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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 203 267
Rank change year-on-year -12 +64 +57
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 210 152 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.20% 1.19% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.17% 4.68% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 95 76
10th Percentile £403 £344 £363
25th Percentile £421 £456 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £645
90th Percentile £765 £820 £838
England median daily rate £525 £517 £550
% change year-on-year +1.55% -6.00% -
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 £83.00 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +38.33% +130.77% -48.51%

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 5,040 3,249 4,337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.74% 25.49% 24.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,613 2,200 2,927
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £440 £435 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -6.09%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £656
90th Percentile £750 £760 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 61 116
10th Percentile £20.79 £20.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.31 £22.27 £20.43
Median hourly rate £52.22 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.07% +15.38% -39.53%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.25 £47.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £69.38
England median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -23.81%

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 25 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 25 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 -26 38 £750 +40.19% 9
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -27 3 £550 +15.79% 1
East London - 2 £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 13 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 11 (5.24%) Confluence
3 5 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.43%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.48%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (9.52%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.33%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.95%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.95%) Trello
7 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (1.43%) DELMIA
1 3 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.95%) Bloomberg TOMS
2 2 (0.95%) Endur
2 2 (0.95%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (0.95%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (0.95%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.95%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.95%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) ENOVIA
3 1 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
3 1 (0.48%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (16.67%) Azure
2 24 (11.43%) AWS
3 23 (10.95%) SaaS
4 16 (7.62%) Smartsheet
5 11 (5.24%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.90%) Asana
8 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.90%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.43%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.43%) IaaS
9 3 (1.43%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.43%) PaaS
10 2 (0.95%) GCP
10 2 (0.95%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.95%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.95%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.95%) Slack
10 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) WAN
2 6 (2.86%) LAN
2 6 (2.86%) Network Security
3 3 (1.43%) Firewall
3 3 (1.43%) VLAN
3 3 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.95%) VPN
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.24%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.95%) Tableau
4 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.48%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (12.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Introscope
General
1 102 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 78 (37.14%) Finance
3 40 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (15.71%) Banking
5 24 (11.43%) Marketing
6 20 (9.52%) Legal
7 18 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (6.19%) Retail
9 11 (5.24%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.29%) Financial Institution
11 9 (4.29%) Public Sector
12 8 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (2.38%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.90%) Front Office
14 4 (1.90%) German Language
14 4 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.43%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 111 (52.86%) Project Manager
2 24 (11.43%) Senior
3 23 (10.95%) Analyst
4 22 (10.48%) Business Analyst
5 19 (9.05%) Lead
6 16 (7.62%) Migration Manager
7 15 (7.14%) Migration Project Manager
8 13 (6.19%) Senior Manager
8 13 (6.19%) Technical Manager
9 12 (5.71%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (5.71%) Senior Project Manager
10 11 (5.24%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.76%) Security Manager
12 9 (4.29%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (4.29%) Programme Manager
12 9 (4.29%) Technical Project Manager
13 8 (3.81%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 8 (3.81%) Sales Manager
13 8 (3.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.90%) Middleware
2 3 (1.43%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.95%) ADO
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.95%) REST
3 2 (0.95%) SOAP
3 2 (0.95%) XML
3 2 (0.95%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
4 1 (0.48%) EDI
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 71 (33.81%) PMI
2 14 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.81%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.90%) CMDB
7 4 (1.90%) Life Science
8 3 (1.43%) CCTV
8 3 (1.43%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.43%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.95%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.95%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.95%) Derivative
9 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.38%) Windows
2 4 (1.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.95%) 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
1 135 (64.29%) Project Management
2 129 (61.43%) PRINCE2
3 116 (55.24%) Agile
4 110 (52.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (32.38%) Project Delivery
6 49 (23.33%) Change Management
7 42 (20.00%) Migration
8 38 (18.10%) Decision-Making
9 34 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (16.19%) Risk Management
9 34 (16.19%) Scrum
10 32 (15.24%) Programme Management
11 31 (14.76%) Waterfall
12 28 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (11.43%) Project Governance
15 22 (10.48%) DevOps
15 22 (10.48%) Matrix Organization
16 21 (10.00%) Validation
17 20 (9.52%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.29%) SQL
2 2 (0.95%) Java
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
1 160 (76.19%) PMP
2 62 (29.52%) Degree
3 16 (7.62%) CBAP
4 13 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.19%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.76%) CISSP
5 10 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 9 (4.29%) CISM
6 9 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.86%) APMP
8 5 (2.38%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.90%) CRISC
9 4 (1.90%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (1.43%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.43%) CCNA
10 3 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (16.19%) PMO
2 28 (13.33%) QA
3 27 (12.86%) GDPR
4 18 (8.57%) NIST
5 17 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.90%) Basel III
7 4 (1.90%) GxP
7 4 (1.90%) P3O
8 3 (1.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.95%) GAAP
9 2 (0.95%) GRC
9 2 (0.95%) IFRS
9 2 (0.95%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.95%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.95%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.95%) PSD2
9 2 (0.95%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (0.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.48%) RACF
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.95%) Control-M
1 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.48%) Puppet
2 1 (0.48%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 27 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.57%) SAP
3 15 (7.14%) CyberArk
4 13 (6.19%) Oracle
5 11 (5.24%) Workday
6 10 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.90%) Cisco
9 3 (1.43%) Ariba
9 3 (1.43%) Databricks
9 3 (1.43%) Google
9 3 (1.43%) Planview
9 3 (1.43%) Remedy
10 2 (0.95%) NEC
10 2 (0.95%) Okta
10 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.95%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.95%) Splunk
10 2 (0.95%) VMware
10 2 (0.95%) Zscaler