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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 238 267
Rank change year-on-year +52 +29 +24
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 203 122 125
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.42% 0.88% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.82% 3.41% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 75 73
10th Percentile £390 £413 £363
25th Percentile £424 £464 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £771 £650
90th Percentile £739 £900 £808
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.88 £30.78 £52.50
% change year-on-year +136.76% -41.37% -4.55%

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 4,209 3,573 4,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.46% 25.74% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,940 2,220 2,963
10th Percentile £363 £352 £331
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £658
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 61 107
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £16.57
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -29.49% +2.21% -4.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £56.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £84.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £50.00
% change year-on-year -46.91% -5.26% +11.11%

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 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 19 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 -10 26 £483 -22.80% 3
West London -14 4 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 4 £500 - 2
East London - 1 £495 - 1
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 12 (5.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (4.43%) MS Visio
6 5 (2.46%) Trello
7 2 (0.99%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.96%) Endur
3 4 (1.97%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.48%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.48%) SAP IBP
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%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.99%) Workfront
6 1 (0.49%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.78%) Azure
2 17 (8.37%) AWS
2 17 (8.37%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.94%) SaaS
4 6 (2.96%) Smartsheet
5 4 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.97%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.48%) Asana
6 3 (1.48%) IaaS
6 3 (1.48%) Miro
6 3 (1.48%) PaaS
7 2 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.99%) Google Ads
7 2 (0.99%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.99%) OCI
7 2 (0.99%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.99%) Slack
7 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.96%) WAN
2 5 (2.46%) LAN
2 5 (2.46%) Network Security
3 3 (1.48%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.99%) Firewall
4 2 (0.99%) VLAN
4 2 (0.99%) 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 16 (7.88%) Power BI
2 4 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.97%) Tableau
3 3 (1.48%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (21.18%) JIRA
General
1 136 (67.00%) Social Skills
2 99 (48.77%) Finance
3 47 (23.15%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (21.67%) Banking
5 19 (9.36%) Legal
6 14 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.40%) Retail
8 12 (5.91%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (4.93%) Public Sector
11 9 (4.43%) Marketing
12 7 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.45%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.96%) Financial Institution
14 5 (2.46%) Front Office
14 5 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.97%) General Ledger
16 3 (1.48%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 108 (53.20%) Project Manager
2 37 (18.23%) Analyst
3 34 (16.75%) Business Analyst
4 28 (13.79%) 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 10 (4.93%) Technical Manager
11 9 (4.43%) Programme Manager
11 9 (4.43%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.43%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Lead Project Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Security Manager
12 8 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (3.45%) Technical 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%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (33.50%) PMI
2 19 (9.36%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.39%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.42%) Data Centre
5 10 (4.93%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.96%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.46%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.97%) Life Science
10 3 (1.48%) Derivative
10 3 (1.48%) Digital Wallet
10 3 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (1.48%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.99%) LIMS
11 2 (0.99%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.49%) IoT
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
1 133 (65.52%) Agile
2 131 (64.53%) Project Management
3 130 (64.04%) PRINCE2
4 114 (56.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (33.00%) Project Delivery
6 57 (28.08%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (26.11%) Risk Management
8 48 (23.65%) Change Management
9 41 (20.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (19.70%) Migration
10 40 (19.70%) Waterfall
11 35 (17.24%) Scrum
12 33 (16.26%) Programme Management
13 32 (15.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (12.81%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (11.82%) Budget Management
15 24 (11.82%) Business Analysis
15 24 (11.82%) Decision-Making
16 23 (11.33%) Project Governance
17 22 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
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
1 146 (71.92%) PMP
2 85 (41.87%) Degree
3 26 (12.81%) CBAP
4 20 (9.85%) 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
11 3 (1.48%) Azure 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
11 3 (1.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.27%) PMO
2 29 (14.29%) QA
3 20 (9.85%) GDPR
4 11 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.93%) NIST
6 9 (4.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.46%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.97%) Basel III
8 4 (1.97%) GRC
8 4 (1.97%) PSD2
9 3 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.48%) GMP
10 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.99%) EMIR
10 2 (0.99%) GAAP
10 2 (0.99%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.99%) ISO 8583
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 21 (10.34%) SAP
3 11 (5.42%) Oracle
4 10 (4.93%) Planview
4 10 (4.93%) Workday
5 8 (3.94%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.97%) Adobe
6 4 (1.97%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.48%) Ariba
7 3 (1.48%) Databricks
7 3 (1.48%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.48%) Remedy
8 2 (0.99%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.99%) Cisco
8 2 (0.99%) Google
8 2 (0.99%) Informatica
8 2 (0.99%) VMware
8 2 (0.99%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.49%) UiPath