PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide and Standards)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMBOK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMBOK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 694 836
Rank change year-on-year +109 +142 -143
Contract jobs citing PMBOK 5 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.015% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.081% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 13
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £635
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.38%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - £687
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £538
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

PMBOK is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,210 7,911 11,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.32% 13.35% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,938 5,435 8,072
10th Percentile £296 £276 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £750 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £478 £450
% change year-on-year +2.09% +6.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 233 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £16.63
Median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.56% +26.13% +32.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.50 £77.50 £66.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

PMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMBOK in the UK

PMBOK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMBOK.

Daily rate trend for PMBOK in the UK

PMBOK
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMBOK.

Hourly rate trend for PMBOK in the UK

PMBOK
Top 4 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
England +121 4 - -
UK excluding London +51 4 - -
South East +13 4 - -
Work from Home +118 1 - - 4

PMBOK
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (60.00%) Military
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Communications Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (60.00%) PMP
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared