PMI Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 497 546
Rank change year-on-year +73 +49 -1
Contract jobs citing PMI 70 56 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.78% 0.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 50
10th Percentile £298 £186 £400
25th Percentile £379 £405 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.24% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £649 £588 £684
90th Percentile £750 £648 £751
UK median daily rate £506 £513 £600
% change year-on-year -1.22% -14.58% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -

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 8,978 11,424 15,741
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.75% 30.60% 33.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,742 7,357 10,973
10th Percentile £305 £281 £313
25th Percentile £408 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 434 839 523
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £11.87
Median hourly rate £32.85 £36.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +55.32% -11.32%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £62.98
90th Percentile £80.70 £72.50 £77.25
UK median hourly rate £30.81 £35.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year -13.59% +58.44% -16.60%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMI in England.

Daily rate trend for PMI in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMI in England.

Hourly rate trend for PMI in England

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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 2 July 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 +55 42 £563 +7.14% 242
North of England +15 9 £550 +37.50% 19
South East +46 8 £600 +14.29% 37
Yorkshire +2 6 £550 +37.50% 5
Midlands +4 4 £421 -29.92% 27
East of England +22 3 £425 -10.53% 5
West Midlands +7 3 £450 -25.00% 18
North East - 2 £550 - 2
South West +37 1 - - 16
North West +10 1 £514 - 12
East Midlands - 1 £391 - 8
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 4 (5.71%) Confluence
2 2 (2.86%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (15.71%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (4.29%) Trello
6 2 (2.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (5.71%) Endur
2 1 (1.43%) Aligne
2 1 (1.43%) Primavera
2 1 (1.43%) SAP HCM
2 1 (1.43%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.71%) Azure
3 2 (2.86%) AWS
3 2 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.86%) Miro
4 1 (1.43%) Asana
4 1 (1.43%) Canva
4 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.43%) GCP
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.43%) SaaS
4 1 (1.43%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.86%) Internet
2 1 (1.43%) MQTT
2 1 (1.43%) Network Security
2 1 (1.43%) SMS
2 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 3 (4.29%) Tableau
3 2 (2.86%) Big Data
3 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 9 (12.86%) JIRA
2 2 (2.86%) Postman
General
1 38 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 28 (40.00%) Finance
3 11 (15.71%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (15.71%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.14%) Back Office
5 5 (7.14%) Marketing
6 3 (4.29%) Automotive
6 3 (4.29%) Publishing
7 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.86%) Banking
7 2 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.86%) Legal
7 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.86%) Military
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) Aviation
8 1 (1.43%) Games
8 1 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) Project Manager
2 13 (18.57%) Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 6 (8.57%) Lead
4 6 (8.57%) Senior
5 5 (7.14%) Programme Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Administrator
6 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
7 3 (4.29%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.29%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Business Data Analyst
8 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Product Manager
8 2 (2.86%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 2 (2.86%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.86%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.43%) .NET
2 1 (1.43%) HTML
2 1 (1.43%) LDAP
2 1 (1.43%) OAuth
2 1 (1.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.71%) IoT
4 3 (4.29%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.29%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.86%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.43%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.43%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.43%) PDA
6 1 (1.43%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.43%) Social Media
6 1 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.43%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (52.86%) Agile
2 35 (50.00%) Project Management
3 29 (41.43%) PRINCE2
4 26 (37.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 13 (18.57%) Business Analysis
8 11 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (15.71%) Scrum
8 11 (15.71%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
9 10 (14.29%) PRINCE
10 9 (12.86%) Change Management
11 8 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (11.43%) Budget Management
11 8 (11.43%) Programme Management
11 8 (11.43%) Waterfall
12 7 (10.00%) Contingency Planning
12 7 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 30 (42.86%) Degree
3 14 (20.00%) PMP
4 13 (18.57%) CBAP
5 6 (8.57%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.29%) CSPO
6 3 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (4.29%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.86%) APMP
7 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.86%) IIBA
7 2 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.43%) APMG
8 1 (1.43%) CISA
8 1 (1.43%) CISM
8 1 (1.43%) CISSP
8 1 (1.43%) PgMP
8 1 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.86%) PMO
2 2 (2.86%) Basel III
2 2 (2.86%) GDPR
2 2 (2.86%) IFRS
2 2 (2.86%) IFRS 9
2 2 (2.86%) MiFID
2 2 (2.86%) PMBOK
2 2 (2.86%) QA
3 1 (1.43%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.43%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.43%) NIST
3 1 (1.43%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.43%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.71%) Oracle
3 2 (2.86%) Alteryx
3 2 (2.86%) SAP
3 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.43%) Adobe
4 1 (1.43%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.43%) Databricks
4 1 (1.43%) eFront
4 1 (1.43%) HP
4 1 (1.43%) Okta
4 1 (1.43%) OpenLink
4 1 (1.43%) Salesforce