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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 98 141
Rank change year-on-year +8 +43 +36
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 32 26 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.65% 1.14% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.57% 4.96% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 15
10th Percentile £281 £431 £425
25th Percentile £398 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £644 £638 £790
90th Percentile £743 £678 £820
London median daily rate £600 £550 £533
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.29% +1.43%

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 487 524 688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.09% 22.91% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 325 424
10th Percentile £313 £363 £325
25th Percentile £440 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £684
90th Percentile £738 £750 £813
London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
10th Percentile £25.04 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £57.96 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £65.57 - £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.29 £54.50
% change year-on-year -22.11% -40.75% +22.32%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing PMI Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for PMI Certification 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 September 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 16 September 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 +8 28 £530 +0.95% 32
West End of London - 3 £288 -
PMI Certification
London

PMI Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (9.38%) Confluence
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Workfront
2 1 (3.13%) ResourceLink
2 1 (3.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.63%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) AWS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Miro
4 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
1 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.13%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.13%) Postman
General
1 19 (59.38%) Finance
2 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Back Office
4 3 (9.38%) Banking
4 3 (9.38%) Legal
4 3 (9.38%) Marketing
5 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.25%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.38%) Administrator
2 3 (9.38%) Analyst
2 3 (9.38%) Programme Manager
2 3 (9.38%) Senior
2 3 (9.38%) Senior Manager
2 3 (9.38%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (6.25%) Data Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Project Implementation Manager
3 2 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Business Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Business Transformation Consultant
4 1 (3.13%) Integration Project Manager
4 1 (3.13%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (3.13%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) PMI
2 5 (15.63%) Reference Data
3 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (3.13%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.13%) IoT
5 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Project Management
2 18 (56.25%) Agile
2 18 (56.25%) PRINCE2
3 14 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (28.13%) Project Delivery
5 8 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (18.75%) Scrum
6 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (15.63%) Data Management
7 5 (15.63%) ITIL
7 5 (15.63%) Programme Management
7 5 (15.63%) Reference Data Management
7 5 (15.63%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
7 5 (15.63%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
8 4 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) PMP
2 8 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.13%) APMG
4 1 (3.13%) CBAP
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) PMO
2 3 (9.38%) QA
3 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.13%) ISO 20022
4 1 (3.13%) PSD2
4 1 (3.13%) SEPA
4 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Databricks
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe
3 2 (6.25%) Dell
3 2 (6.25%) HP
3 2 (6.25%) Pure Storage
4 1 (3.13%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.13%) Citrix
4 1 (3.13%) Workday