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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 273 340
Rank change year-on-year +33 +67 -51
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 103 127 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.79% 0.61% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.20% 1.70% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 75 67
10th Percentile £373 £392 £410
25th Percentile £413 £453 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £591
90th Percentile £680 £642 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 3
10th Percentile - £24.54 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £25.50 -
Median hourly rate £67.50 £26.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +159.62% -30.67% -30.56%
75th Percentile £78.01 £62.22 £42.50
90th Percentile £83.44 £87.80 £45.50
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £26.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +188.46% -30.67% -15.73%

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 4,679 7,469 7,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.90% 36.05% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,834 4,357 4,938
10th Percentile £205 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £635
90th Percentile £675 £723 £712
UK median daily rate £520 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 954 578
10th Percentile £17.45 £13.56 £13.47
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.18 £40.97 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.45% -21.96% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.81 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +24.36%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +39 31 £500 -6.98% 53
North of England +15 28 £550 +15.79% 52
Scotland +14 13 £465 +3.33% 8
North West +4 13 £550 +35.80% 27
Yorkshire +19 12 £550 +10.00% 20
Midlands -2 11 £408 -16.31% 31
South West +50 10 £425 -24.44% 17
West Midlands -2 8 £425 -15.00% 14
East of England +22 7 £497 -9.64% 10
East Midlands +9 3 £391 -15.46% 17
North East +1 3 £563 +7.14% 5
Northern Ireland -10 3 £588 - 16
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 4 (3.88%) Confluence
2 2 (1.94%) MS Project Server
3 1 (0.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.97%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 26 (25.24%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (6.80%) Trello
3 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.94%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.97%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 7 (6.80%) Asana
2 6 (5.83%) AWS
3 5 (4.85%) Azure
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.94%) GCP
6 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.97%) Lucidchart
6 1 (0.97%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.97%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.83%) 5G
2 2 (1.94%) Internet
2 2 (1.94%) WAN
3 1 (0.97%) MPLS
3 1 (0.97%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.97%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) Power BI
1 3 (2.91%) Tableau
2 2 (1.94%) Big Data
2 2 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.94%) GIS
3 1 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.97%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.97%) Looker
3 1 (0.97%) QlikView
3 1 (0.97%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 22 (21.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) Postman
General
1 57 (55.34%) Social Skills
2 38 (36.89%) Finance
3 24 (23.30%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.56%) Telecoms
5 11 (10.68%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (7.77%) Legal
7 7 (6.80%) Billing
7 7 (6.80%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.85%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.88%) Banking
9 4 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.88%) Public Sector
10 3 (2.91%) Automotive
10 3 (2.91%) Marketing
10 3 (2.91%) Retail
11 2 (1.94%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.94%) Agriculture
11 2 (1.94%) Military
11 2 (1.94%) Publishing
12 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 61 (59.22%) Project Manager
2 12 (11.65%) Lead
3 9 (8.74%) Security Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Analyst
4 8 (7.77%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 8 (7.77%) OSS Project Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 8 (7.77%) Security Project Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Telecoms Manager
4 8 (7.77%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 7 (6.80%) IT Manager
5 7 (6.80%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (3.88%) Coordinator
6 4 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (3.88%) PMO Lead
6 4 (3.88%) Programme Manager
6 4 (3.88%) Project Coordinator
7 3 (2.91%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (2.91%) SC Cleared Project Manager
7 3 (2.91%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 33 (32.04%) PMI
2 12 (11.65%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.83%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.85%) IoT
4 5 (4.85%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.91%) Data Structures
5 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.91%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.94%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.94%) Infotainment
6 2 (1.94%) Life Science
6 2 (1.94%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.97%) CMDB
7 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.97%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.83%) Windows
2 1 (0.97%) Android
2 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (91.26%) Project Management
2 72 (69.90%) PRINCE2
3 55 (53.40%) Agile
4 49 (47.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 38 (36.89%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (31.07%) Project Delivery
7 27 (26.21%) Change Management
7 27 (26.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 23 (22.33%) Risk Management
9 21 (20.39%) Scrum
9 21 (20.39%) Waterfall
10 19 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (16.50%) Project Planning
12 16 (15.53%) Process Improvement
13 14 (13.59%) ITIL
14 13 (12.62%) Decision-Making
14 13 (12.62%) Roadmaps
15 12 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (11.65%) Resource Allocation
16 10 (9.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.88%) SQL
2 1 (0.97%) Python
2 1 (0.97%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (78.64%) PMP
2 49 (47.57%) Degree
3 10 (9.71%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.77%) Master's Degree
5 7 (6.80%) CISSP
6 6 (5.83%) SC Cleared
7 5 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (3.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.88%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (3.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.91%) APMP
10 2 (1.94%) CBAP
10 2 (1.94%) CISM
10 2 (1.94%) ISEB
11 1 (0.97%) CIMA
11 1 (0.97%) CISA
11 1 (0.97%) MBA
11 1 (0.97%) MCP
11 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.71%) PMO
1 10 (9.71%) QA
2 4 (3.88%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.88%) GDPR
2 4 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.91%) PMBOK
4 2 (1.94%) NIST
5 1 (0.97%) COBIT
5 1 (0.97%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.97%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (7.77%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (0.97%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (8.74%) SAP
2 7 (6.80%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.83%) Amdocs
3 6 (5.83%) Ciena
3 6 (5.83%) Ericsson
3 6 (5.83%) NetCracker
3 6 (5.83%) Nokia
4 4 (3.88%) Cisco
4 4 (3.88%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.88%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.94%) Cramer
5 2 (1.94%) Infoblox
5 2 (1.94%) Remedy
6 1 (0.97%) ESRI
6 1 (0.97%) IBM
6 1 (0.97%) Marketo
6 1 (0.97%) Openreach
6 1 (0.97%) Palo Alto