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 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 87 127
Rank change year-on-year -17 +40 +20
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 27 36 13
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.29% 1.75% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.52% 6.86% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 4
10th Percentile £405 £465 £533
25th Percentile £421 £513 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £630 £588
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% +7.23% -
75th Percentile £703 £738 £631
90th Percentile £800 £791 £643
London median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.58%

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 597 525 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.59% 25.50% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 309 336
10th Percentile £363 £313 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year - -1.22% -10.30%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £675
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £23.00 £24.78 £16.93
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
Median % change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +1.15%
75th Percentile £35.17 £112.00 £67.19
90th Percentile £56.01 - £74.88
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

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 16 February 2026.

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 16 February 2026. 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 -9 26 £525 -17.32% 6
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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.70%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.70%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Banking
4 4 (14.81%) Financial Institution
5 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Front Office
5 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.41%) Legal
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Project Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Migration Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Migration Project Manager
3 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Senior
5 3 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 2 (7.41%) Payments Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Payments Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Programme Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Risk Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) PMI
2 4 (14.81%) Product Ownership
3 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.70%) Equities
5 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.70%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.70%) IoT
5 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
5 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (85.19%) Agile
2 21 (77.78%) Project Management
3 20 (74.07%) PRINCE2
4 16 (59.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (40.74%) Project Delivery
6 9 (33.33%) Migration
6 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (29.63%) Change Management
7 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (29.63%) Waterfall
8 7 (25.93%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (25.93%) Validation
9 6 (22.22%) Project Governance
9 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
10 5 (18.52%) User Stories
10 5 (18.52%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
11 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
11 4 (14.81%) Use Case
11 4 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (74.07%) PMP
2 6 (22.22%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) CBAP
4 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.70%) APMG
5 1 (3.70%) CFA
5 1 (3.70%) CISM
5 1 (3.70%) CISSP
5 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) GDPR
1 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (29.63%) NIST
2 4 (14.81%) PMO
2 4 (14.81%) QA
3 2 (7.41%) ISO 8583
3 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.41%) PSD2
3 2 (7.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.70%) Basel III
4 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.70%) GRC
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) CyberArk
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Planview
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
3 2 (7.41%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.70%) Calypso
4 1 (3.70%) Murex
4 1 (3.70%) VMware