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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 424 376
Rank change year-on-year +118 -48 +74
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 291 285 625
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.50% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.28% 1.83% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 195 395
10th Percentile £381 £409 £363
25th Percentile £438 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -0.67%
75th Percentile £625 £668 £600
90th Percentile £683 £800 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £480
% change year-on-year +5.00% +4.17% +10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 39
10th Percentile £23.29 - -
25th Percentile £25.50 - £39.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.67% -15.73% +36.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £42.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £86.96 £45.50 £55.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £37.50 £63.25
% change year-on-year -30.67% -40.71% +80.71%

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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 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 +98 242 £538 -2.27% 216
UK excluding London +89 127 £525 +5.00% 148
London +58 121 £573 -0.43% 90
Work from Home +120 114 £525 - 86
South East +31 36 £525 +10.53% 52
North of England +48 32 £488 -7.14% 28
Midlands +20 24 £488 -4.88% 26
West Midlands +25 21 £500 +5.26% 15
North West +30 19 £405 -10.00% 17
Wales +30 14 £600 - 7
East of England +13 9 £550 +4.76% 9
Yorkshire +18 8 £513 -2.38% 7
South West +9 7 £563 +18.42% 10
Scotland +38 4 £450 -14.29% 17
East Midlands +15 3 £463 -31.48% 11
North East - 3 £525 - 4
Northern Ireland +1 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 20 (6.87%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.41%) Confluence
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 32 (11.00%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (7.22%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (3.78%) Acrobat
6 4 (1.37%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.37%) Primavera
3 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.69%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.34%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.34%) Endur
4 1 (0.34%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 16 (5.50%) SaaS
2 15 (5.15%) Google Workspace
3 14 (4.81%) Azure
3 14 (4.81%) IaaS
3 14 (4.81%) PaaS
4 9 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.37%) AWS
7 3 (1.03%) OCI
8 2 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.34%) Apple Pay
9 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) Google Pay
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle CX
9 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.37%) LAN
2 3 (1.03%) Network Security
2 3 (1.03%) SAN
2 3 (1.03%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.03%) Unified Communications
2 3 (1.03%) WAN
2 3 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.69%) SNA
3 2 (0.69%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (0.69%) Wireless
4 1 (0.34%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) IMAP
4 1 (0.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.34%) SNMP
4 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.34%) VPN
4 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.09%) Power BI
2 3 (1.03%) MySQL
2 3 (1.03%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (1.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.69%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (7.22%) JIRA
General
1 142 (48.80%) Social Skills
2 93 (31.96%) Finance
3 51 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.25%) Banking
4 24 (8.25%) Legal
5 20 (6.87%) Marketing
6 18 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 17 (5.84%) Military
7 17 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
8 16 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (5.50%) Retail
9 14 (4.81%) Manufacturing
10 12 (4.12%) Aerospace
10 12 (4.12%) Local Government
11 10 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.09%) Telecoms
13 6 (2.06%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.06%) German Language
13 6 (2.06%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 125 (42.96%) Project Manager
2 28 (9.62%) Senior
3 26 (8.93%) IT Manager
4 25 (8.59%) Delivery Manager
5 24 (8.25%) Lead
6 21 (7.22%) Senior Manager
7 20 (6.87%) Security Manager
8 18 (6.19%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (6.19%) Technical Manager
9 15 (5.15%) Programme Manager
9 15 (5.15%) Scrum Master
10 14 (4.81%) Security Project Manager
11 13 (4.47%) SAP Manager
12 11 (3.78%) Bid Manager
12 11 (3.78%) Senior Project Manager
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Bid Manager
13 9 (3.09%) Technical Project Manager
14 8 (2.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 8 (2.75%) SAP Project Manager
15 7 (2.41%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.37%) CSS
1 4 (1.37%) HTML
1 4 (1.37%) SailPoint
2 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
3 2 (0.69%) Node.js
4 1 (0.34%) ADO
4 1 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.34%) REST
4 1 (0.34%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.34%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 71 (24.40%) PMI
2 19 (6.53%) Management Information System
3 17 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.47%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.78%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.09%) Mobile Banking
7 7 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.37%) FMCG
9 4 (1.37%) NHS
10 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.03%) Robotics
11 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.69%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.69%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.34%) Fibre Optics
12 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.03%) Linux
2 2 (0.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.34%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (74.57%) Project Management
2 174 (59.79%) PRINCE2
3 113 (38.83%) Agile
4 86 (29.55%) Project Delivery
5 71 (24.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 60 (20.62%) Risk Management
7 59 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (18.56%) Scrum
9 49 (16.84%) Decision-Making
10 39 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (13.06%) Waterfall
12 35 (12.03%) Programme Management
13 31 (10.65%) Budget Management
14 28 (9.62%) Change Management
15 27 (9.28%) Business Case
16 26 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
17 24 (8.25%) Computer Science
17 24 (8.25%) Project Planning
17 24 (8.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 21 (7.22%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.06%) JavaScript
1 6 (2.06%) SQL
2 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 243 (83.51%) PMP
2 120 (41.24%) Degree
3 58 (19.93%) Security Cleared
4 57 (19.59%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.87%) APMP
6 19 (6.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 15 (5.15%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.47%) CISSP
8 13 (4.47%) Master's Degree
9 12 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 10 (3.44%) CISM
11 10 (3.44%) PgMP
12 6 (2.06%) APMG
12 6 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.06%) CBAP
13 5 (1.72%) CAPM
13 5 (1.72%) CISA
14 3 (1.03%) ISTQB
14 3 (1.03%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.97%) PMO
2 22 (7.56%) QA
3 5 (1.72%) PMBOK
4 4 (1.37%) P3O
5 2 (0.69%) GxP
5 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.34%) COBIT
6 1 (0.34%) COREP
6 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.34%) GAMP
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) GRC
6 1 (0.34%) NIST
6 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.34%) SEPA
6 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.34%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 61 (20.96%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.93%) SAP
3 19 (6.53%) Salesforce
4 17 (5.84%) Oracle
5 16 (5.50%) Google
6 11 (3.78%) Adobe
7 7 (2.41%) Ariba
8 4 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.03%) Cisco
9 3 (1.03%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.69%) NEC
10 2 (0.69%) Planview
10 2 (0.69%) VMware
11 1 (0.34%) Apple
11 1 (0.34%) HP
11 1 (0.34%) IBM
11 1 (0.34%) NCR
11 1 (0.34%) Progress
11 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud