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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 359 | 373 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +14 | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing PMBOK | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.065% | 0.016% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.38% | 0.12% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £550 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.18% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £550 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +83.33% | -44.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66.88 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £71.00 | - | - |
| 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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 2,647 | 2,474 | 3,244 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 17.24% | 13.56% | 14.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,668 | 1,415 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £233 | £262 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £363 | £391 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £480 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | -4.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £585 | £590 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £688 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £511 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.19% | -2.63% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 201 | 258 | 194 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.50 | £10.95 | £13.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | £13.25 | £18.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £25.00 | £34.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.60% | -28.06% | +65.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £62.19 | £64.69 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.50 | £70.00 | £78.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £28.59 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.36% | -28.57% | +47.37% |
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.
PMBOK
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PMBOK.
PMBOK
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PMBOK.
PMBOK
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | +18 | 7 | - | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| PMBOK UK |
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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: