PMI Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

PMI Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 99 116
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 +37
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 24 35 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.18% 1.51% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.20% 6.06% 3.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 9
10th Percentile £395 £460 £435
25th Percentile £405 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -22.80% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £586 £738 £725
90th Percentile £698 £785 £790
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +6.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

PMI Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 571 578 556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.11% 24.99% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 350 345
10th Percentile £351 £312 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% -3.95% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £681
90th Percentile £738 £738 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £26.50 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.32% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.13 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £43.70 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £25.99 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.37% -13.33% +4.65%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in Central London

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
City of London -14 23 £466 -26.86% 54
PMI Certification
London

PMI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (8.33%) Workfront
2 1 (4.17%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) JIRA
General
1 15 (62.50%) Finance
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (33.33%) Banking
5 3 (12.50%) Marketing
6 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 2 (8.33%) Front Office
6 2 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Payments Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Migration Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Market Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) Market Risk Business Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (4.17%) PMO Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Programme Coordinator
6 1 (4.17%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) PMI
2 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.83%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.17%) Equities
5 1 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.17%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (4.17%) IoT
5 1 (4.17%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Agile
2 18 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 18 (75.00%) Project Management
3 13 (54.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 13 (54.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (33.33%) Waterfall
6 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 6 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (20.83%) Change Management
7 5 (20.83%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.67%) Migration
8 4 (16.67%) Programme Management
8 4 (16.67%) Regulatory Change
8 4 (16.67%) Scrum
8 4 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (16.67%) User Stories
9 3 (12.50%) Decision-Making
9 3 (12.50%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Korn
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) PMP
2 5 (20.83%) Degree
3 3 (12.50%) CBAP
4 1 (4.17%) APMG
4 1 (4.17%) CFA
4 1 (4.17%) CISM
4 1 (4.17%) CISSP
4 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 4 (16.67%) PMO
3 3 (12.50%) GDPR
3 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (12.50%) NIST
3 3 (12.50%) PSD2
4 2 (8.33%) ISO 8583
4 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.17%) Basel III
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
5 1 (4.17%) ISO 20022
5 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (4.17%) SEPA
5 1 (4.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Adobe
2 2 (8.33%) CyberArk
2 2 (8.33%) Workday
3 1 (4.17%) AVEVA
3 1 (4.17%) Calypso
3 1 (4.17%) Murex
3 1 (4.17%) Oracle
3 1 (4.17%) Planview
3 1 (4.17%) SAP