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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 579 603
Rank change year-on-year +71 +24 -27
Contract jobs citing PMI 71 115 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.60% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 67 140
10th Percentile £344 £403 £363
25th Percentile £419 £500 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £503
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +19.40% -1.95%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £600
90th Percentile £719 £800 £696
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +10.26% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.45
25th Percentile - - £27.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £36.50
75th Percentile - - £45.75
90th Percentile £65.33 - £50.55
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 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

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 20 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 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 20 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 +77 64 £538 -10.42% 93
UK excluding London +54 34 £538 +10.26% 78
London +56 28 £550 -12.00% 31
Work from Home +97 19 £550 - 46
South East +28 17 £525 - 20
West Midlands +17 6 £600 +36.36% 9
Midlands +14 6 £600 +36.36% 17
North of England +32 4 £481 -1.28% 18
South West +11 4 £563 -16.67% 7
Yorkshire +19 2 £481 -1.28% 3
North West - 2 - - 14
East of England - 2 £475 - 3
Scotland +41 1 £450 - 9

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 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (7.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.82%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Primavera
2 2 (2.82%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.41%) Endur
3 1 (1.41%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.82%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Intranet
1 1 (1.41%) SAN
1 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) JIRA
General
1 33 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 30 (42.25%) Finance
3 11 (15.49%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (12.68%) Public Sector
5 7 (9.86%) Banking
6 6 (8.45%) Manufacturing
6 6 (8.45%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (7.04%) Aerospace
7 5 (7.04%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Marketing
8 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (5.63%) Legal
8 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.23%) Electronics
9 3 (4.23%) Financial Institution
9 3 (4.23%) Law
9 3 (4.23%) Military
10 2 (2.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (50.70%) Project Manager
2 12 (16.90%) Senior
3 10 (14.08%) Lead
4 9 (12.68%) Security Manager
4 9 (12.68%) Security Project Manager
5 7 (9.86%) IT Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Information Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Information Security Project Manager
7 4 (5.63%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (5.63%) SAP Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (4.23%) Agile Delivery Manager
8 3 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 3 (4.23%) PMO Lead
8 3 (4.23%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.49%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.04%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (77.46%) Project Management
2 32 (45.07%) PRINCE2
3 22 (30.99%) Agile
4 20 (28.17%) Project Delivery
5 15 (21.13%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (18.31%) Risk Management
7 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.08%) Change Management
8 10 (14.08%) Project Planning
9 8 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.27%) Programme Management
9 8 (11.27%) Supplier Management
9 8 (11.27%) Waterfall
10 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
10 7 (9.86%) Six Sigma
11 6 (8.45%) Business Analysis
11 6 (8.45%) Business Case
11 6 (8.45%) Scrum
12 5 (7.04%) Business Strategy
Qualifications
1 71 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 27 (38.03%) PMP
3 25 (35.21%) Degree
4 9 (12.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
5 7 (9.86%) CISM
5 7 (9.86%) CISSP
5 7 (9.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (8.45%) APMG
7 5 (7.04%) CBAP
8 4 (5.63%) APMP
9 3 (4.23%) CISA
10 2 (2.82%) PgMP
10 2 (2.82%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (2.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (1.41%) CSPO
11 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
11 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.49%) PMO
2 4 (5.63%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.41%) GxP
3 1 (1.41%) P3O
3 1 (1.41%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) SAP
3 2 (2.82%) Google
3 2 (2.82%) NEC
4 1 (1.41%) iManage
4 1 (1.41%) Planview