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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 170 258
Rank change year-on-year -55 +88 +73
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 241 205 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.53% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.28% 5.82% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 132 67
10th Percentile £406 £365 £416
25th Percentile £435 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £547 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £628
90th Percentile £754 £786 £698
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 5,626 3,521 3,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.92% 26.34% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,035 2,372 2,702
10th Percentile £375 £338 £350
25th Percentile £456 £429 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £737 £740 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 83 67
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.83 £17.88
25th Percentile £26.00 £25.09 £22.00
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -16.17% -45.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 £46.25 £46.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.00 £64.70
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £48.56
% change year-on-year +108.75% -48.21% -11.71%

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 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 28 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 -3 52 £650 +40.54% 31
West London -16 9 £550 +7.32% 9
East London - 1 - - 5
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 (4.98%) Confluence
2 11 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.90%) 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 31 (12.86%) Microsoft Project
2 25 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (4.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.49%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.83%) Trello
7 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%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.41%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
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 (17.84%) Azure
2 23 (9.54%) AWS
3 19 (7.88%) SaaS
4 15 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.22%) Smartsheet
5 14 (5.81%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.49%) Asana
9 5 (2.07%) GCP
9 5 (2.07%) Power Automate
9 5 (2.07%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.66%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.66%) GitHub
10 4 (1.66%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.83%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.83%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.15%) Firewall
2 7 (2.90%) Network Security
3 5 (2.07%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.66%) 4G
4 4 (1.66%) 5G
4 4 (1.66%) LAN
4 4 (1.66%) 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%) DNS
7 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.41%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.73%) 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 32 (13.28%) 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
1 120 (49.79%) Finance
2 112 (46.47%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.94%) Banking
4 25 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.13%) Marketing
6 13 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (5.39%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.56%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (4.15%) Retail
10 9 (3.73%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.32%) Legal
12 7 (2.90%) Law
12 7 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.90%) Public Sector
13 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.07%) German Language
14 4 (1.66%) Front Office
14 4 (1.66%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.24%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (52.70%) Project Manager
2 29 (12.03%) Senior
3 22 (9.13%) Analyst
4 21 (8.71%) Senior Manager
5 18 (7.47%) Business Analyst
6 17 (7.05%) Delivery Manager
6 17 (7.05%) Programme Manager
7 16 (6.64%) Senior Project Manager
7 16 (6.64%) Technical Manager
8 15 (6.22%) IT Manager
9 14 (5.81%) Lead
9 14 (5.81%) Transformation Manager
10 13 (5.39%) Infrastructure Manager
10 13 (5.39%) IT Project Manager
11 12 (4.98%) Transformation Project Manager
12 11 (4.56%) Technical Project Manager
13 10 (4.15%) Bid Manager
13 10 (4.15%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 8 (3.32%) Business Manager
15 7 (2.90%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.49%) REST
2 2 (0.83%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) ADO
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.41%) PMI
2 13 (5.39%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.39%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.90%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.49%) Life Science
5 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.24%) FMCG
8 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) AS400
9 2 (0.83%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.83%) IoT
9 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.83%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.15%) 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
1 181 (75.10%) PRINCE2
2 149 (61.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 145 (60.17%) Project Management
4 137 (56.85%) Agile
5 83 (34.44%) Project Delivery
6 72 (29.88%) Change Management
7 53 (21.99%) Migration
8 49 (20.33%) Decision-Making
9 42 (17.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (16.60%) Programme Management
11 39 (16.18%) Scrum
11 39 (16.18%) Waterfall
12 38 (15.77%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (14.94%) Budget Management
13 36 (14.94%) Risk Management
14 35 (14.52%) Roadmaps
15 34 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (13.28%) Cybersecurity
17 29 (12.03%) ITIL
18 28 (11.62%) AI
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.90%) SQL
2 4 (1.66%) 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%) Korn
4 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.41%) X++
Qualifications
1 204 (84.65%) PMP
2 69 (28.63%) Degree
3 29 (12.03%) Security Cleared
4 22 (9.13%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 11 (4.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (4.15%) CISSP
7 8 (3.32%) CBAP
7 8 (3.32%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.90%) CISM
8 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.49%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.24%) CAPM
12 3 (1.24%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.20%) PMO
2 16 (6.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.39%) GDPR
4 11 (4.56%) NIST
5 10 (4.15%) Data Quality
5 10 (4.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (3.73%) P3O
6 9 (3.73%) QA
7 8 (3.32%) GRC
8 6 (2.49%) PCI DSS
9 5 (2.07%) GxP
9 5 (2.07%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.24%) GMP
10 3 (1.24%) SLA
11 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.83%) ITGC
11 2 (0.83%) SEPA
11 2 (0.83%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.66%) 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 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.39%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.73%) Oracle
4 8 (3.32%) SAP
5 7 (2.90%) Planview
5 7 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.49%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.07%) VMware
8 4 (1.66%) Cisco
8 4 (1.66%) 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