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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 120 163
Rank change year-on-year -21 +43 +31
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 69 33 35
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.15% 1.13% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 2.80% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 23 27
10th Percentile £273 £366 £237
25th Percentile £403 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.86% -4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £669 £650 £588
90th Percentile £725 £710 £647
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £80.63 £63.00 -
25th Percentile £81.38 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £84.25 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.33% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £85.19 £81.03 -
90th Percentile £86.63 £84.64 -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £67.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.96% +159.62% -30.67%

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 2,705 1,179 2,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.24% 40.20% 44.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,839 756 1,418
10th Percentile £318 £263 £334
25th Percentile £438 £414 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £650
90th Percentile £725 £675 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £537
% change year-on-year - -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 80 209
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £17.58
25th Percentile £24.63 £26.62 £26.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.10% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £70.31 £67.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.31 £85.65
England median hourly rate £47.54 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.83% -12.50% -25.93%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -16 45 £600 +29.73% 10
Berkshire +4 43 £600 +29.73% 4
Hampshire -14 19 £463 +19.35% 5
Surrey -11 5 £218 -57.56% 1
Oxfordshire -23 1 £350 -30.00%
Buckinghamshire -42 1 £468 +108.00% 6
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 6 (8.70%) Confluence
2 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (1.45%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Primavera
2 2 (2.90%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.94%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.90%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.45%) Apigee
5 1 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.45%) AWS KMS
5 1 (1.45%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.45%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.45%) GCP
5 1 (1.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.45%) Kong
5 1 (1.45%) Miro
5 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.45%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.25%) Firewall
2 3 (4.35%) LAN
2 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
2 3 (4.35%) WAN
3 2 (2.90%) NAS
3 2 (2.90%) Network Security
3 2 (2.90%) SAN
3 2 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.90%) Wireless
4 1 (1.45%) 2G
4 1 (1.45%) 5G
4 1 (1.45%) DHCP
4 1 (1.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Power BI
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (10.14%) JIRA
General
1 33 (47.83%) Social Skills
2 27 (39.13%) Finance
3 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.14%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.35%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Automotive
6 2 (2.90%) Banking
6 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (42.03%) Project Manager
2 8 (11.59%) Security Manager
2 8 (11.59%) Security Project Manager
3 7 (10.14%) IT Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Change Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Programme Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (5.80%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Lead
5 4 (5.80%) Project Assurance Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Security Assurance Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Senior
5 4 (5.80%) Technical Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Analyst
6 3 (4.35%) IT Change Manager
6 3 (4.35%) Project Planner
6 3 (4.35%) Resource Coordinator
6 3 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) ADO
2 3 (4.35%) CSS
3 1 (1.45%) Kafka
3 1 (1.45%) OAuth
3 1 (1.45%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.45%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 18 (26.09%) PMI
2 4 (5.80%) Operational Technology
2 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.80%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) FMCG
4 2 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) CCTV
5 1 (1.45%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (57.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (49.28%) Agile
2 34 (49.28%) PRINCE2
3 27 (39.13%) Project Management
3 27 (39.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 20 (28.99%) Change Management
5 19 (27.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (27.54%) ITIL
6 18 (26.09%) Project Delivery
7 17 (24.64%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (23.19%) Budget Management
9 15 (21.74%) Waterfall
10 13 (18.84%) Decision-Making
11 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (17.39%) Programme Delivery
12 11 (15.94%) Risk Management
13 10 (14.49%) Scrum
14 9 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 9 (13.04%) ITSM
14 9 (13.04%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.45%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 54 (78.26%) PMP
2 25 (36.23%) Security Cleared
3 17 (24.64%) SC Cleared
4 14 (20.29%) Degree
5 13 (18.84%) CISM
5 13 (18.84%) CISSP
6 3 (4.35%) APMP
6 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.35%) MAPM
7 2 (2.90%) CCNA
7 2 (2.90%) CCNP
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.90%) SAFe Agilist
8 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.45%) PgMP
8 1 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (24.64%) NIST
2 12 (17.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (11.59%) PMO
3 8 (11.59%) SOC 2
4 6 (8.70%) GDPR
5 4 (5.80%) EU AI Act
5 4 (5.80%) QA
6 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) Grafana
1 1 (1.45%) Istio
1 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.45%) linkerd
1 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (18.84%) ServiceNow
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.70%) SAP
3 2 (2.90%) Aruba
3 2 (2.90%) Cisco
3 2 (2.90%) Juniper
3 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
4 1 (1.45%) Ariba
4 1 (1.45%) Commvault
4 1 (1.45%) EMC
4 1 (1.45%) NetApp
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle
4 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.45%) Splunk
4 1 (1.45%) Veeam
4 1 (1.45%) Veritas
4 1 (1.45%) VMware