Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 598 621
Rank change year-on-year +77 +23 -51
Contract jobs citing PMI 77 121 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 0.61% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 67 130
10th Percentile £384 £403 £379
25th Percentile £419 £484 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £641 £694 £600
90th Percentile £925 £810 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +7.50% - +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £49.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% +146.34% -36.92%
75th Percentile - £51.75 £21.75
90th Percentile £65.33 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

PMI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +93 71 £550 -8.33% 107
London +63 38 £600 -4.00% 53
UK excluding London +62 30 £538 +7.50% 63
Work from Home +109 21 £600 +11.63% 67
South East +31 15 £525 - 22
West Midlands +23 5 - - 3
Midlands +16 5 - - 10
North of England +35 4 £481 -1.28% 14
South West +25 4 £563 -27.42% 12
Yorkshire +20 2 £481 -1.28% 1
East of England - 2 £475 - 1
North West - 2 - - 12

PMI
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (7.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.69%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (7.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Endur
2 2 (2.60%) Primavera
2 2 (2.60%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.30%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.19%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.60%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.30%) AWS
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.30%) Miro
3 1 (1.30%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) Intranet
1 1 (1.30%) SAN
1 1 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) Power BI
2 2 (2.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
General
1 36 (46.75%) Social Skills
2 34 (44.16%) Finance
3 11 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (12.99%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.79%) Banking
6 6 (7.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (6.49%) Aerospace
7 5 (6.49%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Marketing
8 4 (5.19%) Legal
8 4 (5.19%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.90%) Electronics
9 3 (3.90%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.90%) Military
10 2 (2.60%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (2.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 34 (44.16%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.58%) Lead
3 11 (14.29%) Senior
4 10 (12.99%) Analyst
4 10 (12.99%) Business Analyst
5 8 (10.39%) Security Manager
5 8 (10.39%) Security Project Manager
6 7 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 6 (7.79%) Endur Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) Endur Business Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) OpenLink Analyst
7 6 (7.79%) OpenLink Business Analyst
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Manager
8 5 (6.49%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Information Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (5.19%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (5.19%) SAP Manager
9 4 (5.19%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.90%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.30%) Linux
1 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (71.43%) Project Management
2 31 (40.26%) PRINCE2
3 30 (38.96%) Agile
4 21 (27.27%) Project Delivery
5 17 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (16.88%) Risk Management
7 9 (11.69%) Business Strategy
7 9 (11.69%) Change Management
7 9 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (11.69%) Project Planning
7 9 (11.69%) Waterfall
8 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (10.39%) Programme Management
8 8 (10.39%) Scrum
9 7 (9.09%) Business Analysis
9 7 (9.09%) Decision-Making
10 6 (7.79%) Coaching
10 6 (7.79%) ERP
10 6 (7.79%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 77 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 29 (37.66%) PMP
3 27 (35.06%) Degree
4 7 (9.09%) CBAP
4 7 (9.09%) CISM
4 7 (9.09%) CISSP
4 7 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.79%) APMG
5 6 (7.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (3.90%) APMP
6 3 (3.90%) CISA
7 2 (2.60%) PgMP
7 2 (2.60%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (2.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (1.30%) CSPO
8 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.29%) PMO
2 4 (5.19%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.30%) GxP
3 1 (1.30%) P3O
3 1 (1.30%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.09%) SAP
3 2 (2.60%) Google
3 2 (2.60%) NEC
4 1 (1.30%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.30%) iManage
4 1 (1.30%) Oracle
4 1 (1.30%) Planview