PMI Certification Contract Job Trends in the South East

PMI Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 130 173
Rank change year-on-year +14 +43 +31
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 67 34 28
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.55% 0.99% 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.54% 2.62% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 27 14
10th Percentile £386 £410 £456
25th Percentile £450 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £533
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +12.68% -7.39%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £588
90th Percentile £688 £717 £648
England median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £81.13 - -
25th Percentile £82.81 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £86.25 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £90.31 £71.25 -
90th Percentile £92.38 - -
England median hourly rate £72.88 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +48.30% -18.10% -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,893 1,297 2,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.86% 37.90% 44.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,257 852 1,303
10th Percentile £270 £257 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +0.70%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 72 134
10th Percentile £15.62 £19.98 £27.50
25th Percentile £19.38 £30.19 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.63% -13.34% +33.33%
75th Percentile £60.06 £64.73 £70.50
90th Percentile £90.09 £74.99 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.02% +15.33%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the South East

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
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 PMI Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +5 43 £535 -10.83% 15
Berkshire +8 37 £575 -13.63% 11
Hampshire -4 18 £535 +25.88% 9
West Sussex -6 5 £500 +21.95% 1
Buckinghamshire +3 4 £515 +2.99%
Surrey -5 4 £525 -22.22% 6
Oxfordshire -14 2 £563 -8.16% 4
PMI Certification
England

PMI Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (20.90%) Confluence
2 10 (14.93%) SharePoint
3 7 (10.45%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (2.99%) Primavera
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.46%) AWS
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) OpenShift
3 3 (4.48%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.99%) Apple Pay
4 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.99%) Contentstack
4 2 (2.99%) Google Pay
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) 5G
2 3 (4.48%) Wireless
3 1 (1.49%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) Tableau
2 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.49%) DTS
3 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.49%) Metadata
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (26.87%) JIRA
General
1 38 (56.72%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.84%) Finance
3 14 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Legal
5 5 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (7.46%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.97%) Retail
7 3 (4.48%) Automotive
7 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Marketing
8 2 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.49%) Banking
9 1 (1.49%) German Language
9 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Law
9 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (37.31%) Project Manager
2 9 (13.43%) Senior
3 7 (10.45%) IT Manager
3 7 (10.45%) Programme Manager
4 5 (7.46%) Lead
5 4 (5.97%) Contracts Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Migration Manager
5 4 (5.97%) PMO Lead
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.48%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (4.48%) E-Commerce Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Service Owner
7 2 (2.99%) Data Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (2.99%) Junior
7 2 (2.99%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) ADO
2 2 (2.99%) React
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 23 (34.33%) PMI
2 8 (11.94%) Mobile App
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.97%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (1.49%) EPoS
5 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Life Science
5 1 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.49%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (61.19%) Project Management
2 37 (55.22%) PRINCE2
3 35 (52.24%) Agile
4 30 (44.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (31.34%) Project Delivery
6 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (25.37%) ITIL
8 16 (23.88%) Scrum
9 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (16.42%) Roadmaps
10 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (14.93%) Budgeting
11 10 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (14.93%) Programme Management
11 10 (14.93%) Waterfall
12 9 (13.43%) CRM
12 9 (13.43%) Decision-Making
12 9 (13.43%) Portfolio Management
13 8 (11.94%) Budget Management
14 7 (10.45%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 54 (80.60%) PMP
2 18 (26.87%) Degree
3 17 (25.37%) Security Cleared
4 12 (17.91%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.94%) APMP
6 6 (8.96%) MAPM
7 5 (7.46%) DV Cleared
8 4 (5.97%) CISM
8 4 (5.97%) CISSP
8 4 (5.97%) PgMP
8 4 (5.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (4.48%) OCP
9 3 (4.48%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (2.99%) CBAP
11 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (31.34%) PMO
2 12 (17.91%) QA
3 6 (8.96%) NIST
4 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (7.46%) SLA
5 4 (5.97%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.99%) GMP
6 2 (2.99%) ISO 8583
6 2 (2.99%) PSD2
7 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.49%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.49%) GDPR
7 1 (1.49%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.48%) Google
2 3 (4.48%) Samsung
3 1 (1.49%) Databricks
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle
3 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow