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 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 98 101 128
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 +33
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 18 25 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.06% 1.19% 0.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% 4.79% 3.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 13
10th Percentile £382 £441 £425
25th Percentile £439 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £566 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +2.95% -8.33%
75th Percentile £703 £650 £725
90th Percentile £745 £738 £790
Central London median daily rate £568 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +8.10% -4.55% -8.33%

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 430 522 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.35% 24.77% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 308 356
10th Percentile £344 £360 £349
25th Percentile £457 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £675 £659 £688
90th Percentile £738 £766 £823
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £19.68 £23.10 £23.45
25th Percentile £23.58 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.00 £32.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% -30.11% +7.84%
75th Percentile £37.96 £112.00 £62.63
90th Percentile £54.53 - £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £30.99 £32.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -4.65% +80.56% -58.26%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PMI Certification job vacancy trend 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 21 October 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 & Capabilities in the City of 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Workfront
2 1 (5.56%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
1 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Postman
General
1 11 (61.11%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (27.78%) Banking
4 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Marketing
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Front Office
6 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Systems Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Programme Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 3 (16.67%) PMI
2 2 (11.11%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.11%) Reference Data
2 2 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (5.56%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (5.56%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Project Management
2 11 (61.11%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (55.56%) PRINCE2
4 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (44.44%) Waterfall
5 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Programme Management
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
6 3 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 3 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) PMP
2 7 (38.89%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) APMG
3 1 (5.56%) CBAP
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) PMO
2 3 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (5.56%) GRC
3 1 (5.56%) ISO 20022
3 1 (5.56%) PSD2
3 1 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.56%) SEPA
3 1 (5.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) AVEVA
3 1 (5.56%) Calypso
3 1 (5.56%) Murex
3 1 (5.56%) Planview