PMI Certification Contract Job Trends in the North West

PMI Certification
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 108 127
Rank change year-on-year -23 +19 +34
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 16 14 13
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.65% 0.68% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.86% 2.11% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 6
10th Percentile £350 £325 £494
25th Percentile £415 £341 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £363 £563
Median % change year-on-year +41.38% -35.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £638 £563 £609
90th Percentile £813 £750 £631
England median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £52.50
75th Percentile £73.75 - £54.38
90th Percentile - - £54.75
England median hourly rate £72.88 £30.78 £60.00
% change year-on-year +136.76% -48.70% -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

PMI Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 862 665 827
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.91% 32.19% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 354 537
10th Percentile £218 £250 £253
25th Percentile £381 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -12.04% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £645
90th Percentile £688 £675 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 39 70
10th Percentile £18.91 £23.74 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.52 £31.25 £30.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +59.24%
75th Percentile £67.25 £56.63 £49.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.63 £65.13
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.71 £50.00
% change year-on-year -46.16% -6.58% +11.11%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in the North West

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the North West

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMI Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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
Cheshire -15 9 £525 +47.47% 1
Manchester -9 4 £466 -18.91% 7
Merseyside - 3 £875 -
PMI Certification
England

PMI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (31.25%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) NetSuite
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (25.00%) Smartsheet
3 2 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) Lucidchart
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 8 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) Banking
3 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (18.75%) Investment Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Retail Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Dutch Language
6 1 (6.25%) Law
6 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior PMO
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Banking Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Integration Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Programme Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Applications Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Business Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Change Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Junior
4 1 (6.25%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) PMI
2 2 (12.50%) EPoS
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Life Science
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Agile
2 12 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (68.75%) PRINCE2
3 11 (68.75%) Project Management
4 10 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (56.25%) Waterfall
6 8 (50.00%) Change Management
7 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
8 5 (31.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (25.00%) Change Control
9 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (25.00%) Fintech
9 4 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
10 3 (18.75%) Analytics
10 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
10 3 (18.75%) Portfolio Management
10 3 (18.75%) Project Governance
10 3 (18.75%) Scrum
10 3 (18.75%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) PMP
2 8 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) MBA
3 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
4 1 (6.25%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) PMO
2 5 (31.25%) P3O
3 3 (18.75%) QA
4 2 (12.50%) Basel III
4 2 (12.50%) GRC
5 1 (6.25%) GDPR
5 1 (6.25%) PMBOK
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Planview
3 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) Snow
3 2 (12.50%) Workday
4 1 (6.25%) Epicor
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle