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 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 91 112
Rank change year-on-year -6 +21 +33
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 26 32 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.43% 1.70% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.19% 6.65% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 8
10th Percentile £395 £460 £520
25th Percentile £405 £500 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year -28.96% -1.96% +4.08%
75th Percentile £631 £738 £741
90th Percentile £765 £785 £790
Central London median daily rate £463 £625 £638
% change year-on-year -25.88% -1.96% +4.08%

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 501 481 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.60% 25.61% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 277 311
10th Percentile £363 £344 £338
25th Percentile £425 £451 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £680
90th Percentile £749 £760 £779
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £19.94 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £24.00 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.75 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.59% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £38.38 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £54.35 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.75% +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 13 January 2026.

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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (7.69%) Workfront
2 1 (3.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) AWS
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
1 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
General
1 17 (65.38%) Finance
2 9 (34.62%) Banking
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
5 3 (11.54%) Marketing
6 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Front Office
6 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (61.54%) Project Manager
2 7 (26.92%) Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Business Analyst
4 5 (19.23%) Migration Manager
4 5 (19.23%) Migration Project Manager
5 4 (15.38%) Senior
6 3 (11.54%) Banking Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Payments Analyst
6 3 (11.54%) Payments Business Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Lead
8 1 (3.85%) PMO Coordinator
8 1 (3.85%) Programme Delivery Manager
8 1 (3.85%) SOX Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) PMI
2 5 (19.23%) Onboarding
2 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.69%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 2 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.85%) Equities
5 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (3.85%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (3.85%) IoT
5 1 (3.85%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (84.62%) Agile
2 20 (76.92%) Project Management
3 19 (73.08%) PRINCE2
4 17 (65.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (42.31%) Project Delivery
5 11 (42.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (38.46%) Waterfall
7 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (26.92%) Change Management
9 7 (26.92%) Migration
9 7 (26.92%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (23.08%) User Stories
11 5 (19.23%) Project Governance
11 5 (19.23%) Security Architecture
11 5 (19.23%) Use Case
11 5 (19.23%) Validation
12 4 (15.38%) Programme Management
12 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
12 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) Korn
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) PMP
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
3 5 (19.23%) CBAP
4 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.85%) APMG
5 1 (3.85%) CFA
5 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) GDPR
1 6 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (23.08%) NIST
2 5 (19.23%) QA
3 3 (11.54%) PMO
3 3 (11.54%) PSD2
4 2 (7.69%) ISO 8583
4 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (3.85%) Basel III
5 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.85%) GRC
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 20022
5 1 (3.85%) SEPA
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.69%) Adobe
3 2 (7.69%) Workday
4 1 (3.85%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.85%) Calypso
4 1 (3.85%) Murex
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (3.85%) Planview
4 1 (3.85%) SAP
4 1 (3.85%) VMware