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 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 126 157
Rank change year-on-year -20 +31 +11
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 87 38 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.30% 1.08% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.89% 2.68% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 25 24
10th Percentile £410 £415 £148
25th Percentile £461 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £622
90th Percentile £725 £763 £712
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 3
10th Percentile £80.25 £61.50 -
25th Percentile £81.75 £63.75 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £65.63
90th Percentile - £73.50 £69.00
England median hourly rate £83.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% - +60.00%

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 3,014 1,420 2,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.92% 40.30% 44.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 921 1,374
10th Percentile £325 £250 £350
25th Percentile £460 £415 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £640
90th Percentile £725 £675 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 117 184
10th Percentile £19.33 - £17.96
25th Percentile £38.25 £18.87 £37.00
Median hourly rate £67.24 £27.76 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +142.20% -51.60% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.25 £67.50 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +114.71% -47.05% -13.64%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -19 56 £600 +13.74% 15
Berkshire -1 49 £600 +13.21% 8
Hampshire -23 19 £506 -43.75% 11
Surrey -17 10 £525 -19.23% 4
Buckinghamshire -32 6 £610 +171.11% 3
Kent - 1 £550 - 4
Oxfordshire - 1 £460 - 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 2 (2.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (13.79%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (11.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Primavera
2 2 (2.30%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (2.30%) SAP QM
2 2 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.39%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) AWS
2 6 (6.90%) Smartsheet
3 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (4.60%) IaaS
5 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.15%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.75%) Firewall
2 4 (4.60%) LAN
2 4 (4.60%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.60%) WAN
3 3 (3.45%) Network Security
3 3 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.45%) Wireless
4 2 (2.30%) DNS
4 2 (2.30%) NAS
4 2 (2.30%) SAN
5 1 (1.15%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) Power BI
2 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) JIRA
General
1 40 (45.98%) Social Skills
2 29 (33.33%) Finance
3 17 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.45%) Aviation
7 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.30%) Billing
8 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.15%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (35.63%) Project Manager
2 13 (14.94%) Change Manager
3 11 (12.64%) Risk Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Security Manager
4 9 (10.34%) Security Project Manager
5 8 (9.20%) IT Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Lead
6 7 (8.05%) Senior
7 6 (6.90%) Analyst
8 5 (5.75%) Senior Manager
9 4 (4.60%) IT Change Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Programme Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Project Assurance Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Security Assurance Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Technical Manager
10 3 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Network Manager
10 3 (3.45%) SAP Project Manager
10 3 (3.45%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) PMI
2 6 (6.90%) Operational Technology
3 4 (4.60%) Virtual Team
4 3 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.30%) FMCG
5 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.15%) CCTV
6 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.15%) SCADA
6 1 (1.15%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (62.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 37 (42.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 36 (41.38%) Change Management
4 34 (39.08%) Project Management
5 32 (36.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (35.63%) Agile
6 31 (35.63%) PRINCE2
7 29 (33.33%) ITIL
8 21 (24.14%) Decision-Making
9 20 (22.99%) Risk Management
10 18 (20.69%) Budget Management
11 17 (19.54%) Service Delivery
11 17 (19.54%) Service Management
12 16 (18.39%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (18.39%) ITSM
12 16 (18.39%) Project Delivery
12 16 (18.39%) Waterfall
12 16 (18.39%) Workshop Facilitation
13 13 (14.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 13 (14.94%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (73.56%) PMP
2 50 (57.47%) Security Cleared
3 35 (40.23%) SC Cleared
4 31 (35.63%) Degree
5 15 (17.24%) CISM
5 15 (17.24%) CISSP
6 7 (8.05%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.60%) Master's Degree
8 3 (3.45%) APMP
8 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.45%) CBAP
8 3 (3.45%) CCNA
8 3 (3.45%) CCNP
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.45%) MAPM
8 3 (3.45%) MBA
8 3 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.15%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.69%) NIST
2 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (9.20%) PMO
3 8 (9.20%) SOC 2
4 6 (6.90%) GDPR
5 5 (5.75%) Data Quality
6 4 (4.60%) EU AI Act
7 3 (3.45%) QA
8 1 (1.15%) GRC
8 1 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (21.84%) ServiceNow
2 15 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.60%) SAP
4 3 (3.45%) Aruba
4 3 (3.45%) Cisco
4 3 (3.45%) Juniper
4 3 (3.45%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.30%) Planview
5 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.30%) VMware
6 1 (1.15%) Commvault
6 1 (1.15%) EMC
6 1 (1.15%) NetApp
6 1 (1.15%) Veeam
6 1 (1.15%) Veritas