PMI Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Project Management Institute (PMI)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 107 118
Rank change year-on-year -26 +11 +53
Contract jobs citing PMI 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.10% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.26% 0.93% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £568 £445
25th Percentile - £575 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile - - £606
90th Percentile - £615 £625
England median daily rate £515 £561 £625
% change year-on-year -8.25% -10.20% +13.64%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 776 536 690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 39.25% 28.51% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 326 410
10th Percentile £250 £180 £275
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £606
90th Percentile £669 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 17 43
10th Percentile - £17.30 £17.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £19.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.18 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% -12.07% +44.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £48.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - £56.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £27.77 £52.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -47.11% +17.98% +71.15%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

PMI job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMI

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMI

PMI
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Shropshire - 1 £450 -
Solihull - 1 - -
PMI
England

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) AIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Solaris
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) CAPM
2 1 (50.00%) CBAP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP