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 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 465 500
Rank change year-on-year +31 +35 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI 104 40 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.41% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 25 32
10th Percentile £323 £386 £428
25th Percentile £402 £459 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £525 £613
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -14.29% +8.89%
75th Percentile £642 £600 £704
90th Percentile £738 £645 £918
UK median daily rate £551 £504 £575
% change year-on-year +9.43% -12.43% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
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 11,261 9,829 12,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.14% 32.02% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,092 5,904 8,289
10th Percentile £285 £295 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £744 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 309 457
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.87 £17.00
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.60 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.38% -10.23% +25.71%
75th Percentile £58.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.37 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.89 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.06% -18.82% +21.43%

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 5 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 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 +50 67 £552 +0.36% 23
South East +10 22 £563 +20.32% 27
Midlands -30 6 £400 -30.43% 3
North West -17 5 £625 +3.65% 7
North of England -45 5 £625 +20.54% 12
East Midlands -10 4 £377 +11.70% 2
East of England - 3 £650 - 2
South West - 3 £325 - 5
West Midlands -31 2 £450 -23.40% 1
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 14 (13.46%) Confluence
2 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 16 (15.38%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (7.69%) MS Visio
4 7 (6.73%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (4.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (3.85%) Trello
7 1 (0.96%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Endur
1 6 (5.77%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.96%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.54%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.65%) Azure
3 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.85%) Smartsheet
5 2 (1.92%) AWS
5 2 (1.92%) Canva
5 2 (1.92%) Contentstack
5 2 (1.92%) Lucidchart
5 2 (1.92%) SaaS
5 2 (1.92%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.96%) Contentsquare
6 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.96%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.96%) IaaS
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.96%) PaaS
6 1 (0.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) LAN
1 1 (0.96%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.96%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.54%) Power BI
2 3 (2.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (26.92%) JIRA
General
1 56 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 41 (39.42%) Finance
3 24 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.38%) Banking
5 8 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.81%) Marketing
7 5 (4.81%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.81%) Publishing
8 4 (3.85%) Legal
8 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.92%) Corporate Banking
10 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.92%) Games
10 2 (1.92%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.96%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Project Manager
2 30 (28.85%) Analyst
3 28 (26.92%) Business Analyst
4 19 (18.27%) Senior
5 10 (9.62%) Senior Manager
6 9 (8.65%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (7.69%) Payments Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Payments Business Analyst
7 8 (7.69%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.81%) Endur Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Endur Business Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Lead
8 5 (4.81%) OpenLink Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) OpenLink Business Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Operational Change Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Service Owner
10 3 (2.88%) Deployment Manager
10 3 (2.88%) Integration Manager
10 3 (2.88%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.92%) HTML
1 2 (1.92%) React
2 1 (0.96%) .NET
2 1 (0.96%) ADO
2 1 (0.96%) HTML5
2 1 (0.96%) LDAP
2 1 (0.96%) OAuth
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.96%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.04%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.81%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.88%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.88%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.92%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.92%) LIMS
6 2 (1.92%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.92%) Social Media
6 2 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.92%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.96%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.96%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Linux
1 2 (1.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) AIX
2 1 (0.96%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (64.42%) Agile
2 46 (44.23%) Project Management
2 46 (44.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (36.54%) PRINCE2
4 33 (31.73%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (29.81%) Scrum
6 30 (28.85%) Project Delivery
6 30 (28.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 27 (25.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (23.08%) Waterfall
9 21 (20.19%) Business Analysis
10 17 (16.35%) Requirements Gathering
11 15 (14.42%) Change Management
11 15 (14.42%) Workshop Facilitation
12 14 (13.46%) Kanban
12 14 (13.46%) Programme Management
12 14 (13.46%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 14 (13.46%) User Stories
13 12 (11.54%) Matrix Organization
13 12 (11.54%) Regulatory Change
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.88%) SQL
2 2 (1.92%) Java
2 2 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 104 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 29 (27.88%) Degree
2 29 (27.88%) PMP
3 27 (25.96%) CBAP
4 17 (16.35%) Security Cleared
5 12 (11.54%) SC Cleared
6 10 (9.62%) Master's Degree
7 8 (7.69%) APMP
8 7 (6.73%) DV Cleared
9 5 (4.81%) MAPM
9 5 (4.81%) MBA
9 5 (4.81%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.92%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (0.96%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.96%) CAPM
11 1 (0.96%) CITP
11 1 (0.96%) CSPO
11 1 (0.96%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (22.12%) PMO
2 16 (15.38%) QA
3 8 (7.69%) PSD2
4 6 (5.77%) ISO 8583
4 6 (5.77%) PCI DSS
5 4 (3.85%) P3O
5 4 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.88%) NIST
7 2 (1.92%) Basel III
7 2 (1.92%) GDPR
7 2 (1.92%) GMP
7 2 (1.92%) GRC
7 2 (1.92%) ISO 20022
7 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.92%) SEPA
8 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.96%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.96%) SLA
8 1 (0.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.96%) RACF
1 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (14.42%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.69%) Planview
3 5 (4.81%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.81%) SAP
4 3 (2.88%) Adobe
4 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.92%) Databricks
5 2 (1.92%) Oracle
6 1 (0.96%) Ariba
6 1 (0.96%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.96%) ComArch
6 1 (0.96%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.96%) GoldenSource
6 1 (0.96%) Google
6 1 (0.96%) Okta
6 1 (0.96%) OpenLink
6 1 (0.96%) Synthesia
6 1 (0.96%) VMware