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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 94 124
Rank change year-on-year -10 +30 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 25 36 18
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.24% 1.56% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.42% 6.25% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 8
10th Percentile £395 £461 £520
25th Percentile £405 £481 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year -22.80% -1.96% +6.25%
75th Percentile £586 £734 £741
90th Percentile £698 £776 £790
London median daily rate £570 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +6.43%

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 565 576 541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.93% 25.01% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 348 339
10th Percentile £353 £313 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £679
90th Percentile £738 £727 £788
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile - £24.78 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.94 £21.95
Median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%
75th Percentile £29.31 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £47.25 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £27.50 £38.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.10% -15.00% +5.88%

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 31 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 31 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 -17 24 £463 -25.88% 31
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 2 (8.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (8.00%) Workfront
2 1 (4.00%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) AWS
1 5 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (4.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) DNS
1 1 (4.00%) LAN
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (4.00%) WAN
1 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Banking
5 3 (12.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (12.00%) Marketing
6 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Front Office
6 2 (8.00%) Investment Banking
6 2 (8.00%) Legal
6 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Migration Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Migration Project Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Payments Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Payments Business Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Coordinator
6 1 (4.00%) Data Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Programme Manager
6 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) PMI
2 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.00%) Equities
5 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.00%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (4.00%) IoT
5 1 (4.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (84.00%) Agile
2 19 (76.00%) PRINCE2
3 18 (72.00%) Project Management
4 15 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (48.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (40.00%) Waterfall
7 8 (32.00%) Project Delivery
8 7 (28.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (24.00%) Change Management
9 6 (24.00%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (20.00%) Migration
10 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
10 5 (20.00%) User Stories
11 4 (16.00%) Programme Management
11 4 (16.00%) Regulatory Change
11 4 (16.00%) Use Case
11 4 (16.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 3 (12.00%) KYC
12 3 (12.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) PMP
2 5 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (16.00%) CBAP
4 1 (4.00%) APMG
4 1 (4.00%) CFA
4 1 (4.00%) CISM
4 1 (4.00%) CISSP
4 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) QA
2 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.00%) NIST
3 4 (16.00%) GDPR
3 4 (16.00%) PMO
4 3 (12.00%) PSD2
5 2 (8.00%) ISO 8583
5 2 (8.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (4.00%) Basel III
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
6 1 (4.00%) GRC
6 1 (4.00%) ISO 20022
6 1 (4.00%) SEPA
6 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) CyberArk
3 2 (8.00%) Adobe
3 2 (8.00%) Workday
4 1 (4.00%) AVEVA
4 1 (4.00%) Calypso
4 1 (4.00%) Murex
4 1 (4.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Planview
4 1 (4.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) VMware