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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 120 153
Rank change year-on-year -23 +33 +19
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 83 45 28
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.27% 1.28% 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.92% 3.26% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 30 21
10th Percentile £430 £411 £405
25th Percentile £475 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £700
90th Percentile £725 £731 £725
England median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile £72.50 £63.13 -
25th Percentile £76.25 £67.81 £63.75
Median hourly rate £85.00 £76.25 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% +12.96% +12.50%
75th Percentile £87.37 £85.31 £71.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £90.38 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £16.17
% change year-on-year +15.38% +301.98% -71.88%

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 2,838 1,382 1,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.36% 39.31% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,883 895 1,192
10th Percentile £325 £208 £316
25th Percentile £463 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £730 £650 £700
England median daily rate £530 £525 £528
% change year-on-year +0.95% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 123 130
10th Percentile £18.25 - £21.20
25th Percentile £33.72 £18.87 £38.75
Median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year +143.18% -57.55% -1.26%
75th Percentile £84.38 £54.38 £74.59
90th Percentile £102.10 £81.00 £90.00
England median hourly rate £52.25 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +107.75% -52.55% -0.93%

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 28 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in the South East

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 28 September 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 -12 48 £588 +18.09% 51
Berkshire -5 41 £588 +22.40% 31
Hampshire -20 18 £600 -11.11% 27
Surrey -11 11 £500 -14.89% 10
Buckinghamshire -29 6 £610 +18.45% 14
West Sussex -29 4 - - 3
Kent - 1 £550 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £460 - 7
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 3 (3.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (14.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (9.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.41%) Primavera
2 2 (2.41%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.41%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) Azure
2 8 (9.64%) AWS
3 7 (8.43%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.23%) Smartsheet
5 4 (4.82%) GCP
5 4 (4.82%) IaaS
6 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.20%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) Firewall
1 3 (3.61%) LAN
1 3 (3.61%) Network Security
1 3 (3.61%) SD-WAN
1 3 (3.61%) WAN
1 3 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (3.61%) Wireless
2 1 (1.20%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.43%) Power BI
2 3 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (10.84%) JIRA
General
1 42 (50.60%) Social Skills
2 24 (28.92%) Finance
3 13 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.43%) Aerospace
4 7 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.02%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.61%) Aviation
7 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.41%) Automotive
8 2 (2.41%) Billing
9 1 (1.20%) Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 27 (32.53%) Project Manager
2 12 (14.46%) Lead
3 11 (13.25%) Risk Manager
4 10 (12.05%) Change Manager
5 8 (9.64%) IT Manager
5 8 (9.64%) Technical Manager
6 7 (8.43%) Senior
7 5 (6.02%) Analyst
7 5 (6.02%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Senior Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Technical Leader
7 5 (6.02%) Technical Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Project Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Network Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Manager
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Project Manager
9 3 (3.61%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 29 (34.94%) PMI
2 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.41%) FMCG
5 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.20%) CCTV
6 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.20%) SCADA
6 1 (1.20%) Synthetic Data
6 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (62.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (50.60%) Agile
3 37 (44.58%) PRINCE2
4 36 (43.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (39.76%) Project Management
6 30 (36.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 28 (33.73%) Change Management
7 28 (33.73%) ITIL
8 22 (26.51%) Decision-Making
8 22 (26.51%) Project Delivery
9 20 (24.10%) Risk Management
9 20 (24.10%) Scrum
10 19 (22.89%) Service Management
10 19 (22.89%) Waterfall
11 16 (19.28%) ITSM
12 15 (18.07%) Service Delivery
13 14 (16.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 14 (16.87%) Workshop Facilitation
14 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (15.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (71.08%) PMP
2 46 (55.42%) Security Cleared
3 32 (38.55%) SC Cleared
4 30 (36.14%) Degree
5 9 (10.84%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.23%) CISM
6 6 (7.23%) CISSP
6 6 (7.23%) Master's Degree
7 5 (6.02%) MBA
8 4 (4.82%) AWS Certification
8 4 (4.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (3.61%) APMP
9 3 (3.61%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.61%) CAPM
9 3 (3.61%) CBAP
9 3 (3.61%) CCNA
9 3 (3.61%) CCNP
9 3 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.41%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) NIST
2 7 (8.43%) QA
3 6 (7.23%) PMO
4 5 (6.02%) Data Quality
4 5 (6.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.41%) EU AI Act
6 1 (1.20%) GDPR
6 1 (1.20%) GRC
6 1 (1.20%) SLA
6 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Ansible
2 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 13 (15.66%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.02%) SAP
4 3 (3.61%) Aruba
4 3 (3.61%) Cisco
4 3 (3.61%) Juniper
4 3 (3.61%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.41%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (2.41%) Databricks
5 2 (2.41%) Planview
5 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.20%) Ariba
6 1 (1.20%) VMware