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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 129 173
Rank change year-on-year +10 +44 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 71 34 32
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.48% 1.07% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.21% 2.86% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 27 20
10th Percentile £320 £413 £437
25th Percentile £413 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £533
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +12.68% +6.50%
75th Percentile £606 £700 £591
90th Percentile £658 £710 £645
England median daily rate £520 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -5.45% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile £80.00 - -
25th Percentile £80.31 - -
Median hourly rate £83.00 £87.05 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +45.08% -
75th Percentile £87.31 - -
90th Percentile £90.88 - -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £58.92 £26.00
% change year-on-year +40.88% +126.60% -52.73%

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 2,215 1,187 2,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 46.10% 37.42% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 753 1,388
10th Percentile £297 £263 £216
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £606 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £675 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 69 174
10th Percentile £15.47 £19.72 £18.32
25th Percentile £19.34 £31.25 £36.25
Median hourly rate £26.44 £56.75 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.41% -4.63% +32.22%
75th Percentile £72.00 £64.73 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.02 £83.32
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.70% +11.11% -2.17%

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 February 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 22 February 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 +2 48 £535 -17.69% 9
Berkshire +6 41 £535 -17.69% 6
Hampshire -6 20 £530 +24.71% 4
Surrey -11 5 £218 -65.20%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £515 - 1
Oxfordshire -13 3 £525 -14.29% 2
West Sussex -13 1 £307 -41.62% 1
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 16 (22.54%) Confluence
2 10 (14.08%) SharePoint
3 7 (9.86%) CMS
4 1 (1.41%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (15.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (4.23%) Primavera
2 2 (2.82%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.45%) AWS
2 5 (7.04%) Azure
3 4 (5.63%) OpenShift
4 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.82%) Apple Pay
5 2 (2.82%) Contentstack
5 2 (2.82%) Google Pay
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.41%) Apigee
6 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.41%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.41%) GCP
6 1 (1.41%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.41%) Kong
6 1 (1.41%) Rubrik
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) 5G
1 4 (5.63%) Wireless
2 2 (2.82%) Firewall
3 1 (1.41%) 2G
3 1 (1.41%) LAN
3 1 (1.41%) Network Security
3 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.41%) WAN
3 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) Tableau
2 2 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (28.17%) JIRA
General
1 41 (57.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (26.76%) Finance
3 11 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.63%) Automotive
5 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Legal
6 3 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.82%) Banking
7 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.82%) Marketing
7 2 (2.82%) Retail
7 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.41%) German Language
8 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Project Manager
2 8 (11.27%) Senior
3 7 (9.86%) Programme Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Lead
5 4 (5.63%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (5.63%) IT Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Migration Manager
5 4 (5.63%) PMO Lead
5 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Change Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) IT Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Project Planner
6 3 (4.23%) Resource Coordinator
6 3 (4.23%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Service Owner
7 2 (2.82%) Analyst
7 2 (2.82%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) ADO
2 3 (4.23%) CSS
3 2 (2.82%) React
4 1 (1.41%) Kafka
4 1 (1.41%) OAuth
4 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.41%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (36.62%) PMI
2 8 (11.27%) Mobile App
3 6 (8.45%) Product Ownership
4 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.41%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.41%) Digital Wallet
6 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Life Science
6 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (66.20%) Project Management
2 41 (57.75%) Agile
3 39 (54.93%) PRINCE2
4 30 (42.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (30.99%) Project Delivery
6 20 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (25.35%) ITIL
8 17 (23.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (23.94%) Scrum
9 13 (18.31%) Decision-Making
10 12 (16.90%) Waterfall
11 11 (15.49%) Change Management
11 11 (15.49%) ITSM
11 11 (15.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (14.08%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (14.08%) Programme Management
12 10 (14.08%) Roadmaps
12 10 (14.08%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 10 (14.08%) Service Management
13 9 (12.68%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 56 (78.87%) PMP
2 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
3 17 (23.94%) Degree
3 17 (23.94%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.27%) APMP
5 7 (9.86%) MAPM
6 5 (7.04%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.63%) CISM
7 4 (5.63%) CISSP
7 4 (5.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (4.23%) OCP
8 3 (4.23%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (4.23%) PgMP
9 2 (2.82%) CBAP
9 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.41%) CCNP
10 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.41%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (30.99%) PMO
2 12 (16.90%) QA
3 6 (8.45%) NIST
4 5 (7.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (4.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.82%) GMP
6 2 (2.82%) ISO 8583
6 2 (2.82%) PSD2
7 1 (1.41%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.41%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.41%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Grafana
1 1 (1.41%) Istio
1 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.41%) linkerd
1 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) ServiceNow
3 3 (4.23%) Google
3 3 (4.23%) Samsung
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.82%) SAP
5 1 (1.41%) Ariba
5 1 (1.41%) Aruba
5 1 (1.41%) Cisco
5 1 (1.41%) Juniper
5 1 (1.41%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.41%) Splunk