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 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 82 114
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 +29
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 39 47 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.59% 2.35% 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.86% 9.57% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 6
10th Percentile £420 £314 £406
25th Percentile £494 £456 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £535 £588
Median % change year-on-year +35.51% -8.94% -6.75%
75th Percentile £750 £675 £634
90th Percentile £789 £770 £644
London median daily rate £540 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +4.35%

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 666 491 502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 27.07% 24.59% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 483 325 315
10th Percentile £382 £368 £366
25th Percentile £458 £456 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £648 £663 £644
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 7
10th Percentile £18.71 £24.16 £20.22
25th Percentile £23.94 £27.39 £22.60
Median hourly rate £28.92 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +7.67% -47.57%
75th Percentile £55.37 £63.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £68.53 £85.50 £65.00
London median hourly rate £53.50 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year +84.04% +11.81% -42.54%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -20 37 £750 +18.11% 16
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 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.13%) Confluence
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.56%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (2.56%) WebSphere
3 1 (2.56%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Azure
2 12 (30.77%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.13%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.13%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) LAN
2 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
2 1 (2.56%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.56%) Metadata
2 1 (2.56%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Artifactory
2 1 (2.56%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Introscope
General
1 24 (61.54%) Finance
2 13 (33.33%) Banking
3 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (23.08%) Financial Institution
5 3 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) German Language
6 2 (5.13%) Law
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Automotive
7 1 (2.56%) Front Office
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.56%) International Banking
7 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.56%) Legal
7 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (61.54%) Project Manager
2 11 (28.21%) Migration Manager
2 11 (28.21%) Migration Project Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Senior
4 6 (15.38%) Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Business Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Manager
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Finance Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Finance Project Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Senior Finance Project Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Transformation Manager
6 4 (10.26%) Transformation Project Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Programme Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Transformation Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Banking Business Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) PMI
2 6 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 4 (10.26%) Onboarding
4 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) Equities
6 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.56%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) AIX
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (74.36%) PRINCE2
2 28 (71.79%) Agile
3 26 (66.67%) Project Management
4 24 (61.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (53.85%) Project Delivery
6 13 (33.33%) Migration
6 13 (33.33%) Validation
7 12 (30.77%) Project Governance
8 11 (28.21%) Security Architecture
9 9 (23.08%) Waterfall
10 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (17.95%) Decision-Making
11 7 (17.95%) Requirements Gathering
12 6 (15.38%) Change Control
12 6 (15.38%) Change Management
12 6 (15.38%) Scrum
12 6 (15.38%) User Stories
12 6 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
13 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 4 (10.26%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) Jython
2 1 (2.56%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (66.67%) PMP
2 6 (15.38%) Degree
3 5 (12.82%) CBAP
4 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.56%) CFA
5 1 (2.56%) CISM
5 1 (2.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (33.33%) GDPR
1 13 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (33.33%) NIST
2 5 (12.82%) PMO
3 4 (10.26%) QA
4 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
4 2 (5.13%) ISO 8583
4 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.13%) PSD2
4 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.56%) Basel III
5 1 (2.56%) MiFID
5 1 (2.56%) UCITS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) CA Wily
1 1 (2.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) CyberArk
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) Oracle
4 3 (7.69%) SAP
5 2 (5.13%) Planview
5 2 (5.13%) Workday
6 1 (2.56%) Charles River
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco
6 1 (2.56%) Databricks
6 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.56%) VMware
6 1 (2.56%) Wrike