PMI Contracts in the South East

Project Management Institute (PMI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 188 211
Rank change year-on-year +37 +23 +13
Contract jobs citing PMI 8 17 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.27% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 1.07% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 8
10th Percentile £405 £59 £275
25th Percentile £563 £286 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - +7.14%
75th Percentile - £588 £625
90th Percentile - £650 £715
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +18.81% +146.34%

All Generic Skills
South East

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,583 1,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 33.52% 28.48% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 633 936 1,323
10th Percentile £211 £205 £213
25th Percentile £360 £363 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £661 £688 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 154 90
10th Percentile £16.95 £11.74 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.50 £18.35 £20.48
Median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.30 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.50 £65.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMI in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PMI in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMI in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PMI in the South East

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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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +35 5 £650 +23.81% 5
Berkshire +23 5 £650 +23.81% 4
Hampshire +25 3 - - 3
PMI
England

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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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Infotainment
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
1 2 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Management
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) PRINCE2
3 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (25.00%) Telematics
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (50.00%) PMP
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (12.50%) CISA
5 1 (12.50%) CISM
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) PgMP
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
1 1 (12.50%) PMBOK
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow