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 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 151 175
Rank change year-on-year +26 +24 +23
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 45 30 40
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.24% 0.70% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 1.74% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 24
10th Percentile £402 £407 £474
25th Percentile £450 £500 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +7.62%
75th Percentile £641 £706 £670
90th Percentile £673 £750 £688
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £93.75 £71.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £41.84 £60.00
% change year-on-year +61.35% -30.28% +11.11%

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 1,455 1,729 2,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.02% 40.58% 40.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 1,109 1,359
10th Percentile £219 £300 £246
25th Percentile £406 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.14% +2.19%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 106 138
10th Percentile - £22.45 £26.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.55% -1.26% +33.33%
75th Percentile £40.65 £71.74 £72.33
90th Percentile £81.00 £92.19 £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%

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 22 October 2025.

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 22 October 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
Thames Valley +22 28 £520 -7.56% 22
Berkshire +25 23 £528 -23.63% 18
Hampshire +11 8 £450 +14.65% 10
Buckinghamshire +5 4 £515 +2.99% 2
Surrey +4 4 £588 -17.54% 4
West Sussex -5 4 £538 +31.10% 1
Oxfordshire -10 1 £600 +14.29% 2
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
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 10 (22.22%) Confluence
2 6 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.22%) Primavera
2 1 (2.22%) SAP HCM
2 1 (2.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) AWS
2 3 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (6.67%) OpenShift
3 2 (4.44%) Apple Pay
3 2 (4.44%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) Contentstack
3 2 (4.44%) Google Pay
3 2 (4.44%) SaaS
3 2 (4.44%) Smartsheet
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) 5G
1 5 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Tableau
2 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) DTS
3 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) Metadata
3 1 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (35.56%) JIRA
General
1 31 (68.89%) Social Skills
2 16 (35.56%) Finance
3 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Legal
5 4 (8.89%) Manufacturing
5 4 (8.89%) Retail
6 3 (6.67%) Automotive
6 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.44%) German Language
7 2 (4.44%) Marketing
7 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (44.44%) Project Manager
2 6 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Contracts Manager
5 3 (6.67%) E-Commerce Manager
5 3 (6.67%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Migration Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Lead
6 2 (4.44%) Payments Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Project Leader
6 2 (4.44%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) PMI
2 6 (13.33%) Mobile App
3 5 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.89%) Onboarding
4 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.22%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (2.22%) EPoS
5 1 (2.22%) Smartcard
5 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Project Management
2 25 (55.56%) PRINCE2
2 25 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (44.44%) Agile
4 11 (24.44%) ITIL
4 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (22.22%) Scrum
6 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 8 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (15.56%) Budget Management
8 7 (15.56%) Contract Management
8 7 (15.56%) CRM
8 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (13.33%) Programme Management
10 5 (11.11%) Budgeting
10 5 (11.11%) E-Commerce
10 5 (11.11%) Migration
10 5 (11.11%) Project Governance
10 5 (11.11%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 38 (84.44%) PMP
2 15 (33.33%) Degree
3 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) CISM
4 4 (8.89%) CISSP
4 4 (8.89%) PgMP
5 3 (6.67%) APMP
5 3 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (6.67%) OCP
5 3 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (4.44%) CBAP
6 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (24.44%) QA
2 8 (17.78%) PMO
3 4 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.89%) NIST
3 4 (8.89%) PCI DSS
3 4 (8.89%) SLA
4 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (4.44%) GMP
4 2 (4.44%) ISO 8583
4 2 (4.44%) PSD2
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Google
2 3 (6.67%) Samsung
3 1 (2.22%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) IFS
3 1 (2.22%) SAP
3 1 (2.22%) Workday