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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 125 152
Rank change year-on-year -33 +27 +19
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 76 42 30
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.16% 1.18% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.67% 3.00% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 28 23
10th Percentile £431 £409 £407
25th Percentile £466 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £641 £700
90th Percentile £734 £679 £722
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +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% -73.05%

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 2,847 1,402 1,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.62% 39.46% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,851 915 1,126
10th Percentile £330 £204 £311
25th Percentile £463 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £536
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.76% -0.23%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £638
90th Percentile £735 £650 £700
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 131 110
10th Percentile £18.25 - £22.39
25th Percentile £33.70 £18.87 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 £25.15 £60.83
Median % change year-on-year +149.50% -58.66% +1.38%
75th Percentile £86.56 £49.38 £73.75
90th Percentile £100.59 £81.00 £92.04
England median hourly rate £48.92 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +94.51% -52.10% -2.17%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -22 45 £575 +11.66% 27
Berkshire -6 36 £556 +5.95% 19
Hampshire -27 15 £600 -11.11% 21
Surrey -12 10 £500 -14.89% 3
Buckinghamshire -24 8 £610 +18.45% 5
West Sussex -25 4 - -
Kent - 1 £550 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £460 - 4
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 (3.95%) Confluence
2 1 (1.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.63%) Primavera
2 2 (2.63%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.63%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.68%) Azure
2 7 (9.21%) Power Platform
3 6 (7.89%) AWS
3 6 (7.89%) Smartsheet
4 4 (5.26%) GCP
5 3 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.95%) IaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.32%) Asana
7 1 (1.32%) ClickUp
7 1 (1.32%) Intacct
7 1 (1.32%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Firewall
1 2 (2.63%) LAN
1 2 (2.63%) Network Security
1 2 (2.63%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.63%) WAN
1 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (2.63%) Wireless
2 1 (1.32%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.21%) Power BI
2 3 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (13.16%) JIRA
General
1 39 (51.32%) Social Skills
2 24 (31.58%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.53%) Aerospace
5 7 (9.21%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.58%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.95%) Aviation
8 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.63%) Automotive
9 2 (2.63%) Billing
9 2 (2.63%) Legal
10 1 (1.32%) Banking
10 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) Project Manager
2 11 (14.47%) Lead
2 11 (14.47%) Risk Manager
3 10 (13.16%) Change Manager
4 8 (10.53%) IT Manager
4 8 (10.53%) Technical Manager
5 5 (6.58%) Technical Leader
5 5 (6.58%) Technical Project Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Analyst
6 4 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (5.26%) Senior
7 3 (3.95%) Business Analyst
7 3 (3.95%) Data Manager
7 3 (3.95%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.95%) SAP Manager
7 3 (3.95%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (3.95%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.63%) Lead Business Analyst
8 2 (2.63%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 27 (35.53%) PMI
2 6 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.95%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.63%) FMCG
5 2 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.63%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.32%) CCTV
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.32%) SCADA
6 1 (1.32%) Synthetic Data
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (51.32%) Agile
3 36 (47.37%) PRINCE2
4 35 (46.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 35 (46.05%) Project Management
5 26 (34.21%) ITIL
5 26 (34.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 25 (32.89%) Change Management
7 23 (30.26%) Decision-Making
8 21 (27.63%) Project Delivery
8 21 (27.63%) Risk Management
9 19 (25.00%) Scrum
9 19 (25.00%) Service Management
10 18 (23.68%) Waterfall
11 15 (19.74%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 15 (19.74%) ITSM
12 14 (18.42%) Service Delivery
12 14 (18.42%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (15.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (69.74%) PMP
2 44 (57.89%) Security Cleared
3 30 (39.47%) SC Cleared
4 29 (38.16%) Degree
5 12 (15.79%) DV Cleared
6 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
7 5 (6.58%) MBA
8 4 (5.26%) AWS Certification
8 4 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (3.95%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (3.95%) CAPM
9 3 (3.95%) CBAP
10 2 (2.63%) APMP
10 2 (2.63%) CCNA
10 2 (2.63%) CCNP
10 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.63%) CISM
10 2 (2.63%) CISSP
10 2 (2.63%) MAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.53%) PMO
2 6 (7.89%) QA
3 5 (6.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (5.26%) NIST
5 3 (3.95%) GRC
5 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.79%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.58%) SAP
4 2 (2.63%) Aruba
4 2 (2.63%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (2.63%) Cisco
4 2 (2.63%) Databricks
4 2 (2.63%) Juniper
4 2 (2.63%) Planview
4 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.32%) Ariba
5 1 (1.32%) Sage
5 1 (1.32%) VMware