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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 186 266
Rank change year-on-year -37 +80 +51
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 242 201 127
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.21% 1.52% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 5.78% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 129 65
10th Percentile £406 £363 £421
25th Percentile £438 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £650 £713 £638
90th Percentile £763 £788 £703
England median daily rate £540 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.09% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £58.44 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £59.75 £69.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% +14.29%

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 5,632 3,476 3,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.08% 26.21% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,050 2,343 2,659
10th Percentile £375 £350 £350
25th Percentile £456 £430 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £639 £655 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 82 63
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £17.93
25th Percentile £25.24 - £22.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -20.46% -42.51%
75th Percentile £73.00 £46.88 £51.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.90
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +3 55 £650 +40.54% 23
West London -13 9 £550 +7.32% 8
East London - 1 - - 3
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 (4.96%) Confluence
2 11 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.07%) IIS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.41%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 30 (12.40%) Microsoft Project
2 24 (9.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.48%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.83%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.83%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.41%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.41%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.41%) Endur
4 1 (0.41%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.41%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.41%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.41%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.41%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (17.77%) Azure
2 23 (9.50%) AWS
3 18 (7.44%) SaaS
4 15 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.79%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.79%) Smartsheet
6 11 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.07%) Asana
8 5 (2.07%) GCP
8 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.07%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.65%) GitHub
9 4 (1.65%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.83%) AWS KMS
11 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
11 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.13%) Firewall
2 7 (2.89%) Network Security
3 5 (2.07%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.65%) 4G
4 4 (1.65%) 5G
4 4 (1.65%) LAN
4 4 (1.65%) WAN
5 3 (1.24%) Internet
5 3 (1.24%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.83%) BGP
6 2 (0.83%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.83%) NAS
6 2 (0.83%) SAN
6 2 (0.83%) SSL
6 2 (0.83%) VLAN
7 1 (0.41%) Broadband
7 1 (0.41%) DNS
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.72%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.83%) Metadata
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.41%) Big Data
4 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (12.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.41%) Git
2 1 (0.41%) GitLab
2 1 (0.41%) Introscope
2 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 125 (51.65%) Finance
2 114 (47.11%) Social Skills
3 40 (16.53%) Banking
4 26 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.85%) Marketing
6 13 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (4.13%) Retail
10 9 (3.72%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.31%) Law
12 7 (2.89%) Legal
12 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.89%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.07%) German Language
14 4 (1.65%) Front Office
14 4 (1.65%) International Banking
14 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (52.48%) Project Manager
2 29 (11.98%) Senior
3 22 (9.09%) Analyst
4 21 (8.68%) Senior Manager
5 18 (7.44%) Business Analyst
5 18 (7.44%) Delivery Manager
6 17 (7.02%) Programme Manager
6 17 (7.02%) Technical Manager
7 16 (6.61%) IT Manager
7 16 (6.61%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (6.20%) Lead
9 14 (5.79%) IT Project Manager
10 13 (5.37%) Transformation Manager
11 12 (4.96%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
12 11 (4.55%) Transformation Project Manager
13 10 (4.13%) Bid Manager
14 9 (3.72%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 8 (3.31%) Business Manager
16 7 (2.89%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.48%) REST
2 2 (0.83%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) ADO
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.07%) PMI
2 13 (5.37%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.37%) Onboarding
2 13 (5.37%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.89%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.48%) Life Science
5 6 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.24%) FMCG
7 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) AS400
8 2 (0.83%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.83%) IoT
8 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.13%) Windows
2 3 (1.24%) Linux
3 1 (0.41%) AIX
3 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.41%) Unix
3 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (75.62%) PRINCE2
2 152 (62.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 144 (59.50%) Project Management
4 142 (58.68%) Agile
5 83 (34.30%) Project Delivery
6 72 (29.75%) Change Management
7 55 (22.73%) Migration
8 48 (19.83%) Decision-Making
9 43 (17.77%) Waterfall
10 41 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (16.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 39 (16.12%) Programme Management
12 38 (15.70%) Budget Management
12 38 (15.70%) Roadmaps
12 38 (15.70%) Scrum
13 36 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
14 34 (14.05%) Risk Management
15 32 (13.22%) ITIL
16 31 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (11.57%) AI
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.89%) SQL
2 4 (1.65%) Python
3 2 (0.83%) COBOL
3 2 (0.83%) RPG
4 1 (0.41%) Bash
4 1 (0.41%) C#
4 1 (0.41%) Java
4 1 (0.41%) Jython
4 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 206 (85.12%) PMP
2 66 (27.27%) Degree
3 28 (11.57%) Security Cleared
4 21 (8.68%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 11 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (4.13%) CISSP
7 8 (3.31%) CBAP
7 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.89%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.89%) CISM
8 7 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.48%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.24%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (11.57%) PMO
2 16 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.37%) GDPR
4 11 (4.55%) NIST
5 10 (4.13%) Data Quality
5 10 (4.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (3.72%) P3O
6 9 (3.72%) QA
7 8 (3.31%) GRC
8 6 (2.48%) PCI DSS
9 5 (2.07%) GxP
9 5 (2.07%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.65%) SEPA
11 3 (1.24%) GMP
11 3 (1.24%) SLA
12 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.83%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.83%) ITGC
12 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.83%) TARGET2
System Software
1 7 (2.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.41%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.41%) Kibana
2 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (19.42%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.72%) Oracle
4 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.31%) SAP
5 7 (2.89%) Planview
6 6 (2.48%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.07%) VMware
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco
8 4 (1.65%) Google
9 3 (1.24%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.24%) Databricks
9 3 (1.24%) Murex
10 2 (0.83%) Charles River
10 2 (0.83%) IBM
10 2 (0.83%) NEC
10 2 (0.83%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.83%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.41%) Splunk
11 1 (0.41%) Varonis