11,314 8,625 11,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.75% 32.81% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,221 5,178 7,823
10th Percentile £281 £268 £255
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £527 £538
% change year-on-year -5.08% -2.00% -3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 242 676
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.51 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £17.70
Median hourly rate £30.30 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.19% +7.14% +55.66%
75th Percentile £63.43 £67.76 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.64 £83.20 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £28.13 £35.00 £34.61
% change year-on-year -19.64% +1.14% +53.90%

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 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 27 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 27 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 +29 67 £570 +3.64% 6
South East -11 25 £515 -20.77% 22
Midlands -47 13 £340 -43.33% 12
East Midlands - 11 £340 - 7
North of England -58 6 £454 -10.40% 11
East of England - 4 £663 - 10
South West - 4 £488 - 10
North West -29 3 £402 +12.92% 5
Yorkshire -49 3 £468 -9.74% 5
West Midlands -38 2 £450 -25.00% 5
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 (18.80%) Confluence
2 2 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (17.09%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 9 (7.69%) 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%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (4.27%) Endur
3 3 (2.56%) Primavera
4 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.53%) Power Platform
2 8 (6.84%) Azure
3 5 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.56%) Lucidchart
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%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.85%) AWS
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.85%) IaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Miro
6 1 (0.85%) PaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.85%) LAN
1 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.53%) Power BI
2 3 (2.56%) Tableau
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 34 (29.06%) JIRA
General
1 58 (49.57%) Social Skills
2 52 (44.44%) Finance
3 30 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (22.22%) Banking
5 9 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (6.84%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.98%) Corporate Banking
7 7 (5.98%) Retail Banking
8 6 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (5.13%) Legal
8 6 (5.13%) Manufacturing
8 6 (5.13%) Marketing
9 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.85%) Automotive
10 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.85%) Front Office
10 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (31.62%) Project Manager
2 33 (28.21%) Analyst
3 31 (26.50%) Business Analyst
4 20 (17.09%) Senior
5 13 (11.11%) Programme Manager
6 8 (6.84%) Payments Analyst
6 8 (6.84%) Payments Business Analyst
6 8 (6.84%) Senior Manager
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Business Analyst
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Project Manager
8 6 (5.13%) Change Manager
9 5 (4.27%) Lead
9 5 (4.27%) Operational Change Manager
10 4 (3.42%) Banking Project Manager
10 4 (3.42%) Endur Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) Endur Business Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) OpenLink Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) OpenLink Business Analyst
10 4 (3.42%) Service Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.71%) React
2 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 31 (26.50%) 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%) LIMS
6 3 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.71%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.85%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.85%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
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 81 (69.23%) Agile
2 57 (48.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 53 (45.30%) Project Management
4 41 (35.04%) PRINCE2
5 38 (32.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (30.77%) Scrum
7 30 (25.64%) Project Delivery
8 28 (23.93%) Waterfall
9 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (20.51%) Change Management
11 22 (18.80%) Business Analysis
11 22 (18.80%) Requirements Gathering
12 21 (17.95%) Kanban
12 21 (17.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 19 (16.24%) User Stories
13 19 (16.24%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (15.38%) Regulatory Change
14 18 (15.38%) Use Case
15 17 (14.53%) Business Intelligence
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 48 (41.03%) Degree
3 32 (27.35%) PMP
4 30 (25.64%) CBAP
5 18 (15.38%) Master's Degree
6 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
7 11 (9.40%) MBA
8 10 (8.55%) SC Cleared
9 8 (6.84%) APMP
9 8 (6.84%) SAFe Agilist
10 6 (5.13%) MAPM
11 5 (4.27%) DV Cleared
11 5 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.85%) CAPM
14 1 (0.85%) CITP
14 1 (0.85%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (24.79%) QA
2 22 (18.80%) 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 3 (2.56%) GDPR
7 3 (2.56%) GRC
7 3 (2.56%) NIST
7 3 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.71%) GMP
8 2 (1.71%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.71%) P3O
8 2 (1.71%) SEPA
8 2 (1.71%) WCAG
9 1 (0.85%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.85%) RACF
1 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.13%) Planview
3 4 (3.42%) SAP
4 3 (2.56%) Oracle
4 3 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.71%) Adobe
5 2 (1.71%) Ariba
5 2 (1.71%) Databricks
5 2 (1.71%) Google
5 2 (1.71%) NEC
5 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.85%) ComArch
6 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.85%) GoldenSource
6 1 (0.85%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.85%) VMware