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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 114 104
Rank change year-on-year -48 -10 +13
Contract jobs citing PMI 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.058% 0.17% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.20% 0.45% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £515 - £566
25th Percentile £519 - £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +3.00%
75th Percentile £594 - £606
90th Percentile £605 - £618
England median daily rate £550 £532 £475
% change year-on-year +3.29% +12.10% -24.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate - £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -

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 1,003 671 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.11% 37.97% 28.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 406 327
10th Percentile £306 £244 £208
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £592 £663
90th Percentile £700 £648 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 49 17
10th Percentile £13.56 - £15.35
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -2.83% +12.27%
75th Percentile £47.31 £50.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.48 - £56.05
England median hourly rate £38.25 £32.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.78% -40.45% +19.96%

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 5 September 2026. 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
Birmingham - 1 £575 - 4
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP