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 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 182 272
Rank change year-on-year -40 +90 +59
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 240 196 122
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.46% 0.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.30% 5.57% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 125 60
10th Percentile £413 £363 £418
25th Percentile £440 £450 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -3.00%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £616
90th Percentile £750 £770 £715
England median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 £80.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% +60.00%

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 5,584 3,521 3,923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.81% 26.19% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,024 2,369 2,683
10th Percentile £375 £338 £350
25th Percentile £456 £430 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £528 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.32% -1.86% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £734 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 88 69
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.57 £17.88
25th Percentile £26.06 £25.12 £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.72% -16.17% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £40.31 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £65.60
England median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +110.74% -47.05% -13.64%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +6 51 £688 +48.65% 9
West London -20 8 £550 +7.32% 4
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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 10 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.08%) IIS
5 1 (0.42%) Apache
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.42%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 30 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 23 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.50%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.83%) Trello
7 1 (0.42%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.25%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.83%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.83%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.42%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.42%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.42%) Endur
4 1 (0.42%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.42%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.42%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.42%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.42%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (18.33%) Azure
2 24 (10.00%) AWS
3 20 (8.33%) SaaS
4 15 (6.25%) Smartsheet
5 14 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (5.83%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.50%) Entra ID
9 5 (2.08%) Asana
9 5 (2.08%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.08%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.67%) GCP
10 4 (1.67%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.25%) GitHub
11 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.83%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.83%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.83%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.08%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.08%) Network Security
2 4 (1.67%) Firewall
3 3 (1.25%) 4G
3 3 (1.25%) 5G
3 3 (1.25%) Internet
3 3 (1.25%) LAN
3 3 (1.25%) VoLTE
3 3 (1.25%) WAN
4 2 (0.83%) SSL
4 2 (0.83%) VLAN
5 1 (0.42%) DNS
5 1 (0.42%) NAS
5 1 (0.42%) SAN
5 1 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.75%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.83%) Metadata
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.42%) Big Data
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (13.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) GitLab
2 1 (0.42%) Introscope
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 120 (50.00%) Finance
2 102 (42.50%) Social Skills
3 36 (15.00%) Banking
4 26 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.58%) Marketing
6 16 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (4.58%) Legal
7 11 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.17%) Retail
9 8 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.92%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.92%) Law
10 7 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.92%) Public Sector
11 5 (2.08%) German Language
12 4 (1.67%) Front Office
12 4 (1.67%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.25%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 131 (54.58%) Project Manager
2 32 (13.33%) Senior
3 24 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 22 (9.17%) Analyst
5 19 (7.92%) Senior Project Manager
6 18 (7.50%) Business Analyst
7 17 (7.08%) Delivery Manager
7 17 (7.08%) Programme Manager
7 17 (7.08%) Technical Manager
8 13 (5.42%) Infrastructure Manager
8 13 (5.42%) IT Manager
8 13 (5.42%) Lead
8 13 (5.42%) Transformation Manager
9 12 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
10 11 (4.58%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 11 (4.58%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (4.58%) Transformation Project Manager
11 10 (4.17%) Bid Manager
11 10 (4.17%) Migration Manager
12 9 (3.75%) Migration Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.50%) REST
2 2 (0.83%) Middleware
2 2 (0.83%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.42%) ADO
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.50%) PMI
2 11 (4.58%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.92%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.50%) Life Science
6 6 (2.50%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.25%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) AS400
9 2 (0.83%) CCTV
9 2 (0.83%) CMDB
9 2 (0.83%) Derivative
9 2 (0.83%) FMCG
9 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.83%) PKI
9 2 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.75%) Windows
2 2 (0.83%) Linux
2 2 (0.83%) Unix
3 1 (0.42%) AIX
3 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 152 (63.33%) Project Management
3 141 (58.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (56.67%) Agile
5 87 (36.25%) Project Delivery
6 69 (28.75%) Change Management
7 51 (21.25%) Migration
8 49 (20.42%) Decision-Making
9 41 (17.08%) Scrum
10 40 (16.67%) Programme Management
10 40 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 38 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (15.83%) Waterfall
12 35 (14.58%) Budget Management
13 33 (13.75%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (13.75%) Risk Management
13 33 (13.75%) Roadmaps
14 29 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
15 28 (11.67%) Matrix Organization
16 27 (11.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.50%) SQL
2 2 (0.83%) COBOL
2 2 (0.83%) Python
2 2 (0.83%) RPG
3 1 (0.42%) C#
3 1 (0.42%) Java
3 1 (0.42%) Jython
3 1 (0.42%) Korn
3 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 205 (85.42%) PMP
2 66 (27.50%) Degree
3 27 (11.25%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.58%) CISSP
6 10 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 10 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (3.33%) CBAP
7 8 (3.33%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.92%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.92%) CISM
8 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.50%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.25%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.83%) PgMP
13 2 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.50%) PMO
2 17 (7.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (6.67%) GDPR
4 12 (5.00%) NIST
5 11 (4.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 10 (4.17%) QA
7 9 (3.75%) Data Quality
7 9 (3.75%) P3O
8 8 (3.33%) GRC
9 5 (2.08%) GxP
9 5 (2.08%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.08%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.67%) SLA
11 3 (1.25%) GMP
12 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.83%) ITGC
12 2 (0.83%) SEPA
12 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 9 (3.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.83%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.42%) CA Wily
3 1 (0.42%) Puppet
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (19.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.83%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.75%) CyberArk
3 9 (3.75%) Oracle
4 8 (3.33%) SAP
5 7 (2.92%) Planview
5 7 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.08%) VMware
7 4 (1.67%) Google
8 3 (1.25%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (1.25%) Databricks
8 3 (1.25%) Murex
9 2 (0.83%) Charles River
9 2 (0.83%) Cisco
9 2 (0.83%) IBM
9 2 (0.83%) NEC
9 2 (0.83%) Okta
9 2 (0.83%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.83%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.42%) Splunk