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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 121 149
Rank change year-on-year -20 +28 +32
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 91 37 31
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.38% 1.06% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.13% 2.70% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 26 21
10th Percentile £413 £419 £59
25th Percentile £463 £453 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £528 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -8.26% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £697
90th Percentile £725 £756 £713
England median daily rate £540 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.09% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £83.50 £61.50 -
25th Percentile £85.00 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £87.00 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.89% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £65.63
90th Percentile £88.90 £73.50 £69.00
England median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% +14.29%

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 2,907 1,368 2,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.08% 39.21% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,970 885 1,287
10th Percentile £350 £247 £350
25th Percentile £463 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £642
90th Percentile £730 £655 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 118 165
10th Percentile £18.25 - £21.65
25th Percentile £36.00 £18.87 £42.88
Median hourly rate £61.16 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +143.18% -56.15% -4.42%
75th Percentile £83.00 £69.36 £71.75
90th Percentile £96.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -3.64%

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 6 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
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 6 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 -9 56 £600 +16.51% 18
Berkshire +12 49 £600 +14.29% 8
Hampshire -13 20 £600 -11.11% 21
Surrey -12 11 £500 -23.08% 5
Buckinghamshire -29 6 £610 +18.45% 9
West Sussex -26 2 - -
Kent - 1 £550 - 4
Oxfordshire - 1 £460 - 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 4 (4.40%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (13.19%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Primavera
1 3 (3.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.20%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Azure
2 8 (8.79%) AWS
3 7 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.59%) Smartsheet
5 4 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (4.40%) IaaS
6 3 (3.30%) GCP
7 2 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.10%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) Firewall
2 4 (4.40%) LAN
2 4 (4.40%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.40%) WAN
3 3 (3.30%) Network Security
3 3 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.30%) Wireless
4 2 (2.20%) DNS
4 2 (2.20%) NAS
4 2 (2.20%) SAN
5 1 (1.10%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) Power BI
2 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 12 (13.19%) JIRA
General
1 44 (48.35%) Social Skills
2 29 (31.87%) Finance
3 16 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.59%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.30%) Aviation
8 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.20%) Billing
10 1 (1.10%) Banking
10 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Legal
10 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 33 (36.26%) Project Manager
2 12 (13.19%) Lead
3 11 (12.09%) Risk Manager
4 10 (10.99%) Change Manager
5 7 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Security Project Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Senior
6 6 (6.59%) Analyst
6 6 (6.59%) Technical Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (5.49%) Senior Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Programme Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Project Assurance Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Security Assurance Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Leader
8 4 (4.40%) Technical Project Manager
9 3 (3.30%) IT Change Manager
9 3 (3.30%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) Terraform
2 1 (1.10%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (30.77%) PMI
2 6 (6.59%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.49%) Operational Technology
4 4 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.40%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.30%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.20%) FMCG
6 2 (2.20%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.10%) CCTV
7 1 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.10%) Replication
7 1 (1.10%) SCADA
7 1 (1.10%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (67.03%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (43.96%) Agile
3 38 (41.76%) PRINCE2
4 37 (40.66%) Project Management
4 37 (40.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 36 (39.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (36.26%) Change Management
7 29 (31.87%) ITIL
8 22 (24.18%) Decision-Making
8 22 (24.18%) Project Delivery
9 21 (23.08%) Risk Management
10 19 (20.88%) Waterfall
11 18 (19.78%) Scrum
11 18 (19.78%) Service Management
12 17 (18.68%) Budget Management
13 15 (16.48%) ITSM
13 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (16.48%) Programme Delivery
13 15 (16.48%) Service Delivery
13 15 (16.48%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 67 (73.63%) PMP
2 49 (53.85%) Security Cleared
3 32 (35.16%) SC Cleared
4 30 (32.97%) Degree
5 13 (14.29%) CISM
5 13 (14.29%) CISSP
6 7 (7.69%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.40%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (3.30%) APMP
8 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.30%) Azure Certification
8 3 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.30%) CAPM
8 3 (3.30%) CBAP
8 3 (3.30%) CCNA
8 3 (3.30%) CCNP
8 3 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.30%) MBA
9 2 (2.20%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.58%) NIST
2 11 (12.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (8.79%) PMO
4 6 (6.59%) QA
4 6 (6.59%) SOC 2
5 5 (5.49%) Data Quality
6 4 (4.40%) EU AI Act
6 4 (4.40%) GDPR
7 1 (1.10%) GRC
7 1 (1.10%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.10%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Ansible
2 1 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (18.68%) ServiceNow
2 15 (16.48%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.49%) SAP
4 3 (3.30%) Aruba
4 3 (3.30%) Cisco
4 3 (3.30%) Juniper
4 3 (3.30%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.20%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (2.20%) Databricks
5 2 (2.20%) Planview
5 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.20%) VMware
6 1 (1.10%) Ariba
6 1 (1.10%) Commvault
6 1 (1.10%) EMC
6 1 (1.10%) NetApp
6 1 (1.10%) Veeam
6 1 (1.10%) Veritas