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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 117 160
Rank change year-on-year -11 +43 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 81 35 37
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.38% 1.16% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.02% 2.86% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 25 28
10th Percentile £298 £389 £266
25th Percentile £422 £438 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £588
90th Percentile £725 £715 £647
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £80.00 £63.00 -
25th Percentile £80.63 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £75.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.33% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £85.13 £81.03 -
90th Percentile £86.35 £84.64 -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +38.33% +130.77% -36.97%

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 2,686 1,223 2,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.68% 40.44% 44.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,816 780 1,427
10th Percentile £309 £300 £329
25th Percentile £430 £425 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £738
England median daily rate £522 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.67% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 81 210
10th Percentile £16.35 £19.97 £17.38
25th Percentile £24.46 £28.00 £25.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.26% -1.97%
75th Percentile £84.00 £71.25 £66.94
90th Percentile £90.09 £78.36 £85.65
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.55 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.25% +1.36% -23.81%

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 11 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 11 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 -4 56 £581 +16.25% 7
Berkshire +7 53 £600 +29.73% 3
Hampshire -5 21 £500 +23.08% 8
Surrey -10 5 £218 -57.56%
Oxfordshire -21 2 £438 -37.50% 1
West Sussex -16 1 £307 -41.62% 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £468 - 3
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 8 (9.88%) Confluence
2 5 (6.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.70%) CMS
4 1 (1.23%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Primavera
2 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.47%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.35%) Azure
2 7 (8.64%) AWS
3 4 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.47%) Smartsheet
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.23%) Apigee
5 1 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.23%) AWS KMS
5 1 (1.23%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.23%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.23%) GCP
5 1 (1.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (1.23%) IaaS
5 1 (1.23%) Kong
5 1 (1.23%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.23%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Firewall
2 3 (3.70%) LAN
2 3 (3.70%) SD-WAN
2 3 (3.70%) WAN
3 2 (2.47%) NAS
3 2 (2.47%) Network Security
3 2 (2.47%) SAN
3 2 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.47%) Wireless
4 1 (1.23%) 2G
4 1 (1.23%) 5G
4 1 (1.23%) DHCP
4 1 (1.23%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.47%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 39 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.04%) Finance
3 14 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.88%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.70%) Automotive
6 3 (3.70%) Legal
6 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.47%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.47%) Banking
7 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.23%) German Language
8 1 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (43.21%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.88%) Programme Manager
2 8 (9.88%) Security Manager
2 8 (9.88%) Security Project Manager
3 7 (8.64%) IT Manager
3 7 (8.64%) Lead
4 5 (6.17%) Change Manager
4 5 (6.17%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (6.17%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (6.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (4.94%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Project Assurance Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Risk Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Security Assurance Manager
5 4 (4.94%) Senior
6 3 (3.70%) Analyst
6 3 (3.70%) Coordinator
6 3 (3.70%) Project Planner
6 3 (3.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) ADO
2 3 (3.70%) CSS
3 1 (1.23%) Kafka
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth
3 1 (1.23%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (29.63%) PMI
2 5 (6.17%) Virtual Team
3 4 (4.94%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.47%) FMCG
5 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.23%) CCTV
6 1 (1.23%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Life Science
6 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.23%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.47%) Windows
2 1 (1.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (51.85%) Stakeholder Management
2 41 (50.62%) PRINCE2
3 40 (49.38%) Project Management
4 38 (46.91%) Agile
5 28 (34.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 27 (33.33%) Project Delivery
7 24 (29.63%) Change Management
8 21 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (24.69%) ITIL
10 17 (20.99%) Budget Management
10 17 (20.99%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (19.75%) Decision-Making
11 16 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (19.75%) Waterfall
12 14 (17.28%) ITSM
12 14 (17.28%) Programme Delivery
13 13 (16.05%) Matrix Organization
13 13 (16.05%) Service Management
14 12 (14.81%) Risk Management
15 11 (13.58%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 65 (80.25%) PMP
2 30 (37.04%) Security Cleared
3 21 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 18 (22.22%) Degree
5 13 (16.05%) CISM
5 13 (16.05%) CISSP
6 8 (9.88%) MAPM
7 7 (8.64%) APMP
8 4 (4.94%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (2.47%) CCNA
10 2 (2.47%) CCNP
10 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.47%) SAFe Agilist
11 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.23%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.99%) NIST
1 17 (20.99%) PMO
2 12 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (9.88%) SOC 2
4 6 (7.41%) GDPR
4 6 (7.41%) QA
5 4 (4.94%) EU AI Act
6 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.23%) ISO 20022
7 1 (1.23%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Grafana
1 1 (1.23%) Istio
1 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.23%) linkerd
1 1 (1.23%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (16.05%) ServiceNow
2 10 (12.35%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.47%) Aruba
4 2 (2.47%) Cisco
4 2 (2.47%) Juniper
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle
4 2 (2.47%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.23%) Ariba
5 1 (1.23%) Commvault
5 1 (1.23%) EMC
5 1 (1.23%) NetApp
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.23%) Splunk
5 1 (1.23%) Veeam
5 1 (1.23%) Veritas
5 1 (1.23%) VMware