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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 262 298
Rank change year-on-year +69 +36 +27
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 197 129 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 0.82% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.02% 3.24% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 72 75
10th Percentile £396 £419 £355
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £678 £648
90th Percentile £750 £837 £764
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -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 3,923 3,978 4,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.87% 25.30% 23.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,706 2,541 3,170
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £438 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £670
90th Percentile £750 £760 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 58 105
10th Percentile £19.44 £20.35 £19.00
25th Percentile - £30.06 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.25 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.92% -27.31% +14.89%
75th Percentile £41.71 £60.56 £68.00
90th Percentile £65.17 £76.90 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -6 19 £475 -21.81% 47
West London -5 5 £500 -9.09% 8
South London - 2 £425 - 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 21 (10.66%) Confluence
2 11 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 33 (16.75%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.55%) Trello
6 6 (3.05%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.51%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 12 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.54%) Endur
2 5 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.52%) Workfront
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.51%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.51%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.17%) Azure
2 14 (7.11%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (4.57%) AWS
5 8 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.06%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.54%) SaaS
7 4 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.52%) Asana
8 3 (1.52%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.02%) Canva
9 2 (1.02%) Miro
9 2 (1.02%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.51%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.51%) GCP
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.05%) Network Security
2 4 (2.03%) Firewall
3 2 (1.02%) DNS
3 2 (1.02%) LAN
3 2 (1.02%) VPN
3 2 (1.02%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) DHCP
4 1 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.51%) Multicast
4 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.60%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Tableau
3 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) Metadata
4 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 45 (22.84%) JIRA
General
1 128 (64.97%) Social Skills
2 108 (54.82%) Finance
3 41 (20.81%) Banking
4 37 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.61%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (7.11%) Legal
7 13 (6.60%) Manufacturing
8 12 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.08%) Marketing
9 10 (5.08%) Retail
10 8 (4.06%) Investment Banking
11 7 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (2.54%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.54%) Publishing
13 4 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (2.03%) Front Office
13 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.52%) Aviation
14 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 102 (51.78%) Project Manager
2 28 (14.21%) Analyst
3 25 (12.69%) Senior
4 24 (12.18%) Business Analyst
5 21 (10.66%) Senior Manager
6 17 (8.63%) Lead
7 14 (7.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (6.60%) Infrastructure Manager
9 11 (5.58%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 11 (5.58%) IT Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (5.08%) SAP Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.57%) SAP Project Manager
11 9 (4.57%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.57%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (4.06%) Digital Project Manager
12 8 (4.06%) Technical Manager
13 7 (3.55%) Banking Project Manager
13 7 (3.55%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) XML
2 2 (1.02%) HTML
2 2 (1.02%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) .NET
3 1 (0.51%) ADO
3 1 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.51%) HTML5
3 1 (0.51%) Kafka
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (31.98%) PMI
2 14 (7.11%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.55%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.54%) Life Science
6 4 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.52%) Derivative
7 3 (1.52%) Graphic Design
7 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.02%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.02%) Equities
8 2 (1.02%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.02%) LIMS
8 2 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (1.02%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.03%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Linux
3 2 (1.02%) Unix
4 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (65.48%) Agile
1 129 (65.48%) Project Management
2 125 (63.45%) PRINCE2
3 92 (46.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (27.41%) Project Delivery
5 48 (24.37%) Change Management
6 47 (23.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (23.86%) Waterfall
7 45 (22.84%) Risk Management
8 39 (19.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (18.78%) Migration
10 31 (15.74%) Scrum
11 29 (14.72%) Programme Management
12 26 (13.20%) Budget Management
13 24 (12.18%) Resource Allocation
14 22 (11.17%) Business Analysis
15 21 (10.66%) Project Governance
16 20 (10.15%) Decision-Making
16 20 (10.15%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.54%) SQL
2 2 (1.02%) Java
2 2 (1.02%) Korn
2 2 (1.02%) Python
3 1 (0.51%) C++
3 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 144 (73.10%) PMP
2 78 (39.59%) Degree
3 19 (9.64%) CBAP
4 17 (8.63%) Master's Degree
5 8 (4.06%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.55%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.05%) CISM
8 5 (2.54%) CISSP
9 4 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.52%) MBA
10 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.02%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.02%) CAPM
11 2 (1.02%) CRISC
11 2 (1.02%) IIBA
11 2 (1.02%) ISEB
11 2 (1.02%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.68%) PMO
2 21 (10.66%) QA
3 8 (4.06%) GDPR
4 6 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.03%) GMP
6 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.03%) PSD2
6 4 (2.03%) SLA
7 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.52%) MiFID
8 2 (1.02%) Basel III
8 2 (1.02%) EMIR
8 2 (1.02%) GRC
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 8583
8 2 (1.02%) NIST
8 2 (1.02%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.51%) RACF
2 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 26 (13.20%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.64%) SAP
3 9 (4.57%) Planview
3 9 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.05%) Adobe
5 5 (2.54%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) CyberArk
6 3 (1.52%) Databricks
6 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.02%) Calypso
7 2 (1.02%) Murex
7 2 (1.02%) UiPath
7 2 (1.02%) Workday
8 1 (0.51%) Ariba
8 1 (0.51%) Google
8 1 (0.51%) NEC
8 1 (0.51%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.51%) Remedy
8 1 (0.51%) VMware