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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 106 131
Rank change year-on-year 0 +25 +32
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 19 28 21
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.01% 1.20% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% 5.04% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 13
10th Percentile £382 £444 £425
25th Percentile £439 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.10% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £703 £638 £725
90th Percentile £745 £735 £790
London median daily rate £600 £550 £533
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.29% -3.18%

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 475 556 642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 25.32% 23.79% 20.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 333 394
10th Percentile £347 £351 £325
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £650 £687
90th Percentile £730 £751 £800
London median daily rate £538 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -0.46% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile £22.65 £23.10 £13.40
25th Percentile £25.57 £27.00 £15.13
Median hourly rate £30.99 £32.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +80.56% -58.26%
75th Percentile £38.90 £112.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £56.18 - £65.60
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £53.25
% change year-on-year -36.33% -25.82% +20.72%

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 21 October 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 21 October 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 +3 18 £568 +0.22% 35
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 (10.53%) Confluence
1 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Workfront
2 1 (5.26%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Lake
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
2 1 (5.26%) Postman
General
1 12 (63.16%) Finance
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Front Office
6 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.26%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Data Manager
3 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Programme Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Systems Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Programme Office Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
1 3 (15.79%) PMI
2 2 (10.53%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Operational Technology
2 2 (10.53%) Reference Data
2 2 (10.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (5.26%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.26%) IoT
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Project Management
2 12 (63.16%) Agile
2 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (57.89%) PRINCE2
4 9 (47.37%) Waterfall
5 8 (42.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (21.05%) Programme Management
7 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
7 4 (21.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (15.79%) Analytics
8 3 (15.79%) Change Management
8 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (15.79%) Data Governance
8 3 (15.79%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
8 3 (15.79%) Programme Governance
8 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 16 (84.21%) PMP
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) APMG
3 1 (5.26%) CBAP
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) PMO
2 3 (15.79%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.26%) GRC
3 1 (5.26%) ISO 20022
3 1 (5.26%) PSD2
3 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.26%) SEPA
3 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) AVEVA
3 1 (5.26%) Calypso
3 1 (5.26%) Murex
3 1 (5.26%) Planview