PMBOK Contracts in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide and Standards)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PMBOK skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMBOK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 441 499
Rank change year-on-year +48 +58 -57
Contract jobs citing PMBOK 5 6 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.026% 0.026%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.17% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £273
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £400
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £550 - £635
% change year-on-year - - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

PMBOK is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,980 3,406 4,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.29% 14.86% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,736 2,222 3,087
10th Percentile £250 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 194 202
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.72 £18.02 £14.83
Median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +4.76%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.62 £48.56
90th Percentile £68.87 £77.50 £68.70
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

PMBOK
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMBOK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMBOK in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMBOK in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PMBOK in the UK excluding London

PMBOK
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMBOK within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
South East +8 4 - - 2
East of England - 1 £550 -
PMBOK
UK

PMBOK
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aerospace
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Aviation
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Communications Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Change Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) PMP
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) PgMP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft