PMI Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 565 589
Rank change year-on-year +55 +24 +7
Contract jobs citing PMI 65 117 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.21% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.63% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 66 136
10th Percentile £325 £403 £363
25th Percentile £419 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £688 £600
90th Percentile £648 £794 £681
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +9.09% +6.94% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54.15
25th Percentile - - £58.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £67.00
75th Percentile - - £75.50
90th Percentile £65.33 - £79.85
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 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

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 1 June 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 13 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 1 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
England +40 58 £525 -12.50% 112
UK excluding London +37 31 £525 +9.09% 82
London +45 25 £500 -20.00% 39
South East +19 17 £525 +10.53% 22
Work from Home +89 15 £525 -2.33% 56
Midlands +19 6 £600 +36.36% 17
West Midlands +10 6 £600 +36.36% 9
North of England +23 3 £400 -17.95% 16
North West +22 2 - - 13
South West +6 2 £563 -16.67% 13
East of England +6 2 £475 - 5
Yorkshire +17 1 £400 -17.95% 2
Scotland - 1 £450 - 8

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 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.08%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Primavera
2 2 (3.08%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.54%) Endur
3 1 (1.54%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.54%) Intranet
1 1 (1.54%) SAN
1 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.62%) Power BI
2 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
General
1 32 (49.23%) Social Skills
2 25 (38.46%) Finance
3 11 (16.92%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (13.85%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (10.77%) Public Sector
7 6 (9.23%) Banking
7 6 (9.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (7.69%) Aerospace
8 5 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 5 (7.69%) Marketing
9 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
10 3 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (4.62%) Electronics
10 3 (4.62%) Financial Institution
10 3 (4.62%) Law
10 3 (4.62%) Legal
10 3 (4.62%) Military
11 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (52.31%) Project Manager
2 12 (18.46%) Senior
3 9 (13.85%) Security Manager
3 9 (13.85%) Security Project Manager
4 8 (12.31%) Lead
5 5 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.69%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Information Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Information Security Project Manager
6 4 (6.15%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (6.15%) SAP Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (4.62%) Agile Delivery Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (4.62%) PMO Lead
7 3 (4.62%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.54%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Linux
1 2 (3.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (76.92%) Project Management
2 28 (43.08%) PRINCE2
3 21 (32.31%) Agile
4 20 (30.77%) Project Delivery
5 15 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 10 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (15.38%) Project Planning
8 9 (13.85%) Change Management
9 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (12.31%) Programme Management
9 8 (12.31%) Supplier Management
9 8 (12.31%) Waterfall
10 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (10.77%) Decision-Making
10 7 (10.77%) Six Sigma
11 6 (9.23%) Business Analysis
11 6 (9.23%) Business Case
11 6 (9.23%) Scrum
12 5 (7.69%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 65 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 26 (40.00%) PMP
3 23 (35.38%) Degree
4 7 (10.77%) CISM
4 7 (10.77%) CISSP
4 7 (10.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.77%) Security Cleared
5 6 (9.23%) APMG
6 4 (6.15%) APMP
6 4 (6.15%) CBAP
7 3 (4.62%) CISA
8 2 (3.08%) PgMP
8 2 (3.08%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (3.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (1.54%) CSPO
9 1 (1.54%) ISTQB
9 1 (1.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) PMO
2 4 (6.15%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.54%) GxP
3 1 (1.54%) P3O
3 1 (1.54%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) SAP
3 2 (3.08%) Google
3 2 (3.08%) NEC
4 1 (1.54%) iManage
4 1 (1.54%) Planview