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 6 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 242 269
Rank change year-on-year +40 +27 +19
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 203 122 129
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 0.89% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.66% 3.52% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 82 74
10th Percentile £400 £413 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £650
90th Percentile £750 £900 £825
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.29
25th Percentile - - £24.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.25 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year +137.98% +18.38% -52.73%

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 4,359 3,466 4,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.20% 25.26% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,062 2,162 3,046
10th Percentile £358 £351 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 64 129
10th Percentile £19.94 £21.65 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.48 £19.99
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +7.75% +1.43%
75th Percentile £65.13 £57.19 £64.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £46.18
% change year-on-year -46.91% +2.58% +2.62%

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 6 February 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 6 February 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 -14 28 £500 -20.00% 12
West London -20 4 £500 +5.26%
South London - 4 £500 - 1
East London - 2 £495 - 2
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 20 (9.85%) Confluence
2 10 (4.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.99%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.93%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.46%) Trello
6 2 (0.99%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.46%) Endur
3 4 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.99%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.99%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.99%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.99%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.99%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.99%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (15.27%) Azure
2 19 (9.36%) Power Platform
3 18 (8.87%) AWS
4 9 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.94%) SaaS
6 7 (3.45%) Smartsheet
7 4 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.97%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.48%) IaaS
8 3 (1.48%) PaaS
9 2 (0.99%) Asana
9 2 (0.99%) Contentsquare
9 2 (0.99%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.99%) Miro
9 2 (0.99%) OCI
9 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.99%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.99%) Slack
9 2 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.45%) WAN
2 6 (2.96%) LAN
3 5 (2.46%) Network Security
4 3 (1.48%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.99%) Firewall
5 2 (0.99%) VLAN
5 2 (0.99%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) DNS
6 1 (0.49%) Intranet
6 1 (0.49%) Multicast
6 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.87%) Power BI
2 4 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.97%) Tableau
3 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (20.20%) JIRA
General
1 135 (66.50%) Social Skills
2 97 (47.78%) Finance
3 48 (23.65%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (21.18%) Banking
5 18 (8.87%) Legal
6 14 (6.90%) Retail
7 13 (6.40%) Manufacturing
8 12 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.43%) Marketing
10 9 (4.43%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.45%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.46%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.46%) Front Office
14 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.48%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 108 (53.20%) Project Manager
2 37 (18.23%) Analyst
3 34 (16.75%) Business Analyst
4 29 (14.29%) Senior
5 24 (11.82%) Lead
6 19 (9.36%) Senior Manager
7 15 (7.39%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (7.39%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (6.40%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.40%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 11 (5.42%) Technical Manager
11 10 (4.93%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Lead Project Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Migration Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Security Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.94%) Technical Project Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.46%) XML
2 4 (1.97%) Middleware
3 2 (0.99%) ADO
3 2 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.99%) REST
3 2 (0.99%) SOAP
3 2 (0.99%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.49%) .NET
4 1 (0.49%) EDI
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (31.53%) PMI
2 17 (8.37%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.39%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.42%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.43%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.46%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.48%) Derivative
7 3 (1.48%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.48%) Life Science
7 3 (1.48%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.99%) CCTV
8 2 (0.99%) LIMS
8 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.46%) Linux
1 5 (2.46%) Windows
2 2 (0.99%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (67.00%) Agile
2 133 (65.52%) PRINCE2
3 130 (64.04%) Project Management
4 114 (56.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 66 (32.51%) Project Delivery
6 54 (26.60%) Risk Management
7 53 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (24.14%) Change Management
9 43 (21.18%) Migration
9 43 (21.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (20.20%) Waterfall
11 35 (17.24%) Scrum
12 32 (15.76%) Programme Management
13 30 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
15 25 (12.32%) Decision-Making
15 25 (12.32%) Project Governance
16 24 (11.82%) Budget Management
17 23 (11.33%) Business Analysis
18 22 (10.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.91%) SQL
2 3 (1.48%) Java
3 2 (0.99%) Korn
3 2 (0.99%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.49%) PHP
4 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 148 (72.91%) PMP
2 83 (40.89%) Degree
3 26 (12.81%) CBAP
4 19 (9.36%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.43%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.94%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.45%) CISSP
8 6 (2.96%) CISM
9 5 (2.46%) APMP
10 4 (1.97%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.97%) MBA
10 4 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.48%) CCNA
11 3 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.48%) CRISC
11 3 (1.48%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.99%) IIBA
12 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.27%) PMO
2 30 (14.78%) QA
3 23 (11.33%) GDPR
4 12 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (5.42%) NIST
6 9 (4.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.46%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.97%) Basel III
8 4 (1.97%) PSD2
9 3 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.48%) GRC
10 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.99%) EMIR
10 2 (0.99%) IFRS
10 2 (0.99%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.99%) IFRS 9
10 2 (0.99%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.99%) P3O
10 2 (0.99%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.49%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.49%) RACF
1 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.99%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.36%) SAP
3 12 (5.91%) Oracle
4 11 (5.42%) Workday
5 10 (4.93%) Planview
6 9 (4.43%) CyberArk
7 7 (3.45%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.46%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.48%) Ariba
9 3 (1.48%) Databricks
9 3 (1.48%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.48%) Remedy
10 2 (0.99%) Adobe
10 2 (0.99%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.99%) Cisco
10 2 (0.99%) Google
10 2 (0.99%) Informatica
10 2 (0.99%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.99%) VMware
10 2 (0.99%) Zscaler