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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 118 108
Rank change year-on-year -50 -10 +8
Contract jobs citing PMI 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.028% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.095% 0.42% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £568
25th Percentile £513 - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +2.13%
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - £615
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £62.50 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

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 1,049 718 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.57% 38.87% 28.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 433 331
10th Percentile £325 £246 £190
25th Percentile £415 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £674 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.27% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 52 16
10th Percentile £13.46 - £19.40
25th Percentile £17.53 £18.87 £20.45
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £32.21
Median % change year-on-year - -6.85% +17.12%
75th Percentile £45.11 £50.00 £51.31
90th Percentile £74.25 - £58.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +13.30% -47.69% +24.59%

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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

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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

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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

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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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP