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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 105 118
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 +55
Contract jobs citing PMI 3 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.43% 1.11% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £568 £528
25th Percentile - £575 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile - - £694
90th Percentile - £615 £728
England median daily rate £532 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -3.18% -12.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -10.45%

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 704 541 702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.32% 28.34% 34.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 330 422
10th Percentile £238 £208 £291
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £511
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.58% +2.25%
75th Percentile £600 £658 £606
90th Percentile £657 £750 £725
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 34
10th Percentile - £15.35 £18.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.50 £21.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.88 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +12.27% +37.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £64.06
90th Percentile - £57.85 £68.38
England median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.37% +25.00% +76.46%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PMI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PMI 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 18 September 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
Solihull - 1 - -
Shropshire - 1 £450 -
PMI
England

PMI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Communications Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Communications Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) AIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Solaris
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) CAPM
2 1 (33.33%) CBAP
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PMBOK
1 1 (33.33%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP