PMI Certification Contract Job Trends

PMI Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 274 350
Rank change year-on-year +29 +76 +50
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 396 314 278
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.09% 0.88% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.27% 2.98% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 195 168
10th Percentile £371 £398 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £727 £756 £762
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +3.88% -6.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 9
10th Percentile £49.30 £32.87 £51.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £36.02 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £42.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -29.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £73.75 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.50 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +47.54% -18.10% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,126 10,544 13,419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.42% 29.53% 29.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,881 6,411 8,455
10th Percentile £306 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £515 £538
% change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,015 505 755
10th Percentile £17.06 £18.94 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.23 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £66.00 £67.66
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.01% +15.32%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 December 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
England +27 337 £550 - 227
London +53 195 £575 +4.55% 72
UK excluding London -22 149 £535 +3.88% 192
Work from Home -6 106 £539 +2.67% 73
South East +20 68 £535 -17.69% 60
North of England -48 27 £525 -0.94% 52
Midlands -28 26 £550 +32.85% 29
North West -13 15 £532 -3.36% 33
West Midlands -26 14 £550 +15.55% 15
Scotland +6 12 £505 +9.19% 8
East Midlands -13 12 £513 +36.39% 13
Yorkshire -49 11 £420 -19.23% 17
Wales +7 6 £253 -64.82% 3
South West -28 6 £425 -13.92% 19
East of England -17 5 £650 +60.10% 24
Northern Ireland - 3 £556 - 2
North East -4 1 - - 3

PMI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 48 (12.12%) Confluence
2 22 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.53%) CMS
4 2 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.25%) Smallworld
Applications
1 75 (18.94%) Microsoft Project
2 32 (8.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (5.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.03%) Trello
5 10 (2.53%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.25%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 22 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.52%) Endur
2 6 (1.52%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.01%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.76%) SAP IBP
5 3 (0.76%) Workfront
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.51%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.25%) FLEXCUBE
7 1 (0.25%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.25%) Misys Equation
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.25%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.60%) Azure
2 23 (5.81%) Power Platform
3 22 (5.56%) AWS
4 20 (5.05%) Smartsheet
5 12 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (2.78%) SaaS
7 10 (2.53%) OpenShift
8 8 (2.02%) Asana
8 8 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.26%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.01%) Lucidchart
11 4 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.76%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.76%) GCP
12 3 (0.76%) Miro
13 2 (0.51%) Contentstack
13 2 (0.51%) OCI
13 2 (0.51%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.02%) Network Security
2 6 (1.52%) 5G
2 6 (1.52%) Firewall
2 6 (1.52%) Wireless
3 5 (1.26%) VPN
3 5 (1.26%) WAN
4 4 (1.01%) LAN
5 3 (0.76%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.25%) 2G
6 1 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.25%) Intranet
6 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.25%) MPLS
6 1 (0.25%) Multicast
6 1 (0.25%) Skype
6 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.05%) Power BI
2 8 (2.02%) Tableau
3 5 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.51%) Metadata
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.25%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.25%) DTS
6 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.25%) GIS
6 1 (0.25%) MySQL
6 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 94 (23.74%) JIRA
General
1 237 (59.85%) Social Skills
2 175 (44.19%) Finance
3 77 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (12.63%) Banking
5 33 (8.33%) Legal
6 30 (7.58%) Manufacturing
7 24 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 21 (5.30%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (4.29%) Retail
11 16 (4.04%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (3.79%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (3.79%) Marketing
13 11 (2.78%) Investment Banking
14 10 (2.53%) Telecoms
15 9 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.52%) Automotive
16 6 (1.52%) Publishing
17 5 (1.26%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 214 (54.04%) Project Manager
2 51 (12.88%) Senior
3 42 (10.61%) Analyst
4 38 (9.60%) Business Analyst
5 34 (8.59%) Senior Manager
6 32 (8.08%) IT Manager
7 28 (7.07%) Senior Project Manager
8 26 (6.57%) Lead
9 24 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
9 24 (6.06%) Programme Manager
10 23 (5.81%) Infrastructure Manager
11 20 (5.05%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 20 (5.05%) Technical Manager
12 14 (3.54%) SAP Manager
13 13 (3.28%) Technical Project Manager
13 13 (3.28%) Transformation Manager
13 13 (3.28%) Transformation Project Manager
14 12 (3.03%) Digital Project Manager
14 12 (3.03%) SAP Project Manager
15 11 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.77%) Middleware
2 5 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.01%) XML
4 3 (0.76%) ADO
5 2 (0.51%) .NET
5 2 (0.51%) FHIR
5 2 (0.51%) HTML
5 2 (0.51%) React
6 1 (0.25%) HTML5
6 1 (0.25%) Kafka
6 1 (0.25%) LDAP
6 1 (0.25%) OAuth
6 1 (0.25%) RESTful
6 1 (0.25%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.25%) SAML
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.25%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.25%) Web Services
6 1 (0.25%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 120 (30.30%) PMI
2 30 (7.58%) Product Ownership
3 23 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 21 (5.30%) Onboarding
5 16 (4.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 11 (2.78%) Life Science
6 11 (2.78%) Mobile App
7 10 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.27%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.77%) CMDB
10 6 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.26%) Learning Management System
11 5 (1.26%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (1.26%) SCADA
12 4 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.01%) Digital Wallet
12 4 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.77%) Windows
2 4 (1.01%) Linux
3 2 (0.51%) Unix
4 1 (0.25%) AIX
4 1 (0.25%) Solaris
4 1 (0.25%) VMS
4 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (65.66%) Agile
2 259 (65.40%) PRINCE2
3 257 (64.90%) Project Management
4 193 (48.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 113 (28.54%) Project Delivery
5 113 (28.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 105 (26.52%) Change Management
7 100 (25.25%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (20.71%) Waterfall
9 74 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (18.69%) Scrum
10 71 (17.93%) Migration
11 68 (17.17%) Risk Management
12 54 (13.64%) Programme Management
13 50 (12.63%) Budget Management
14 46 (11.62%) ITIL
15 45 (11.36%) Decision-Making
16 43 (10.86%) Project Governance
17 39 (9.85%) Resource Allocation
18 37 (9.34%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (1.77%) SQL
2 3 (0.76%) Java
2 3 (0.76%) Python
3 2 (0.51%) Korn
4 1 (0.25%) ABAP
4 1 (0.25%) C++
4 1 (0.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 306 (77.27%) PMP
2 151 (38.13%) Degree
3 32 (8.08%) Security Cleared
4 29 (7.32%) CBAP
5 28 (7.07%) Master's Degree
6 25 (6.31%) SC Cleared
7 17 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (4.04%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 11 (2.78%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.53%) APMP
11 9 (2.27%) CISM
11 9 (2.27%) CISSP
12 8 (2.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (1.77%) MBA
14 6 (1.52%) MAPM
14 6 (1.52%) PgMP
15 5 (1.26%) CAPM
15 5 (1.26%) SAP Certification
16 4 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (1.01%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (15.91%) PMO
2 54 (13.64%) QA
3 15 (3.79%) GDPR
4 11 (2.78%) PCI DSS
5 10 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.53%) NIST
5 10 (2.53%) SLA
6 8 (2.02%) PSD2
6 8 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (1.77%) GRC
8 6 (1.52%) GMP
8 6 (1.52%) ISO 8583
8 6 (1.52%) P3O
9 5 (1.26%) Basel III
9 5 (1.26%) Data Quality
9 5 (1.26%) MiFID
10 4 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.01%) GxP
System Software
1 3 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.25%) PowerHA
3 1 (0.25%) RACF
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 54 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 47 (11.87%) SAP
3 22 (5.56%) ServiceNow
4 18 (4.55%) Oracle
5 13 (3.28%) Planview
6 12 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.03%) Workday
7 11 (2.78%) Ariba
8 6 (1.52%) Adobe
9 5 (1.26%) Databricks
9 5 (1.26%) Google
10 4 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.76%) Cisco
11 3 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 3 (0.76%) IBM
11 3 (0.76%) Progress
11 3 (0.76%) Samsung
12 2 (0.51%) OpenLink
12 2 (0.51%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.51%) Snow