PMI Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 265 354
Rank change year-on-year +46 +89 -64
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 121 126 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 0.61% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.66% 1.65% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 71 66
10th Percentile £375 £391 £369
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £581 £594 £579
90th Percentile £700 £625 £703
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.32% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 4
10th Percentile £42.47 £24.54 -
25th Percentile - £25.50 £37.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.00 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year +130.77% -36.97% -34.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.22 £52.88
90th Percentile £82.23 £87.80 £62.55
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £26.00 £47.75
% change year-on-year +159.62% -45.55% +7.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,557 7,648 7,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,786 4,423 5,310
10th Percentile £211 £269 £286
25th Percentile £388 £425 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £532 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +0.38% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 413 936 659
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.60 £14.20
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.50 £19.71
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £49.88
Median % change year-on-year -2.30% -17.91% +53.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £79.74 £77.50 £78.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +27.06%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
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 PMI Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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 +27 35 £500 -4.76% 98
North of England +24 35 £550 +22.22% 41
Midlands +17 17 £414 -12.84% 40
Scotland +29 16 £466 +3.61% 16
Yorkshire +26 16 £530 +6.00% 12
North West +13 15 £540 +38.11% 29
West Midlands +11 12 £409 -13.89% 20
South West +35 9 £425 -26.09% 24
East of England +31 8 £497 -3.02% 17
East Midlands +13 5 £414 -10.49% 19
North East -2 4 £575 +9.52% 1
Northern Ireland -9 1 £588 - 13
PMI Certification
UK

PMI Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.13%) Confluence
2 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.83%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.83%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 30 (24.79%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (6.61%) Trello
3 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.83%) Maximo
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.44%) Azure
2 8 (6.61%) Asana
2 8 (6.61%) AWS
3 4 (3.31%) GCP
4 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.48%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.65%) IaaS
5 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.65%) PaaS
5 2 (1.65%) SaaS
6 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.83%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.83%) OCI
6 1 (0.83%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.83%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) 5G
2 2 (1.65%) WAN
3 1 (0.83%) Internet
3 1 (0.83%) MPLS
3 1 (0.83%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.83%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.48%) Power BI
1 3 (2.48%) Tableau
2 2 (1.65%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.83%) Big Data
3 1 (0.83%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.83%) GIS
3 1 (0.83%) Looker
3 1 (0.83%) QlikView
3 1 (0.83%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 24 (19.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.83%) Postman
General
1 68 (56.20%) Social Skills
2 46 (38.02%) Finance
3 28 (23.14%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.22%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (12.40%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (11.57%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.61%) Legal
8 7 (5.79%) Public Sector
9 6 (4.96%) Billing
9 6 (4.96%) Manufacturing
10 5 (4.13%) Banking
10 5 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (3.31%) Automotive
12 3 (2.48%) Marketing
12 3 (2.48%) Retail
13 2 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.65%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.65%) Military
14 1 (0.83%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (52.07%) Project Manager
2 17 (14.05%) Lead
3 9 (7.44%) IT Manager
3 9 (7.44%) IT Project Manager
3 9 (7.44%) Security Manager
4 8 (6.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 8 (6.61%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 8 (6.61%) Security Project Manager
5 7 (5.79%) Analyst
5 7 (5.79%) OSS Project Manager
5 7 (5.79%) Programme Manager
5 7 (5.79%) Telecoms Manager
5 7 (5.79%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 6 (4.96%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Coordinator
7 4 (3.31%) Data Manager
7 4 (3.31%) PMO Lead
7 4 (3.31%) Project Coordinator
7 4 (3.31%) Transformation Manager
7 4 (3.31%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) FHIR
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 39 (32.23%) PMI
2 12 (9.92%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.31%) IoT
4 4 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.48%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.48%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.65%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.65%) Infotainment
6 2 (1.65%) Life Science
6 2 (1.65%) NHS
6 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.65%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.83%) CMDB
7 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.13%) Windows
2 1 (0.83%) Android
2 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (87.60%) Project Management
2 80 (66.12%) PRINCE2
3 59 (48.76%) Agile
4 58 (47.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 44 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (31.40%) Project Delivery
7 33 (27.27%) Change Management
8 32 (26.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 29 (23.97%) Risk Management
10 24 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (19.01%) Waterfall
12 19 (15.70%) Process Improvement
12 19 (15.70%) Project Planning
12 19 (15.70%) Scrum
13 16 (13.22%) Migration
14 15 (12.40%) Roadmaps
15 14 (11.57%) Decision-Making
15 14 (11.57%) ITIL
16 13 (10.74%) Programme Management
17 12 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.48%) SQL
2 1 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (76.86%) PMP
2 56 (46.28%) Degree
3 11 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 7 (5.79%) CISSP
4 7 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.79%) Master's Degree
4 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (4.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (3.31%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.48%) APMP
7 3 (2.48%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.65%) CBAP
8 2 (1.65%) CISM
9 1 (0.83%) APMG
9 1 (0.83%) CIMA
9 1 (0.83%) MBA
9 1 (0.83%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.83%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (18.18%) PMO
2 12 (9.92%) QA
3 5 (4.13%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.31%) GDPR
4 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.48%) PMBOK
6 2 (1.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.83%) COBIT
7 1 (0.83%) HL7
7 1 (0.83%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.83%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (5.79%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (8.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.44%) SAP
3 5 (4.13%) Amdocs
3 5 (4.13%) Ciena
3 5 (4.13%) Ericsson
3 5 (4.13%) NetCracker
3 5 (4.13%) Nokia
3 5 (4.13%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.31%) Cisco
5 3 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.65%) Cramer
6 2 (1.65%) Databricks
6 2 (1.65%) Google
6 2 (1.65%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.65%) Planview
6 2 (1.65%) Remedy
7 1 (0.83%) IBM
7 1 (0.83%) Marketo
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle
7 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto