PMI Certification Contract Job Trends in London

PMI Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 243 286
Rank change year-on-year +43 +43 +17
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 194 136 130
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.35% 0.91% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.72% 3.52% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 78 74
10th Percentile £383 £417 £354
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -2.13% +3.98%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £738 £866 £809
England median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.91% -18.10% -2.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,107 3,863 4,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.50% 25.87% 24.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,860 2,438 2,989
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £666
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 59 88
10th Percentile £20.57 £21.00 £19.18
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £23.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -20.95% +6.48%
75th Percentile £62.31 £58.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.33
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in London

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PMI Certification in London

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

PMI Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -13 24 £483 -22.80% 39
West London -11 5 £500 -2.44%
South London - 2 £600 - 7
PMI Certification
England

PMI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 22 (11.34%) Confluence
2 7 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 27 (13.92%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (8.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (5.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (4.12%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.61%) Trello
6 2 (1.03%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 11 (5.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.09%) Endur
3 4 (2.06%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.55%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.55%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.55%) Workfront
5 2 (1.03%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.03%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.52%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.52%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.52%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.52%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.37%) Azure
2 17 (8.76%) Power Platform
3 13 (6.70%) AWS
4 8 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.61%) Smartsheet
6 6 (3.09%) SaaS
7 4 (2.06%) Asana
7 4 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.06%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.55%) Miro
8 3 (1.55%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.55%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.03%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.03%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.03%) Slack
10 1 (0.52%) Canva
10 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.12%) Network Security
2 5 (2.58%) Firewall
3 3 (1.55%) VPN
3 3 (1.55%) WAN
4 2 (1.03%) LAN
4 2 (1.03%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.52%) Intranet
5 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.52%) Multicast
5 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.25%) Power BI
2 5 (2.58%) Tableau
3 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.52%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.52%) Metadata
4 1 (0.52%) MySQL
4 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (21.65%) JIRA
General
1 128 (65.98%) Social Skills
2 98 (50.52%) Finance
3 45 (23.20%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (21.13%) Banking
5 15 (7.73%) Legal
6 14 (7.22%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.19%) Retail
8 10 (5.15%) Marketing
8 10 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.12%) Investment Banking
9 8 (4.12%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.58%) Front Office
13 4 (2.06%) Financial Institution
13 4 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.55%) Aviation
14 3 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.55%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 107 (55.15%) Project Manager
2 29 (14.95%) Analyst
3 26 (13.40%) Business Analyst
4 22 (11.34%) Senior
5 20 (10.31%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.25%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (7.73%) Infrastructure Manager
8 13 (6.70%) Lead
9 12 (6.19%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 12 (6.19%) IT Manager
10 11 (5.67%) IT Project Manager
11 10 (5.15%) Technical Manager
12 9 (4.64%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.64%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (4.12%) Digital Project Manager
13 8 (4.12%) Programme Manager
13 8 (4.12%) SAP Manager
13 8 (4.12%) SAP Project Manager
14 7 (3.61%) Banking Project Manager
14 7 (3.61%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) XML
2 2 (1.03%) .NET
2 2 (1.03%) Middleware
3 1 (0.52%) ADO
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) HTML5
3 1 (0.52%) Kafka
3 1 (0.52%) RESTful
3 1 (0.52%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (34.02%) PMI
2 17 (8.76%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.67%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.15%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.61%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.58%) Life Science
7 4 (2.06%) Derivative
8 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.55%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.03%) Equities
9 2 (1.03%) FMCG
9 2 (1.03%) Graphic Design
9 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.55%) Linux
1 3 (1.55%) Windows
2 2 (1.03%) Unix
3 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (67.01%) Project Management
2 127 (65.46%) Agile
2 127 (65.46%) PRINCE2
3 97 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (27.84%) Project Delivery
6 51 (26.29%) Risk Management
7 47 (24.23%) Change Management
8 46 (23.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 41 (21.13%) Waterfall
10 39 (20.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (17.53%) Migration
12 32 (16.49%) Scrum
13 26 (13.40%) Programme Management
14 24 (12.37%) Budget Management
15 23 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (11.34%) Decision-Making
17 21 (10.82%) Resource Allocation
18 20 (10.31%) Workshop Facilitation
19 19 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.12%) SQL
2 3 (1.55%) Java
3 2 (1.03%) Korn
3 2 (1.03%) Python
4 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 140 (72.16%) PMP
2 77 (39.69%) Degree
3 21 (10.82%) CBAP
4 15 (7.73%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.09%) CISSP
6 6 (3.09%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.58%) CISM
7 5 (2.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.06%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.06%) MBA
9 3 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.03%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.03%) CAPM
10 2 (1.03%) IIBA
10 2 (1.03%) PgMP
11 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.52%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.46%) PMO
2 27 (13.92%) QA
3 14 (7.22%) GDPR
4 6 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.58%) NIST
5 5 (2.58%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.06%) Basel III
6 4 (2.06%) GMP
6 4 (2.06%) GRC
6 4 (2.06%) PSD2
7 3 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.55%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.55%) MiFID
7 3 (1.55%) SLA
8 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.03%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.03%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.52%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.52%) RACF
1 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (10.82%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.79%) SAP
3 10 (5.15%) Planview
4 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.61%) Oracle
6 6 (3.09%) Adobe
7 5 (2.58%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.58%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.58%) Workday
8 4 (2.06%) Databricks
9 3 (1.55%) Ariba
9 3 (1.55%) HubSpot
10 2 (1.03%) Google
10 2 (1.03%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.52%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.52%) ComArch
11 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.52%) GoldenSource
11 1 (0.52%) Synthesia
11 1 (0.52%) UiPath