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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 452 489
Rank change year-on-year +23 +37 +38
Contract jobs citing PMI 108 44 72
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.96% 0.47% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 27 29
10th Percentile £343 £366 £455
25th Percentile £402 £439 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.86% -16.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £790
90th Percentile £738 £657 £925
UK median daily rate £570 £504 £575
% change year-on-year +13.21% -12.43% -
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 11,210 9,355 11,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.60% 32.39% 31.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,064 5,674 8,056
10th Percentile £281 £279 £263
25th Percentile £408 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.31%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.51% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 277 458
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £16.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £23.59 £20.89
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.25%
75th Percentile £61.50 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -16.92% -22.94% +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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +47 67 £570 -0.87% 13
South East +1 23 £563 +20.32% 19
Midlands -36 8 £401 -30.26% 3
East Midlands -14 6 £400 +18.52% 1
North West -20 6 £570 +59.97% 5
North of England -52 6 £570 +12.33% 10
South West - 4 £488 - 3
East of England - 3 £650 - 2
West Midlands -34 2 £450 -23.40% 2
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 16 (14.81%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (15.74%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (12.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (9.26%) MS Visio
4 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (3.70%) Trello
7 2 (1.85%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 6 (5.56%) Endur
1 6 (5.56%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.93%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.04%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.33%) Azure
3 5 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.70%) Smartsheet
5 3 (2.78%) SaaS
6 2 (1.85%) AWS
6 2 (1.85%) Contentsquare
6 2 (1.85%) Contentstack
6 2 (1.85%) Google Analytics
6 2 (1.85%) Lucidchart
6 2 (1.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 2 (1.85%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.93%) Canva
7 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.93%) IaaS
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.93%) Miro
7 1 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) LAN
1 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.04%) Power BI
2 3 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (28.70%) JIRA
General
1 58 (53.70%) Social Skills
2 45 (41.67%) Finance
3 27 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (17.59%) Banking
5 8 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (5.56%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.63%) Legal
7 5 (4.63%) Marketing
8 4 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.78%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (2.78%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.78%) Publishing
9 3 (2.78%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.93%) Games
11 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 37 (34.26%) Project Manager
2 28 (25.93%) Analyst
3 26 (24.07%) Business Analyst
4 18 (16.67%) Senior
5 11 (10.19%) Programme Manager
6 10 (9.26%) Senior Manager
7 9 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
8 8 (7.41%) Payments Analyst
8 8 (7.41%) Payments Business Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Endur Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Endur Business Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) OpenLink Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) OpenLink Business Analyst
10 4 (3.70%) Change Manager
10 4 (3.70%) Data Manager
10 4 (3.70%) Lead
10 4 (3.70%) Operational Change Manager
10 4 (3.70%) Service Owner
10 4 (3.70%) Technical Manager
11 3 (2.78%) Implementation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.85%) React
2 1 (0.93%) .NET
2 1 (0.93%) ADO
2 1 (0.93%) HTML
2 1 (0.93%) HTML5
2 1 (0.93%) LDAP
2 1 (0.93%) OAuth
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.93%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 10 (9.26%) Management Information System
3 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (4.63%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.85%) Graphic Design
7 2 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.85%) LIMS
7 2 (1.85%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.93%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.93%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.93%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.93%) Podcast
8 1 (0.93%) SCORM
8 1 (0.93%) Social Media
8 1 (0.93%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.85%) Linux
1 2 (1.85%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) AIX
2 1 (0.93%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (65.74%) Agile
2 50 (46.30%) Project Management
3 46 (42.59%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (37.04%) PRINCE2
5 32 (29.63%) Scrum
5 32 (29.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 31 (28.70%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (28.70%) Project Delivery
7 30 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (22.22%) Waterfall
9 19 (17.59%) Business Analysis
9 19 (17.59%) Requirements Gathering
10 17 (15.74%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 16 (14.81%) Change Management
12 15 (13.89%) Kanban
12 15 (13.89%) Workshop Facilitation
13 14 (12.96%) Programme Management
14 13 (12.04%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (12.04%) Regulatory Change
14 13 (12.04%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) SQL
2 2 (1.85%) Java
2 2 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 106 (98.15%) PMI Certification
2 32 (29.63%) Degree
3 31 (28.70%) PMP
4 26 (24.07%) CBAP
5 18 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 12 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 10 (9.26%) Master's Degree
8 8 (7.41%) APMP
9 7 (6.48%) DV Cleared
10 6 (5.56%) MAPM
10 6 (5.56%) MBA
11 5 (4.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (2.78%) SAFe Agilist
13 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.93%) CAPM
14 1 (0.93%) CITP
14 1 (0.93%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.22%) PMO
2 19 (17.59%) QA
3 8 (7.41%) PSD2
4 6 (5.56%) ISO 8583
4 6 (5.56%) PCI DSS
5 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
6 4 (3.70%) GDPR
6 4 (3.70%) P3O
6 4 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (2.78%) Basel III
7 3 (2.78%) GRC
7 3 (2.78%) NIST
8 2 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (1.85%) GMP
8 2 (1.85%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (1.85%) SEPA
8 2 (1.85%) WCAG
9 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.93%) RACF
1 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 16 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.41%) Planview
3 6 (5.56%) SAP
4 5 (4.63%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.78%) Adobe
5 3 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.85%) Ariba
6 2 (1.85%) Databricks
6 2 (1.85%) Google
6 2 (1.85%) NEC
6 2 (1.85%) Oracle
7 1 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.93%) ComArch
7 1 (0.93%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.93%) GoldenSource
7 1 (0.93%) Okta
7 1 (0.93%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.93%) Synthesia
7 1 (0.93%) VMware