PMI Certification Contract Job Trends in the City of London

PMI Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 103 139
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 28 26 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.59% 1.25% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.42% 5.21% 3.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 15
10th Percentile £398 £434 £425
25th Percentile £441 £472 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £569 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% -5.21% -
75th Percentile £661 £638 £790
90th Percentile £750 £714 £820
Central London median daily rate £463 £569 £600
% change year-on-year -18.68% -5.21% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 436 499 616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.74% 24.00% 20.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 308 369
10th Percentile £328 £379 £338
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £688
90th Percentile £738 £764 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £553 £550
% change year-on-year -0.45% +0.45% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £22.28 £20.31 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £20.43 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.15 £24.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.29% +33.33% -58.26%
75th Percentile £64.66 £27.00 £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 - £65.60
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +43.67% +33.33% -58.26%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI Certification in the City of London

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMI Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in the City of London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in the City of London

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMI Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (10.71%) Confluence
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Workfront
2 1 (3.57%) ResourceLink
2 1 (3.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.14%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Miro
4 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Network Security
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Data Lake
2 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Postman
General
1 18 (64.29%) Finance
2 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Back Office
3 3 (10.71%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Marketing
3 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Law
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.71%) Analyst
3 2 (7.14%) Data Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Implementation Project Manager
3 2 (7.14%) IT Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Project Implementation Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Senior
3 2 (7.14%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (3.57%) PMO Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Technical Programme Manager
4 1 (3.57%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) PMI
2 5 (17.86%) Reference Data
3 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 2 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 2 (7.14%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.57%) IoT
5 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (85.71%) Project Management
2 17 (60.71%) Agile
2 17 (60.71%) PRINCE2
3 13 (46.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (32.14%) Project Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) Waterfall
6 6 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (17.86%) Data Management
7 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (17.86%) Programme Management
7 5 (17.86%) Reference Data Management
7 5 (17.86%) Resource Allocation
7 5 (17.86%) Risk Management
7 5 (17.86%) Scrum
7 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (14.29%) ITIL
8 4 (14.29%) Process Improvement
9 3 (10.71%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) PMP
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) APMG
4 1 (3.57%) CBAP
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) PMO
2 3 (10.71%) QA
3 2 (7.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.57%) ISO 20022
4 1 (3.57%) PSD2
4 1 (3.57%) SEPA
4 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Databricks
3 2 (7.14%) Adobe
3 2 (7.14%) Dell
3 2 (7.14%) HP
3 2 (7.14%) Pure Storage
4 1 (3.57%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) Workday