PMI Contract Job Trends in Central London

Project Management Institute (PMI)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 129 136
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +48
Contract jobs citing PMI 5 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.26% 0.13% 0.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.40% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £324 - -
25th Percentile £354 £463 £730
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £475 £760
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% -37.50% +26.67%
75th Percentile £404 £488 £790
90th Percentile £404 - -
London median daily rate £561 £550 £650
% change year-on-year +2.00% -15.38% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Central London

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 766 751 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.26% 31.36% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 484 622
10th Percentile £351 £363 £313
25th Percentile £438 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -1.25% +0.42%
75th Percentile £684 £708 £725
90th Percentile £775 £838 £840
London median daily rate £550 £575 £590
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 13
10th Percentile £19.51 £25.72 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.15 £26.20 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +8.00% -50.98%
75th Percentile £41.89 £59.75 £36.50
90th Percentile £67.89 £79.40 £51.75
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% -6.98%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PMI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

PMI job vacancy trend in Central London

PMI
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PMI

PMI
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +7 5 £402 -15.37% 2
PMI
London

PMI
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 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Payments Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) PMO Coordinator
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Coordinator
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 3 (60.00%) KYC
3 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 3 (60.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (40.00%) Kanban
4 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CBAP
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PSD2
1 3 (60.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 8583
2 2 (40.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 20022
3 1 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (20.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft