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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 238 263
Rank change year-on-year +57 +25 +30
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 212 133 125
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.48% 0.93% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.07% 3.59% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 77 71
10th Percentile £399 £416 £363
25th Percentile £429 £465 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £714 £885 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £72.88 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +48.30% -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 4,182 3,702 4,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.18% 25.97% 24.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,922 2,324 2,883
10th Percentile £363 £350 £338
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 59 87
10th Percentile £20.14 £21.00 £18.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.08 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64.13 £60.38 £66.88
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.05
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.28% +15.67%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -8 27 £463 -25.88% 19
West London -13 5 £500 -2.44%
South London - 4 £500 - 2
East London - 1 £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 21 (9.91%) Confluence
2 9 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.94%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (12.26%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (9.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (6.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (3.77%) MS Visio
6 5 (2.36%) Trello
7 2 (0.94%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.83%) Endur
3 5 (2.36%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.42%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.42%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.42%) Workfront
5 2 (0.94%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.94%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.94%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.94%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.94%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.47%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.47%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.15%) Azure
2 17 (8.02%) Power Platform
3 16 (7.55%) AWS
4 9 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.77%) SaaS
6 7 (3.30%) Smartsheet
7 5 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.89%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.42%) Asana
9 3 (1.42%) IaaS
9 3 (1.42%) Miro
9 3 (1.42%) PaaS
9 3 (1.42%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.94%) Contentsquare
10 2 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.94%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.94%) OCI
10 2 (0.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.77%) Network Security
2 6 (2.83%) WAN
3 5 (2.36%) Firewall
3 5 (2.36%) LAN
4 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.42%) VPN
4 3 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.94%) VLAN
6 1 (0.47%) DNS
6 1 (0.47%) Intranet
6 1 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.47%) Multicast
6 1 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.55%) Power BI
2 4 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.89%) Tableau
3 3 (1.42%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.42%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 46 (21.70%) JIRA
General
1 139 (65.57%) Social Skills
2 103 (48.58%) Finance
3 50 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (21.70%) Banking
5 19 (8.96%) Legal
6 16 (7.55%) Manufacturing
7 14 (6.60%) Retail
8 13 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (5.66%) Public Sector
10 11 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (4.72%) Marketing
12 7 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.30%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.83%) Financial Institution
13 6 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (2.36%) Front Office
15 4 (1.89%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (1.42%) Aviation
16 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (53.77%) Project Manager
2 37 (17.45%) Analyst
3 34 (16.04%) Business Analyst
4 29 (13.68%) Senior
5 22 (10.38%) Lead
6 20 (9.43%) Senior Manager
7 16 (7.55%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (7.08%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.13%) IT Manager
10 12 (5.66%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 12 (5.66%) IT Project Manager
11 10 (4.72%) Technical Manager
12 9 (4.25%) Security Manager
12 9 (4.25%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.25%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (3.77%) Digital Project Manager
13 8 (3.77%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (3.77%) SAP Manager
13 8 (3.77%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.36%) XML
2 4 (1.89%) Middleware
3 3 (1.42%) ADO
4 2 (0.94%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.94%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.47%) .NET
5 1 (0.47%) EDI
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) HTML5
5 1 (0.47%) Kafka
5 1 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) RESTful
5 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.47%) SOAP
5 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (33.49%) PMI
2 19 (8.96%) Product Ownership
3 14 (6.60%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.83%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.36%) Life Science
8 3 (1.42%) Derivative
8 3 (1.42%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.42%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.42%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.94%) FMCG
9 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.94%) LIMS
9 2 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Linux
1 5 (2.36%) Windows
2 2 (0.94%) Unix
3 1 (0.47%) VMS
3 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (66.51%) Agile
2 138 (65.09%) Project Management
3 137 (64.62%) PRINCE2
4 116 (54.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (31.60%) Project Delivery
6 61 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (26.42%) Risk Management
8 50 (23.58%) Change Management
9 48 (22.64%) Waterfall
10 44 (20.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 39 (18.40%) Migration
12 36 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (16.51%) Scrum
14 32 (15.09%) Programme Management
15 27 (12.74%) Requirements Gathering
16 26 (12.26%) Budget Management
16 26 (12.26%) Decision-Making
17 25 (11.79%) Business Analysis
18 24 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
19 20 (9.43%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.66%) SQL
2 3 (1.42%) Java
3 2 (0.94%) Korn
3 2 (0.94%) Python
4 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.47%) PHP
4 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 152 (71.70%) PMP
2 88 (41.51%) Degree
3 27 (12.74%) CBAP
4 20 (9.43%) Master's Degree
5 10 (4.72%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.25%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.77%) CISSP
8 7 (3.30%) CISM
9 5 (2.36%) APMP
10 4 (1.89%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (1.89%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.89%) MBA
11 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.42%) CCNA
11 3 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.42%) CRISC
11 3 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.94%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.57%) PMO
2 32 (15.09%) QA
3 18 (8.49%) GDPR
4 11 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.72%) NIST
6 9 (4.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.36%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.89%) Basel III
8 4 (1.89%) GMP
8 4 (1.89%) GRC
8 4 (1.89%) PSD2
9 3 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.94%) GAAP
10 2 (0.94%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.94%) MiFID
10 2 (0.94%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.47%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.47%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.47%) RACF
1 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Control-M
Vendors
1 24 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.85%) SAP
3 10 (4.72%) Oracle
3 10 (4.72%) Planview
4 8 (3.77%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.77%) Workday
5 7 (3.30%) CyberArk
6 6 (2.83%) Adobe
7 5 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.89%) Ariba
9 3 (1.42%) Databricks
9 3 (1.42%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.42%) Remedy
10 2 (0.94%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.94%) Google
10 2 (0.94%) Informatica
10 2 (0.94%) VMware
10 2 (0.94%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.47%) ComArch
11 1 (0.47%) GoldenSource