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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 370 402
Rank change year-on-year +58 +32 +7
Contract jobs citing PMI 30 31 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 0.51% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 22
10th Percentile £389 £59 £329
25th Percentile £440 £438 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £635 £649
UK median daily rate £531 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +1.19% -12.50% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -

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 4,509 6,073 7,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.72% 28.48% 32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,716 3,576 4,871
10th Percentile £220 £210 £220
25th Percentile £363 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £603
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 767 409
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.78 £14.41 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.91 £35.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% +59.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.38 £70.07 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £35.58 £22.26
% change year-on-year -7.24% +59.82% -19.05%

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 13 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in the UK excluding London

PMI
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 13 June 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 +36 8 £650 +23.81% 41
North of England +21 8 £550 +37.50% 19
Yorkshire +21 6 £550 +37.50% 10
Scotland +8 6 £550 +22.22% 5
Midlands +18 4 £421 -29.92% 14
East of England +26 3 £425 -10.53% 8
West Midlands +6 3 £450 -25.00% 5
North East - 2 £550 - 2
South West +35 1 - - 4
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 (6.67%) Confluence
1 2 (6.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (6.67%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Asana
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) AWS
3 1 (3.33%) Azure
3 1 (3.33%) GCP
3 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Big Data
2 1 (3.33%) Looker
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) Postman
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 10 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 2 (6.67%) Automotive
5 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Military
5 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Lead
3 3 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Analyst
4 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) PMO Lead
4 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared Project Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Service Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.33%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (3.33%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 4 (13.33%) IoT
4 2 (6.67%) Infotainment
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Project Management
2 21 (70.00%) PRINCE2
3 15 (50.00%) Agile
4 11 (36.67%) Project Delivery
5 10 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
6 9 (30.00%) PRINCE
6 9 (30.00%) Project Planning
6 9 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (23.33%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (23.33%) Regulatory Compliance
8 7 (23.33%) Roadmaps
8 7 (23.33%) Waterfall
9 6 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
9 6 (20.00%) Change Management
9 6 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
9 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (20.00%) Process Improvement
9 6 (20.00%) Risk Management
10 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 20 (66.67%) Degree
3 11 (36.67%) PMP
4 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.33%) APMG
7 1 (3.33%) CBAP
7 1 (3.33%) CISA
7 1 (3.33%) CISM
7 1 (3.33%) CISSP
7 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.33%) PgMP
7 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) PMO
2 2 (6.67%) PMBOK
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.33%) NIST
3 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.33%) SAP
2 1 (3.33%) ServiceNow