PMBOK Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide and Standards)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PMBOK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMBOK 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 329 395 455
Rank change year-on-year +66 +60 +50
Contract jobs citing PMBOK 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.019% 0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PMBOK falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,060 3,142 3,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.14% 15.13% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,297 1,830 2,400
10th Percentile £209 £252 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £665 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 309 180
10th Percentile £17.28 £10.95 £12.50
25th Percentile £24.18 £12.63 £18.21
Median hourly rate £40.78 £18.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +126.53% -50.34% +72.21%
75th Percentile £67.03 £43.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £79.92 £67.38 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

PMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMBOK in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMBOK in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMBOK within the UK excluding London 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
South East +47 5 - - 2
South West - 1 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
PMBOK
UK

PMBOK
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 4 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Manufacturing
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Military
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (57.14%) SAP Manager
2 4 (57.14%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Communications Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Communications Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Life Science
1 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (28.57%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) Project Planning
3 5 (71.43%) PRINCE2
3 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
4 4 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (57.14%) Migration
4 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (57.14%) Product Requirements
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (57.14%) Time Management
5 3 (42.86%) Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) Agile Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) ERP
7 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
7 1 (14.29%) Change Management
7 1 (14.29%) Coaching
7 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
1 3 (42.86%) PMI Certification
1 3 (42.86%) PMP
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP