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 28 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 185 294
Rank change year-on-year -46 +109 +50
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 204 175 111
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.37% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.84% 5.26% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 115 62
10th Percentile £411 £344 £394
25th Percentile £425 £453 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £637
90th Percentile £753 £787 £771
England median daily rate £540 £530 £525
% change year-on-year +1.89% +0.95% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £52.93 - £23.29
25th Percentile £55.06 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £73.75 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +169.23% -
75th Percentile £96.25 - £26.50
90th Percentile £98.50 - -
England median hourly rate £82.50 £70.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +17.86% +169.23% -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 5,318 3,327 4,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.73% 25.97% 23.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,842 2,235 2,842
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £436 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 73 109
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.15 £15.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.78%
75th Percentile £75.87 £52.16 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.11 £68.15
England median hourly rate £53.00 £29.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year +81.07% -31.13% -22.73%

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 28 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification in London over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in London

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 28 June 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 -9 44 £734 +43.22% 5
West London -20 3 £550 +15.79% 2
East London - 2 £495 - 1
South London -7 1 £500 +17.65%
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 13 (6.37%) Confluence
2 12 (5.88%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.49%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 22 (10.78%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.45%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.98%) Trello
7 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.98%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.98%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.49%) Endur
4 1 (0.49%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.49%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.63%) Azure
2 23 (11.27%) AWS
3 20 (9.80%) SaaS
4 14 (6.86%) Smartsheet
5 13 (6.37%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.92%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.96%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.47%) Asana
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.98%) GCP
10 2 (0.98%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.49%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.49%) GitHub
11 1 (0.49%) IaaS
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.94%) LAN
1 6 (2.94%) WAN
2 5 (2.45%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.96%) Firewall
4 3 (1.47%) 4G
4 3 (1.47%) 5G
4 3 (1.47%) Network Security
4 3 (1.47%) VLAN
4 3 (1.47%) VoLTE
5 2 (0.98%) Internet
5 2 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.49%) DNS
6 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.92%) Power BI
2 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.49%) Metadata
3 1 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (13.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) GitLab
2 1 (0.49%) Introscope
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 92 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 86 (42.16%) Finance
3 27 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.27%) Marketing
5 22 (10.78%) Banking
6 13 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (5.88%) Legal
7 12 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.90%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (4.41%) Retail
10 7 (3.43%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.45%) German Language
11 5 (2.45%) Law
11 5 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.96%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.96%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.47%) Advertising
13 3 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 114 (55.88%) Project Manager
2 24 (11.76%) Senior
3 19 (9.31%) Analyst
4 16 (7.84%) Business Analyst
5 15 (7.35%) Lead
5 15 (7.35%) Technical Manager
6 14 (6.86%) Delivery Manager
6 14 (6.86%) Senior Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Infrastructure Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Migration Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Migration Project Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Technical Project Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Programme Manager
9 11 (5.39%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.41%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (3.92%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
12 8 (3.92%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.43%) REST
2 4 (1.96%) Middleware
3 3 (1.47%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.98%) ADO
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.98%) SOAP
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) XML
5 1 (0.49%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (26.47%) PMI
2 11 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.43%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.45%) Life Science
5 5 (2.45%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.96%) CMDB
7 3 (1.47%) CCTV
7 3 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.47%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.98%) AS400
8 2 (0.98%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.98%) FMCG
8 2 (0.98%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Linux
2 2 (0.98%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) AIX
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (65.69%) PRINCE2
2 122 (59.80%) Project Management
3 118 (57.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (52.94%) Agile
5 71 (34.80%) Project Delivery
6 59 (28.92%) Change Management
7 46 (22.55%) Migration
8 44 (21.57%) Decision-Making
9 34 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (16.67%) Waterfall
10 33 (16.18%) Programme Management
11 29 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
12 28 (13.73%) Risk Management
12 28 (13.73%) Scrum
13 26 (12.75%) DevOps
13 26 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (12.25%) ITIL
15 24 (11.76%) Project Governance
16 23 (11.27%) Budget Management
16 23 (11.27%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.92%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) COBOL
2 2 (0.98%) RPG
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) Jython
3 1 (0.49%) Korn
3 1 (0.49%) Python
3 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (82.84%) PMP
2 56 (27.45%) Degree
3 15 (7.35%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.39%) CBAP
5 11 (5.39%) CISSP
6 9 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (3.43%) CISM
8 6 (2.94%) Azure Certification
9 5 (2.45%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.45%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.96%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.47%) APMP
11 3 (1.47%) CAPM
11 3 (1.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.98%) CISA
12 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.24%) PMO
2 23 (11.27%) GDPR
3 19 (9.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (7.84%) QA
5 15 (7.35%) NIST
6 10 (4.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.43%) GRC
8 6 (2.94%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.45%) GxP
9 5 (2.45%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.45%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.96%) P3O
11 3 (1.47%) SLA
11 3 (1.47%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.98%) GMP
12 2 (0.98%) SEPA
13 1 (0.49%) Basel III
13 1 (0.49%) GAAP
13 1 (0.49%) UCITS
System Software
1 4 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.98%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.49%) Control-M
2 1 (0.49%) Puppet
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.86%) SAP
3 12 (5.88%) Oracle
3 12 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.39%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.94%) Workday
7 4 (1.96%) VMware
8 3 (1.47%) Cisco
8 3 (1.47%) Databricks
8 3 (1.47%) Planview
9 2 (0.98%) IBM
9 2 (0.98%) Murex
9 2 (0.98%) NEC
9 2 (0.98%) Okta
9 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.98%) Splunk
10 1 (0.49%) Qualys
10 1 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.49%) Varonis