PMI Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 356 418
Rank change year-on-year +59 +62 +6
Contract jobs citing PMI 39 32 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.53% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 16 22
10th Percentile £397 £59 £329
25th Percentile £447 £428 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £538 £481
Median % change year-on-year -3.02% +11.69% +0.79%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £597
90th Percentile £650 £619 £745
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -7.82% -8.33% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year - +18.81% +146.34%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,243 6,026 7,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.17% 29.31% 32.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 3,620 5,238
10th Percentile £208 £208 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £615
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 721 436
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.97 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +7.76% +34.13% -18.24%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the UK excluding London

PMI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PMI in the UK excluding London

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for PMI in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PMI in the UK excluding London

PMI
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +28 15 £550 +14.29% 12
Yorkshire +29 12 £550 +14.29% 5
South East +27 8 £650 +23.81% 32
Scotland - 7 £525 - 7
Midlands +21 6 £450 - 12
West Midlands +16 5 £463 - 4
East of England +27 2 £450 -5.26% 3
North East - 2 £550 - 1
South West +33 1 - - 4
North West +10 1 £356 - 7
East Midlands - 1 £391 - 8
PMI
UK

PMI
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 2 (5.13%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (5.13%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Asana
1 3 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (5.13%) IaaS
2 2 (5.13%) PaaS
2 2 (5.13%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) GCP
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Big Data
1 1 (2.56%) Looker
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Postman
General
1 22 (56.41%) Finance
2 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
3 11 (28.21%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Aerospace
7 2 (5.13%) Automotive
7 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.13%) Military
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.56%) Legal
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.56%) Publishing
8 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Project Manager
2 8 (20.51%) Lead
3 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 6 (15.38%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 6 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 6 (15.38%) Security Project Manager
4 4 (10.26%) Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 3 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (7.69%) PMO Lead
5 3 (7.69%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Governance Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Business Change Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Engagement Manager
7 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Project Manager
7 1 (2.56%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
2 4 (10.26%) Mobile App
3 3 (7.69%) IoT
4 2 (5.13%) Infotainment
4 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (84.62%) Project Management
2 28 (71.79%) PRINCE2
3 16 (41.03%) Agile
4 13 (33.33%) Change Management
4 13 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 13 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (25.64%) PRINCE
6 10 (25.64%) Project Planning
6 10 (25.64%) Roadmaps
7 9 (23.08%) Contingency Planning
7 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (20.51%) Portfolio Management
8 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (17.95%) Decision-Making
9 7 (17.95%) Process Improvement
9 7 (17.95%) Programme Management
9 7 (17.95%) Regulatory Compliance
9 7 (17.95%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 22 (56.41%) Degree
3 11 (28.21%) PMP
4 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) APMG
7 1 (2.56%) CBAP
7 1 (2.56%) CISA
7 1 (2.56%) CISM
7 1 (2.56%) CISSP
7 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.56%) PgMP
7 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (38.46%) PMO
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.13%) PMBOK
3 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.56%) NIST
3 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.56%) SAP
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow