PMI Contracts

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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 525 583
Rank change year-on-year +65 +58 -1
Contract jobs citing PMI 88 60 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.14% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 0.46% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 28 60
10th Percentile £306 £236 £396
25th Percentile £379 £398 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -14.89% +17.50%
75th Percentile £638 £585 £675
90th Percentile £725 £647 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £504
% change year-on-year +4.76% +4.22% +11.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,019 13,114 18,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.60% 30.28% 32.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,823 8,318 12,820
10th Percentile £300 £281 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £650 £663 £678
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 908 571
10th Percentile £15.48 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.39 £12.56
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.02 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +41.26% -5.49%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £35.83 £27.00
% change year-on-year -16.26% +32.69% +25.58%

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 6 July 2025.

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 15 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 6 July 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 +69 70 £513 +0.15% 284
London +54 42 £563 +7.14% 200
Work from Home +53 32 £525 - 126
UK excluding London +50 31 £550 +4.76% 97
North of England +9 9 £550 +37.50% 17
South East +35 8 £600 +14.29% 31
Scotland +11 6 £550 +22.22% 11
Yorkshire +9 6 £550 +37.50% 4
Midlands +11 4 £421 -10.29% 19
East of England +29 3 £425 -10.53% 3
West Midlands +5 3 £450 -25.00% 11
North East - 2 £550 - 3
South West +38 1 - - 12
North West +8 1 £514 - 10
East Midlands +1 1 £391 +15.85% 7

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 (6.82%) Confluence
2 2 (2.27%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 23 (26.14%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (5.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (3.41%) Trello
6 2 (2.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Endur
2 2 (2.27%) Teamcenter
3 1 (1.14%) Aligne
3 1 (1.14%) Primavera
3 1 (1.14%) SAP HCM
3 1 (1.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.82%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.68%) AWS
2 5 (5.68%) Azure
3 3 (3.41%) Asana
4 2 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.27%) Miro
5 1 (1.14%) Canva
5 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.14%) GCP
5 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.14%) SaaS
5 1 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (2.27%) Firewall
1 2 (2.27%) Internet
2 1 (1.14%) MQTT
2 1 (1.14%) Network Security
2 1 (1.14%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.14%) SMS
2 1 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.82%) Power BI
2 4 (4.55%) Tableau
3 3 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.27%) Big Data
5 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.14%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (13.64%) JIRA
2 2 (2.27%) Postman
General
1 43 (48.86%) Social Skills
2 34 (38.64%) Finance
3 12 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (7.95%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (5.68%) Back Office
6 5 (5.68%) Marketing
7 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.41%) Automotive
8 3 (3.41%) Publishing
9 2 (2.27%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.27%) Banking
9 2 (2.27%) Legal
9 2 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.27%) Military
9 2 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.27%) Spanish Language
9 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.14%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 37 (42.05%) Project Manager
2 15 (17.05%) Analyst
3 11 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 7 (7.95%) Lead
5 6 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Programme Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 6 (6.82%) Security Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Security Project Manager
5 6 (6.82%) Senior
6 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 4 (4.55%) Administrator
7 4 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (3.41%) Data Analyst
8 3 (3.41%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.41%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (3.41%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.41%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.14%) .NET
2 1 (1.14%) HTML
2 1 (1.14%) LDAP
2 1 (1.14%) OAuth
2 1 (1.14%) SAML
2 1 (1.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.23%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.55%) IoT
3 4 (4.55%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.41%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.27%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.27%) Life Science
5 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.27%) Operational Technology
5 2 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.14%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.14%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.14%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (54.55%) Project Management
2 47 (53.41%) Agile
3 41 (46.59%) PRINCE2
4 33 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (26.14%) Project Delivery
6 20 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (15.91%) Business Analysis
7 14 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (15.91%) PRINCE
7 14 (15.91%) Scrum
7 14 (15.91%) Waterfall
8 13 (14.77%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (13.64%) Matrix Organization
9 12 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 11 (12.50%) Budget Management
10 11 (12.50%) Change Management
10 11 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
11 10 (11.36%) Process Improvement
11 10 (11.36%) Project Planning
11 10 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 88 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 41 (46.59%) Degree
3 20 (22.73%) PMP
4 15 (17.05%) CBAP
5 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared
6 5 (5.68%) Master's Degree
7 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.41%) CSPO
7 3 (3.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.27%) APMP
8 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.27%) IIBA
9 1 (1.14%) APMG
9 1 (1.14%) CISA
9 1 (1.14%) CISM
9 1 (1.14%) CISSP
9 1 (1.14%) PgMP
9 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.36%) PMO
2 3 (3.41%) Basel III
2 3 (3.41%) HIPAA
2 3 (3.41%) IFRS
2 3 (3.41%) IFRS 9
2 3 (3.41%) MiFID
3 2 (2.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (2.27%) GDPR
3 2 (2.27%) PMBOK
3 2 (2.27%) QA
4 1 (1.14%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.14%) NIST
4 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.14%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.14%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.95%) SAP
3 5 (5.68%) Ariba
4 4 (4.55%) Oracle
5 3 (3.41%) Alteryx
5 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.27%) Aruba
6 2 (2.27%) Cisco
6 2 (2.27%) F5
6 2 (2.27%) Imperva
7 1 (1.14%) Adobe
7 1 (1.14%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.14%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.14%) Databricks
7 1 (1.14%) eFront
7 1 (1.14%) HP
7 1 (1.14%) Okta
7 1 (1.14%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.14%) Salesforce