Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PMI over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 604 618
Rank change year-on-year +91 +14 -37
Contract jobs citing PMI 78 115 241
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.19% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.58% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 64 133
10th Percentile £350 £402 £366
25th Percentile £419 £495 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% +2.00%
75th Percentile £638 £691 £600
90th Percentile £925 £800 £685
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £481 £478
% change year-on-year +11.69% +0.79% +19.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £49.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% +146.34% -36.92%
75th Percentile - £51.75 £21.75
90th Percentile £65.33 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +82 72 £550 -8.33% 94
London +67 37 £586 -6.20% 37
UK excluding London +66 32 £538 +11.69% 65
Work from Home +112 22 £581 +5.68% 47
South East +28 17 £525 - 18
Midlands +24 5 - - 10
West Midlands +20 5 - - 3
North of England +28 4 £481 -1.28% 16
South West +26 4 £563 -27.42% 11
Yorkshire +21 2 £481 -1.28% 3
North West - 2 - - 13
East of England - 2 £475 - 2

PMI
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 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (6.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Endur
2 3 (3.85%) Primavera
3 2 (2.56%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.28%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.28%) AWS
3 1 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.28%) Miro
3 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Intranet
1 1 (1.28%) SAN
1 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Power BI
2 2 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 36 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 35 (44.87%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.10%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (10.26%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.97%) Banking
6 7 (8.97%) Manufacturing
7 6 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (6.41%) Aerospace
8 5 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (6.41%) Marketing
9 4 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (5.13%) Legal
9 4 (5.13%) Telecoms
10 3 (3.85%) Electronics
10 3 (3.85%) Financial Institution
10 3 (3.85%) Military
11 2 (2.56%) Law
11 2 (2.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Project Manager
2 12 (15.38%) Lead
2 12 (15.38%) Senior
3 9 (11.54%) Analyst
3 9 (11.54%) Business Analyst
3 9 (11.54%) Security Manager
3 9 (11.54%) Security Project Manager
4 7 (8.97%) IT Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Endur Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Endur Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) OpenLink Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) OpenLink Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Senior Manager
5 5 (6.41%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Information Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Information Security Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.28%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.56%) Linux
1 2 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (73.08%) Project Management
2 33 (42.31%) PRINCE2
3 28 (35.90%) Agile
4 21 (26.92%) Project Delivery
5 18 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 10 (12.82%) Change Management
7 10 (12.82%) Project Planning
8 9 (11.54%) Business Strategy
8 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (11.54%) Waterfall
9 8 (10.26%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (10.26%) Programme Management
10 7 (8.97%) Business Analysis
10 7 (8.97%) Decision-Making
10 7 (8.97%) Scrum
10 7 (8.97%) Six Sigma
10 7 (8.97%) Supplier Management
11 6 (7.69%) Coaching
Qualifications
1 78 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 29 (37.18%) PMP
3 28 (35.90%) Degree
4 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 9 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 7 (8.97%) CBAP
5 7 (8.97%) CISM
5 7 (8.97%) CISSP
6 6 (7.69%) APMG
6 6 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (5.13%) APMP
8 3 (3.85%) CISA
9 2 (2.56%) PgMP
9 2 (2.56%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (2.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (1.28%) CSPO
10 1 (1.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.10%) PMO
2 4 (5.13%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.28%) GxP
3 1 (1.28%) P3O
3 1 (1.28%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.97%) SAP
3 2 (2.56%) Google
3 2 (2.56%) NEC
4 1 (1.28%) iManage
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle
4 1 (1.28%) Planview