PMI Contracts in the Midlands

Project Management Institute (PMI)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 128 155
Rank change year-on-year +24 +27 +39
Contract jobs citing PMI 7 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.37% 0.18% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.21% 0.58% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile £401 - £393
25th Percentile £417 - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.04%
75th Percentile £479 - £563
90th Percentile £484 - £600
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +18.81% +146.34%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing PMI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PMI in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PMI in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +15 6 £475 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £391 - 9
PMI
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) IaaS
1 2 (28.57%) PaaS
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 3 (42.86%) IT Manager
2 3 (42.86%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Chief Technology Officer
4 1 (14.29%) Communications Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Communications Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Resilience Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Engagement Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Senior PMO
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Business Impact Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) Fintech
4 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Workshops
4 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
4 2 (28.57%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (42.86%) PMP
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) PMO
2 2 (28.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (14.29%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
1 1 (14.29%) SAP