PMI Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 115 130
Rank change year-on-year -5 +15 +40
Contract jobs citing PMI 6 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.33% 0.19% 0.36%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.86% 0.62% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £324 £479 -
25th Percentile £354 £503 £730
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £563 £760
Median % change year-on-year -28.53% -25.99% +26.67%
75th Percentile £404 £628 £790
90th Percentile £404 £656 -
Central London median daily rate £402 £563 £760
% change year-on-year -28.53% -25.99% +26.67%

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 697 644 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.17% 31.32% 31.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 406 522
10th Percentile £350 £363 £300
25th Percentile £428 £474 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £598
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.42% -0.42%
75th Percentile £688 £706 £723
90th Percentile £783 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £598
% change year-on-year -6.78% -1.26% -0.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 9
10th Percentile £18.97 - -
25th Percentile £20.56 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £85.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.35% +240.00% -47.09%
75th Percentile £37.44 £92.50 £36.50
90th Percentile £41.81 - £52.15
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £55.40 £24.00
% change year-on-year -52.87% +130.81% -44.19%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PMI job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

PMI
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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) PMO Coordinator
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Coordinator
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Sustainability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
4 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 3 (50.00%) KYC
3 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
3 3 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (50.00%) User Stories
3 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (33.33%) Coaching
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CBAP
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) PSD2
1 3 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 8583
2 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) ISO 20022
3 1 (16.67%) PMO
3 1 (16.67%) SEPA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft