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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 192 282
Rank change year-on-year -37 +90 +53
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 199 166 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.09% 1.37% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.87% 5.31% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 111 74
10th Percentile £415 £363 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £744 £643
90th Percentile £778 £825 £734
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £86.50 - £23.29
25th Percentile £88.75 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile £98.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £99.50 - -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £67.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.96% +159.62% -30.67%

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 5,145 3,128 4,094
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.12% 25.89% 23.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,682 2,096 2,790
10th Percentile £371 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -0.60% -6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 61 111
10th Percentile £20.34 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £27.81 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.41 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.59% +13.64% -47.37%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £42.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.00
England median hourly rate £47.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +35.71% -12.50% -26.31%

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 27 May 2026.

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 27 May 2026. 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 -19 40 £722 +37.43% 22
West London -33 3 £550 +15.79% 2
South London - 2 £500 - 2
East London - 2 £495 - 1
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 12 (6.03%) Confluence
2 11 (5.53%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.51%) IIS
4 3 (1.51%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.50%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.50%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.50%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (11.06%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.52%) MS Visio
6 2 (1.01%) Trello
7 1 (0.50%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.50%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.51%) DELMIA
2 3 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.01%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.01%) Endur
3 2 (1.01%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.01%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.50%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.50%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.50%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.59%) Azure
2 22 (11.06%) AWS
3 21 (10.55%) SaaS
4 14 (7.04%) Smartsheet
5 12 (6.03%) Power Platform
6 10 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.01%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.51%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.51%) Google Ads
10 2 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.01%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.01%) Asana
10 2 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.01%) GCP
10 2 (1.01%) IaaS
10 2 (1.01%) Lucidchart
10 2 (1.01%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) LAN
1 7 (3.52%) WAN
2 4 (2.01%) VLAN
3 3 (1.51%) Firewall
3 3 (1.51%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.50%) DNS
4 1 (0.50%) Network Security
4 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.03%) Power BI
2 3 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.51%) Tableau
3 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.50%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.50%) Metadata
4 1 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (14.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.50%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) GitLab
2 1 (0.50%) Introscope
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
General
1 92 (46.23%) Social Skills
2 74 (37.19%) Finance
3 29 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (13.57%) Banking
5 22 (11.06%) Marketing
6 17 (8.54%) Legal
7 16 (8.04%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.53%) Retail
9 10 (5.03%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.02%) Financial Institution
10 8 (4.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (4.02%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.52%) Manufacturing
12 6 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.51%) Investment Banking
14 4 (2.01%) German Language
15 3 (1.51%) Advertising
15 3 (1.51%) Front Office
15 3 (1.51%) Law
16 2 (1.01%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 108 (54.27%) Project Manager
2 23 (11.56%) Senior
3 21 (10.55%) Analyst
4 19 (9.55%) Business Analyst
4 19 (9.55%) Lead
5 14 (7.04%) Migration Manager
6 13 (6.53%) Infrastructure Manager
6 13 (6.53%) Migration Project Manager
6 13 (6.53%) Technical Manager
7 12 (6.03%) Programme Manager
7 12 (6.03%) Senior Manager
8 11 (5.53%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 11 (5.53%) Technical Project Manager
9 10 (5.03%) Delivery Manager
9 10 (5.03%) IT Manager
9 10 (5.03%) IT Project Manager
9 10 (5.03%) Senior Project Manager
9 10 (5.03%) Transformation Manager
10 9 (4.52%) Transformation Project Manager
11 8 (4.02%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.51%) Middleware
1 5 (2.51%) REST
2 3 (1.51%) ADO
2 3 (1.51%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.51%) SailPoint
3 2 (1.01%) SOAP
3 2 (1.01%) XML
3 2 (1.01%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (30.65%) PMI
2 11 (5.53%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.02%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.51%) Life Science
6 4 (2.01%) CMDB
6 4 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.51%) CCTV
7 3 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.01%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (1.01%) Derivative
8 2 (1.01%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.01%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.01%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.02%) Windows
2 3 (1.51%) Linux
3 2 (1.01%) Unix
4 1 (0.50%) AIX
4 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (65.33%) PRINCE2
2 125 (62.81%) Project Management
3 109 (54.77%) Agile
4 106 (53.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (33.17%) Project Delivery
6 49 (24.62%) Change Management
7 43 (21.61%) Migration
8 39 (19.60%) Decision-Making
9 32 (16.08%) Waterfall
10 31 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (15.58%) Programme Management
11 29 (14.57%) Risk Management
12 27 (13.57%) Scrum
13 24 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (11.56%) Project Governance
14 23 (11.56%) Validation
15 22 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 20 (10.05%) Budget Management
16 20 (10.05%) DevOps
16 20 (10.05%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.03%) SQL
2 1 (0.50%) Java
2 1 (0.50%) Jython
2 1 (0.50%) Korn
2 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
2 1 (0.50%) Python
2 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (79.40%) PMP
2 58 (29.15%) Degree
3 16 (8.04%) Security Cleared
4 15 (7.54%) CBAP
5 14 (7.04%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.03%) CISSP
7 9 (4.52%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.52%) CISM
8 7 (3.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (3.02%) APMP
10 5 (2.51%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.51%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.01%) CRISC
11 4 (2.01%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 2 (1.01%) CISA
13 2 (1.01%) Project+ Certification
13 2 (1.01%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.08%) PMO
2 26 (13.07%) GDPR
3 21 (10.55%) QA
4 18 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (8.04%) NIST
6 10 (5.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.51%) GRC
7 5 (2.51%) GxP
8 4 (2.01%) P3O
9 3 (1.51%) Basel III
9 3 (1.51%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.51%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.51%) PCI DSS
10 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (1.01%) GAAP
10 2 (1.01%) GMP
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS 9
10 2 (1.01%) SEPA
10 2 (1.01%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.01%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.01%) Control-M
1 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.50%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.50%) Puppet
2 1 (0.50%) RSA Archer
2 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.53%) CyberArk
2 13 (6.53%) Oracle
2 13 (6.53%) SAP
3 10 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 9 (4.52%) Workday
5 7 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.01%) Databricks
7 3 (1.51%) Cisco
7 3 (1.51%) Planview
7 3 (1.51%) VMware
8 2 (1.01%) Ariba
8 2 (1.01%) Bloomberg
8 2 (1.01%) Google
8 2 (1.01%) Informatica
8 2 (1.01%) NEC
8 2 (1.01%) Okta
8 2 (1.01%) Remedy
8 2 (1.01%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.01%) Splunk