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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 86 119
Rank change year-on-year -18 +33 +27
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 22 33 17
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.21% 1.60% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.36% 6.17% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 7
10th Percentile £394 £459 £420
25th Percentile £405 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -26.86% +6.25% -
75th Percentile £587 £738 £758
90th Percentile £701 £793 £790
Central London median daily rate £483 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -22.80% +4.17% -

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 505 535 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.69% 25.90% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 390 318 310
10th Percentile £349 £331 £361
25th Percentile £425 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £660 £638 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
10th Percentile £20.55 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £25.75 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.94% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £50.80 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.63% +20.42% +39.53%

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 20 December 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 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (9.09%) Workfront
2 1 (4.55%) ResourceLink
2 1 (4.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 2 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
General
1 14 (63.64%) Finance
2 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (36.36%) Banking
5 3 (13.64%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Front Office
6 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
7 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Project Manager
2 5 (22.73%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Business Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Payments Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Programme Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Business Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Business Systems Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Data Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.55%) IT Programme Manager
6 1 (4.55%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Migration Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) PMI
2 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
2 5 (22.73%) Product Ownership
3 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
4 2 (9.09%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (9.09%) Operational Technology
4 2 (9.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.55%) Equities
5 1 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.55%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (4.55%) IoT
5 1 (4.55%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (77.27%) Agile
2 16 (72.73%) PRINCE2
2 16 (72.73%) Project Management
3 13 (59.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (36.36%) Waterfall
7 6 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (22.73%) Change Management
8 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
8 5 (22.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
9 4 (18.18%) Programme Management
9 4 (18.18%) Regulatory Change
9 4 (18.18%) Scrum
9 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (18.18%) User Stories
10 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
10 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 3 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Korn
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) PMP
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 3 (13.64%) CBAP
4 1 (4.55%) APMG
4 1 (4.55%) CFA
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (27.27%) QA
2 4 (18.18%) PMO
3 3 (13.64%) PSD2
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) ISO 8583
4 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.55%) Basel III
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
5 1 (4.55%) GRC
5 1 (4.55%) ISO 20022
5 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (4.55%) NIST
5 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (4.55%) SEPA
5 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Adobe
2 2 (9.09%) Workday
3 1 (4.55%) AVEVA
3 1 (4.55%) Calypso
3 1 (4.55%) CyberArk
3 1 (4.55%) Murex
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Planview
3 1 (4.55%) SAP