PMI contracts in the West Midlands, contractor rates and trends for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMI over the 6 months to 23 September 2020 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Project Management Institute (PMI) England > West Midlands
Location	6 months to 23 Sep 2020	Same period 2019	Same period 2018
Rank	-	164	205
Contract jobs citing PMI	0	8	2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands	-	0.19%	0.040%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	0.68%	0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	0	5	0
Median daily rate	-	£525	-
England median daily rate	£538	£425	£425
% change year-on-year	+26.47%	-	-10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Median hourly rate	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£64.00	£47.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+34.74%	+35.71%	-30.00%

PMI is in the Generic IT Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills West Midlands
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	400	1,168	1,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	32.36%	28.17%	28.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	221	684	819
Median daily rate	£400	£425	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-5.88%	+3.03%	+6.45%
10th Percentile	£200	£212	£231
90th Percentile	£575	£575	£550
England median daily rate	£500	£475	£475
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-	+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted	9	53	95
Median hourly rate	£20.57	£16.50	£15.85
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+24.67%	+4.10%	-6.76%
10th Percentile	£15.80	£12.00	£11.00
90th Percentile	£35.00	£46.90	£28.25
Median hourly rate	£35.00	£22.35	£20.50
% change year-on-year	+56.63%	+9.00%	+2.50%