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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 216 259
Rank change year-on-year +8 +43 +48
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 209 134 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.22% 1.06% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.19% 4.18% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 87 70
10th Percentile £400 £385 £363
25th Percentile £422 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £731 £645
90th Percentile £750 £838 £875
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £86.50 - £23.29
25th Percentile £88.75 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile £98.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £99.50 - -
England median hourly rate £81.25 £75.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +8.33% +188.46% -55.93%

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 4,992 3,209 4,376
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.19% 25.30% 24.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,568 2,180 2,935
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £658
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 60 118
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.13 £14.19
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.37 £20.98
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.25 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +32.47% -34.60%
75th Percentile £76.58 £59.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £69.72 £83.75
England median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -25.00% +30.03% -26.05%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -15 35 £625 +7.76% 16
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -23 2 £550 +15.79% 3
East London - 2 £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 14 (6.70%) Confluence
2 9 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.48%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 19 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.87%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.44%) Trello
7 2 (0.96%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) DELMIA
1 3 (1.44%) Endur
2 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.96%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.96%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.48%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 36 (17.22%) Azure
2 25 (11.96%) AWS
3 17 (8.13%) SaaS
4 12 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 12 (5.74%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.39%) OpenShift
7 4 (1.91%) Asana
7 4 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.44%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.44%) IaaS
8 3 (1.44%) PaaS
9 2 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.96%) GCP
9 2 (0.96%) Google Ads
9 2 (0.96%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.96%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.96%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) Slack
9 2 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.35%) WAN
2 6 (2.87%) LAN
2 6 (2.87%) Network Security
3 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.96%) Firewall
4 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.96%) VLAN
4 2 (0.96%) VPN
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.96%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.48%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (13.88%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Introscope
General
1 117 (55.98%) Social Skills
2 85 (40.67%) Finance
3 45 (21.53%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (17.22%) Banking
5 23 (11.00%) Legal
6 19 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (8.61%) Marketing
8 14 (6.70%) Retail
9 11 (5.26%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.31%) Financial Institution
10 9 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.31%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.83%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.35%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.39%) Front Office
13 5 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.91%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.44%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (56.94%) Project Manager
2 28 (13.40%) Analyst
3 27 (12.92%) Senior
4 26 (12.44%) Business Analyst
5 18 (8.61%) Lead
5 18 (8.61%) Senior Manager
6 17 (8.13%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (7.18%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 14 (6.70%) Migration Manager
8 14 (6.70%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (6.22%) Migration Project Manager
10 11 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
11 10 (4.78%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.78%) IT Project Manager
11 10 (4.78%) Security Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Programme Manager
13 8 (3.83%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (3.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.39%) XML
2 4 (1.91%) Middleware
3 3 (1.44%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.96%) ADO
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.96%) REST
4 2 (0.96%) SOAP
4 2 (0.96%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.48%) .NET
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
5 1 (0.48%) RESTful
5 1 (0.48%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 62 (29.67%) PMI
2 15 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.78%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.83%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.91%) CMDB
7 4 (1.91%) Life Science
8 3 (1.44%) CCTV
8 3 (1.44%) Derivative
8 3 (1.44%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.96%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.96%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.96%) LIMS
9 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.39%) Windows
2 4 (1.91%) Linux
3 2 (0.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) AIX
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (68.42%) Project Management
2 136 (65.07%) PRINCE2
3 127 (60.77%) Agile
4 117 (55.98%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (35.89%) Project Delivery
6 49 (23.44%) Change Management
7 44 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
8 41 (19.62%) Risk Management
9 38 (18.18%) Scrum
10 37 (17.70%) Waterfall
11 36 (17.22%) Migration
12 32 (15.31%) Decision-Making
13 31 (14.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 29 (13.88%) Programme Management
15 28 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (12.92%) Project Governance
17 25 (11.96%) Requirements Gathering
18 23 (11.00%) DevOps
18 23 (11.00%) Validation
19 22 (10.53%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.31%) SQL
2 2 (0.96%) Java
3 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.48%) Jython
3 1 (0.48%) Korn
3 1 (0.48%) PHP
3 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.48%) Python
3 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 163 (77.99%) PMP
2 67 (32.06%) Degree
3 17 (8.13%) CBAP
4 13 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.22%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 9 (4.31%) CISSP
6 9 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.83%) CISM
8 6 (2.87%) APMP
9 5 (2.39%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.91%) CRISC
10 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CCNA
11 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.44%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.31%) PMO
2 28 (13.40%) GDPR
3 26 (12.44%) QA
4 18 (8.61%) NIST
5 17 (8.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (3.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.91%) Basel III
8 3 (1.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (1.44%) GxP
8 3 (1.44%) MiFID
9 2 (0.96%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.96%) GAAP
9 2 (0.96%) GRC
9 2 (0.96%) IFRS
9 2 (0.96%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.96%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.96%) PSD2
9 2 (0.96%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.48%) RACF
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Control-M
1 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.48%) Puppet
2 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 23 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.13%) SAP
3 15 (7.18%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.70%) Oracle
5 11 (5.26%) Workday
6 10 (4.78%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.87%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.39%) Planview
9 4 (1.91%) Cisco
9 4 (1.91%) Databricks
10 3 (1.44%) Ariba
10 3 (1.44%) Google
10 3 (1.44%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.44%) Remedy
11 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.96%) Informatica
11 2 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.96%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.96%) Splunk
11 2 (0.96%) VMware