PMI Certification Contracts

PMI Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 422 384
Rank change year-on-year +115 -38 +89
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 296 312 602
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.52% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.22% 1.92% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 203 378
10th Percentile £384 £405 £363
25th Percentile £438 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £673 £588
90th Percentile £698 £800 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 6 39
10th Percentile £23.29 £37.50 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £38.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.55% +7.30% +36.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.69 £49.25
90th Percentile £86.96 £70.13 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £41.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year -36.97% -45.00% +114.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PMI Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,313 16,288 19,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.56% 27.29% 21.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,187 10,860 12,550
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.42%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £530 £500
% change year-on-year +0.47% +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 849 780
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.71
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +29.16% +8.01%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.75
90th Percentile £75.24 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £49.57 £32.37
% change year-on-year -17.41% +53.14% -11.44%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMI Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PMI Certification.

Daily rate trend for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PMI Certification.

Hourly rate trend for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +87 249 £550 - 238
London +55 129 £600 +4.35% 102
UK excluding London +92 126 £525 +5.00% 147
Work from Home +121 118 £538 +2.38% 117
South East +29 42 £525 +10.53% 47
North of England +44 28 £450 -14.29% 35
Midlands +32 21 £475 -5.00% 25
North West +30 18 £391 -17.68% 27
West Midlands +26 18 £475 -6.17% 15
Wales +27 14 £600 - 4
South West +13 8 £575 +21.05% 15
East of England +12 8 £513 -2.38% 13
Yorkshire +21 5 £500 -4.76% 6
Scotland +31 4 £450 -14.29% 11
East Midlands +19 3 £463 - 10
North East - 3 £525 - 3
Northern Ireland +7 1 - - 1

PMI Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (5.74%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.36%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (9.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (9.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (7.43%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (3.72%) Acrobat
6 3 (1.01%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.03%) Endur
3 4 (1.35%) Primavera
4 2 (0.68%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 17 (5.74%) SaaS
2 16 (5.41%) Azure
3 15 (5.07%) Google Workspace
4 14 (4.73%) IaaS
4 14 (4.73%) PaaS
5 6 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.69%) AWS
7 4 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.68%) OCI
9 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.34%) Apple Pay
10 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.34%) Google Pay
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.34%) Miro
10 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.69%) SNA
2 4 (1.35%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.01%) LAN
3 3 (1.01%) Network Security
3 3 (1.01%) SAN
3 3 (1.01%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.01%) WAN
3 3 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.68%) Firewall
4 2 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.68%) Wireless
5 1 (0.34%) IMAP
5 1 (0.34%) Intranet
5 1 (0.34%) SNMP
5 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.03%) Power BI
2 3 (1.01%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.68%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 20 (6.76%) JIRA
General
1 141 (47.64%) Social Skills
2 97 (32.77%) Finance
3 57 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.77%) Legal
5 21 (7.09%) Marketing
5 21 (7.09%) Military
6 20 (6.76%) Banking
7 17 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 16 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (5.41%) Retail
9 15 (5.07%) Public Sector
10 13 (4.39%) Telecoms
11 12 (4.05%) Aerospace
11 12 (4.05%) Local Government
12 11 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (2.03%) German Language
14 6 (2.03%) Mandarin Language
15 5 (1.69%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 129 (43.58%) Project Manager
2 30 (10.14%) Senior
3 28 (9.46%) Delivery Manager
3 28 (9.46%) IT Manager
4 24 (8.11%) Lead
5 23 (7.77%) Senior Manager
6 22 (7.43%) Security Manager
7 19 (6.42%) Technical Manager
8 18 (6.08%) IT Project Manager
9 15 (5.07%) Programme Manager
9 15 (5.07%) Scrum Master
9 15 (5.07%) Security Project Manager
10 13 (4.39%) SAP Manager
11 12 (4.05%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (3.72%) Bid Manager
13 10 (3.38%) Analyst
13 10 (3.38%) Business Analyst
14 9 (3.04%) Infrastructure Manager
14 9 (3.04%) Senior Bid Manager
14 9 (3.04%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.35%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.01%) Node.js
3 1 (0.34%) ADO
3 1 (0.34%) CSS
3 1 (0.34%) HTML
3 1 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.34%) REST
3 1 (0.34%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 79 (26.69%) PMI
2 23 (7.77%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.39%) Virtual Team
5 10 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (3.38%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.04%) Mobile Banking
7 8 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.35%) FMCG
8 4 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.35%) NHS
9 3 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.01%) Robotics
10 2 (0.68%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.68%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.34%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.34%) Life Science
11 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.34%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.01%) Linux
2 2 (0.68%) Unix
3 1 (0.34%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (74.32%) Project Management
2 173 (58.45%) PRINCE2
3 122 (41.22%) Agile
4 91 (30.74%) Project Delivery
5 72 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 67 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (20.27%) Risk Management
8 51 (17.23%) Decision-Making
8 51 (17.23%) Scrum
9 42 (14.19%) Waterfall
10 38 (12.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (11.49%) Budget Management
11 34 (11.49%) Programme Management
12 28 (9.46%) Change Management
13 27 (9.12%) Business Case
13 27 (9.12%) Project Planning
14 26 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
15 22 (7.43%) Resource Allocation
16 21 (7.09%) DevOps
17 20 (6.76%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.01%) JavaScript
1 3 (1.01%) SQL
2 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 242 (81.76%) PMP
2 117 (39.53%) Degree
3 60 (20.27%) Security Cleared
4 59 (19.93%) SC Cleared
5 19 (6.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 17 (5.74%) APMP
7 16 (5.41%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.39%) CISSP
9 10 (3.38%) CISM
9 10 (3.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 9 (3.04%) Master's Degree
11 8 (2.70%) CBAP
11 8 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.70%) PgMP
12 6 (2.03%) APMG
12 6 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.03%) CAPM
13 5 (1.69%) CISA
14 3 (1.01%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.01%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.46%) PMO
2 23 (7.77%) QA
3 4 (1.35%) PMBOK
4 2 (0.68%) GxP
4 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.34%) COBIT
5 1 (0.34%) COREP
5 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.34%) GAMP
5 1 (0.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) GRC
5 1 (0.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.34%) P3O
5 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.34%) SEPA
5 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 61 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.12%) SAP
3 19 (6.42%) Salesforce
4 18 (6.08%) Oracle
5 16 (5.41%) Google
6 11 (3.72%) Adobe
7 7 (2.36%) Ariba
8 4 (1.35%) Cisco
9 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.01%) VMware
10 2 (0.68%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.68%) NEC
10 2 (0.68%) Planview
11 1 (0.34%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.34%) IBM
11 1 (0.34%) iManage
11 1 (0.34%) Infor
11 1 (0.34%) Progress
11 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 1 (0.34%) ServiceNow