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 22 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 240 270
Rank change year-on-year +48 +30 +23
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 206 123 127
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.41% 0.88% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.78% 3.42% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 77 74
10th Percentile £399 £413 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.43% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £768 £650
90th Percentile £750 £900 £821
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.25 £30.78 £39.25
% change year-on-year +137.98% -21.58% -28.64%

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 4,314 3,598 4,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.54% 25.74% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,022 2,246 2,962
10th Percentile £363 £352 £332
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £640 £656 £654
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 64 111
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £15.43
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +5.25% +1.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.06 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £81.76 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £48.40
% change year-on-year -45.54% -4.59% +7.56%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -8 27 £500 -20.00% 6
West London -16 4 £500 -2.44%
South London - 4 £500 - 1
East London - 1 £495 -
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 (10.19%) Confluence
2 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.97%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (10.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.85%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.43%) Trello
6 2 (0.97%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.91%) Endur
3 4 (1.94%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.46%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.97%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.97%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
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 (15.05%) Azure
2 19 (9.22%) AWS
2 19 (9.22%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.88%) SaaS
4 6 (2.91%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.94%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.46%) IaaS
6 3 (1.46%) Miro
6 3 (1.46%) PaaS
7 2 (0.97%) Asana
7 2 (0.97%) Contentsquare
7 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.97%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.97%) OCI
7 2 (0.97%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.97%) Slack
7 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.91%) WAN
2 5 (2.43%) LAN
2 5 (2.43%) Network Security
3 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.97%) Firewall
4 2 (0.97%) VLAN
4 2 (0.97%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) DNS
5 1 (0.49%) Intranet
5 1 (0.49%) Multicast
5 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.94%) Tableau
3 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
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 43 (20.87%) JIRA
General
1 138 (66.99%) Social Skills
2 100 (48.54%) Finance
3 47 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (21.36%) Banking
5 18 (8.74%) Legal
6 14 (6.80%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.31%) Retail
8 12 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.85%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (3.88%) Marketing
12 7 (3.40%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.91%) Financial Institution
14 5 (2.43%) Front Office
14 5 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.94%) General Ledger
16 3 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 107 (51.94%) Project Manager
2 38 (18.45%) Analyst
3 35 (16.99%) Business Analyst
4 29 (14.08%) Senior
5 26 (12.62%) Lead
6 19 (9.22%) Senior Manager
7 15 (7.28%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (7.28%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (6.31%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.31%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (5.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 10 (4.85%) Programme Manager
10 10 (4.85%) Technical Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Lead Project Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Migration Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Security Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.88%) Transformation Manager
11 8 (3.88%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.43%) Middleware
1 5 (2.43%) XML
2 2 (0.97%) ADO
2 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.97%) REST
2 2 (0.97%) SOAP
2 2 (0.97%) XML Messaging
3 1 (0.49%) .NET
3 1 (0.49%) EDI
3 1 (0.49%) Kafka
3 1 (0.49%) RESTful
3 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (33.50%) PMI
2 19 (9.22%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.28%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.34%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.37%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.43%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.94%) Life Science
8 3 (1.46%) Derivative
8 3 (1.46%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.97%) LIMS
9 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.43%) Linux
1 5 (2.43%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (65.53%) Agile
2 132 (64.08%) Project Management
3 131 (63.59%) PRINCE2
4 115 (55.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (33.01%) Project Delivery
6 57 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (26.21%) Risk Management
8 47 (22.82%) Change Management
9 43 (20.87%) Migration
9 43 (20.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 39 (18.93%) Waterfall
11 34 (16.50%) Programme Management
11 34 (16.50%) Scrum
12 33 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (13.59%) Requirements Gathering
14 26 (12.62%) Decision-Making
15 24 (11.65%) Business Analysis
15 24 (11.65%) Project Governance
16 23 (11.17%) Budget Management
17 22 (10.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.83%) SQL
2 3 (1.46%) Java
3 2 (0.97%) Korn
3 2 (0.97%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.49%) PHP
4 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 148 (71.84%) PMP
2 85 (41.26%) Degree
3 27 (13.11%) CBAP
4 20 (9.71%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.37%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.88%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.40%) CISSP
8 6 (2.91%) CISM
9 5 (2.43%) APMP
9 5 (2.43%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.94%) MBA
11 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.46%) CCNA
11 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.46%) CRISC
11 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.53%) PMO
2 30 (14.56%) QA
3 22 (10.68%) GDPR
4 12 (5.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (5.34%) NIST
6 9 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.94%) Basel III
8 4 (1.94%) GRC
8 4 (1.94%) PSD2
9 3 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.46%) GMP
10 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.97%) EMIR
10 2 (0.97%) GAAP
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.97%) MiFID
10 2 (0.97%) P3O
10 2 (0.97%) WCAG
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 (0.97%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (10.68%) SAP
2 21 (10.19%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.83%) Oracle
4 10 (4.85%) Planview
4 10 (4.85%) Workday
5 9 (4.37%) CyberArk
6 8 (3.88%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.46%) Adobe
8 3 (1.46%) Ariba
8 3 (1.46%) Databricks
8 3 (1.46%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.46%) Remedy
9 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco
9 2 (0.97%) Google
9 2 (0.97%) Informatica
9 2 (0.97%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.49%) GoldenSource