PMI Contract Job Trends
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 cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 603 | 484 | 520 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -119 | +36 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing PMI | 85 | 82 | 54 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.15% | 0.25% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.44% | 0.68% | 0.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 56 | 51 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £363 | £371 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £401 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £515 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.40% | +0.48% | -14.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £628 | £638 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £703 | £645 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £514 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.04% | +2.90% | -13.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.33 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £43.02 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £65.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £75.00 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
UK
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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 19,255 | 12,035 | 11,516 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 35.03% | 36.15% | 30.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11,505 | 7,377 | 6,845 |
| 10th Percentile | £319 | £290 | £280 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £408 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £515 | £531 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -2.92% | -3.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £750 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £493 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.65% | -1.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,399 | 646 | 394 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.81 | £14.16 | £17.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.48 | £18.25 | £23.62 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.82 | £27.00 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +32.67% | -43.16% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £51.19 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £72.00 | £75.16 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £33.99 | £25.15 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.15% | -52.10% | +5.00% |
PMI Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
PMI Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI.
PMI Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
PMI Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI.
PMI Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
PMI Top 13 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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 | -112 | 79 | £540 | +4.35% | 125 |
| UK excluding London | -78 | 42 | £525 | +2.04% | 56 |
| London | -113 | 34 | £550 | -8.33% | 68 |
| Work from Home | -81 | 29 | £545 | +17.20% | 81 |
| South East | -41 | 27 | £575 | +11.66% | 26 |
| South West | -32 | 9 | £525 | - | 8 |
| North of England | -55 | 5 | £463 | -26.00% | 11 |
| North West | -45 | 4 | £394 | -37.00% | 6 |
| East of England | -26 | 2 | £700 | +7.69% | 1 |
| Scotland | -27 | 1 | £500 | +5.26% | 2 |
| Midlands | -46 | 1 | £525 | +30.60% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -51 | 1 | £525 | +16.67% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £500 | - | 4 |
PMI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Miscellaneous
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Ownership | 10.6% | 9 |
| 2 | Onboarding | 4.7% | 4 |
| 3 | Data Centre | 3.5% | 3 |
| 3 | Management Information System | 3.5% | 3 |
| 3 | Operational Technology | 3.5% | 3 |
| 6 | FMCG | 2.4% | 2 |
| 6 | Mainframe | 2.4% | 2 |
| 6 | SWIFT Messaging Network | 2.4% | 2 |
| 6 | Synthetic Data | 2.4% | 2 |
| 6 | Team-Oriented Environment | 2.4% | 2 |
| 6 | Virtual Team | 2.4% | 2 |
| 12 | Cloud Native | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Distributed Architecture | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Enterprise Software | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Fixed Income | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | IVR | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Life Science | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Marketing Technology | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Public Cloud | 1.2% | 1 |
| 12 | Renewable Energy | 1.2% | 1 |