CPIM Contract Job Trends in the South East

APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CPIM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 - 184
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CPIM 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.015% - 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.033% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate - £350 £700
% change year-on-year - -50.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CPIM 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,032 1,407 2,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.17% 40.35% 44.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,048 914 1,378
10th Percentile £329 £250 £350
25th Percentile £460 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £639
90th Percentile £725 £662 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 114 185
10th Percentile £18.50 £18.87 £18.01
25th Percentile £38.03 £19.10 £34.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £28.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +135.71% -51.18% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £67.50 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £54.25 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +115.71% -45.54% -16.04%

CPIM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CPIM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CPIM job vacancy trend in the South East

CPIM
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CPIM within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 August 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
Hampshire - 1 - - 2
CPIM
England

CPIM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Buyer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Production Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft