PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide and Standards)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PMBOK skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMBOK over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 546 | 562 | 661 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +99 | +185 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing PMBOK | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.033% | 0.010% | 0.004% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.20% | 0.077% | 0.028% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £433 | - | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £444 | - | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £550 | £300 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.64% | +83.33% | -44.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | - | £325 |
| 90th Percentile | £498 | - | £340 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £550 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66.88 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £71.00 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £60.00 | £60.00 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
PMBOK falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5,586 | 5,220 | 7,213 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 17.00% | 13.44% | 14.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,590 | 3,211 | 4,882 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £290 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £512 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.34% | -2.48% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £611 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £716 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £483 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.71% | -3.35% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 262 | 304 | 238 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £11.07 | £14.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.03 | £14.31 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.18 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.72% | -28.57% | +52.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.94 | £55.00 | £61.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.70 | £70.00 | £78.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.08 | £24.18 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.70% | -30.91% | +66.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMBOK.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMBOK.
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Top 10 DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +25 | 11 | £475 | -13.64% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +10 | 10 | £450 | -18.18% | 6 |
| South East | +14 | 7 | - | - | 2 |
| Work from Home | +22 | 3 | £500 | -9.09% | 6 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | £450 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| London | - | 1 | £500 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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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: