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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 157 176
Rank change year-on-year +33 +19 +13
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 37 27 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.06% 0.59% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.74% 1.37% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 19 24
10th Percentile £419 £395 £470
25th Percentile £453 £456 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -4.17% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £706 £670
90th Percentile £756 £730 £688
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +6.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £61.50 £60.38 -
25th Percentile £63.75 £60.94 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £71.25 £68.44 -
90th Percentile £73.50 £70.13 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £38.09 £55.00
% change year-on-year +70.67% -30.75% +4.76%

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 1,351 1,971 2,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 38.80% 42.93% 38.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 874 1,241 1,331
10th Percentile £222 £330 £263
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £715 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 154 136
10th Percentile - £22.30 £25.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £43.69 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%
75th Percentile £66.38 £72.33 £73.72
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.46 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.44
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.81% +20.98%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PMI Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PMI Certification 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 17 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 19 £515 -1.91% 35
Berkshire +30 15 £525 -8.70% 25
Hampshire +7 6 £675 +71.97% 6
West Sussex -2 5 £575 -
Buckinghamshire +8 4 £515 +2.99% 4
Surrey +3 3 £650 -10.34% 8
Home Counties - 1 £550 -
PMI Certification
England

PMI Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.41%) CMS
1 2 (5.41%) Confluence
1 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Primavera
1 1 (2.70%) SAP HCM
1 1 (2.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.41%) Azure
1 2 (5.41%) Contentstack
1 2 (5.41%) Smartsheet
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (2.70%) GCP
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) SaaS
2 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) 5G
1 2 (5.41%) Wireless
2 1 (2.70%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) DTS
2 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) JIRA
General
1 24 (64.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (43.24%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Legal
4 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
4 5 (13.51%) Telecoms
5 3 (8.11%) Automotive
5 3 (8.11%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) German Language
6 2 (5.41%) Marketing
6 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.70%) Aviation
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (2.70%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (62.16%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.22%) IT Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Contracts Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Financial Services Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce Manager
5 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Project Coordinator
5 2 (5.41%) Project Leader
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Web Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) PMI
2 5 (13.51%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) EPoS
4 1 (2.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.70%) IoT
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) SCADA
4 1 (2.70%) Smartcard
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Project Management
2 19 (51.35%) PRINCE2
3 16 (43.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (40.54%) Agile
5 12 (32.43%) Project Delivery
6 9 (24.32%) Scrum
7 8 (21.62%) ITIL
7 8 (21.62%) Project Governance
8 6 (16.22%) Budget Management
8 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (16.22%) Contract Management
8 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (13.51%) Budgeting
9 5 (13.51%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (13.51%) Resource Management
10 4 (10.81%) CRM
10 4 (10.81%) Line Management
10 4 (10.81%) Process Improvement
10 4 (10.81%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 32 (86.49%) PMP
2 13 (35.14%) Degree
3 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) DV Cleared
4 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.11%) APMP
6 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.70%) PgMP
7 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 4 (10.81%) PMO
2 4 (10.81%) SLA
3 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.41%) GMP
3 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.70%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) PMBOK
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) SAP
3 1 (2.70%) Databricks
3 1 (2.70%) IFS
3 1 (2.70%) Workday