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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 243 272
Rank change year-on-year +46 +29 +20
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 196 137 130
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.36% 0.92% 0.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.75% 3.54% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 79 74
10th Percentile £390 £418 £354
25th Percentile £450 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £737 £880 £809
England median daily rate £539 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.91% -18.10% -2.04%

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 4,129 3,869 4,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.56% 25.97% 24.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,872 2,440 3,002
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £667
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 59 92
10th Percentile £20.82 £21.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.05% -13.33% +3.32%
75th Percentile £62.80 £60.38 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.48
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £51.89
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.71% +15.31%

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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 2025. 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 24 £483 -22.80% 39
West London -15 5 £500 -2.44%
South London - 3 £550 - 11
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 (10.71%) Confluence
2 7 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 26 (13.27%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (4.08%) MS Visio
6 7 (3.57%) Trello
7 2 (1.02%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 11 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.06%) Endur
3 4 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.53%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.53%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.53%) Workfront
5 2 (1.02%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.51%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.51%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.51%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.51%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (12.76%) Azure
2 17 (8.67%) Power Platform
3 14 (7.14%) AWS
4 8 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.57%) Smartsheet
6 6 (3.06%) SaaS
7 4 (2.04%) Asana
7 4 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.04%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.53%) Miro
8 3 (1.53%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (1.02%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.02%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Slack
10 1 (0.51%) Canva
10 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.08%) Network Security
2 5 (2.55%) Firewall
3 4 (2.04%) WAN
4 3 (1.53%) LAN
4 3 (1.53%) VPN
5 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.51%) Intranet
6 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.51%) Multicast
6 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.51%) VLAN
6 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.16%) Power BI
2 5 (2.55%) Tableau
3 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.51%) Metadata
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 42 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 130 (66.33%) Social Skills
2 98 (50.00%) Finance
3 47 (23.98%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (21.43%) Banking
5 16 (8.16%) Legal
6 15 (7.65%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.12%) Retail
8 10 (5.10%) Marketing
8 10 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.59%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.08%) Investment Banking
11 7 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.55%) Front Office
14 4 (2.04%) Financial Institution
14 4 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.53%) Aviation
15 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.53%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 108 (55.10%) Project Manager
2 29 (14.80%) Analyst
3 27 (13.78%) Business Analyst
4 22 (11.22%) Senior
5 20 (10.20%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.16%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (7.65%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (7.65%) Lead
8 12 (6.12%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 12 (6.12%) IT Manager
9 11 (5.61%) IT Project Manager
10 10 (5.10%) Technical Manager
11 9 (4.59%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.59%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (4.08%) Digital Project Manager
12 8 (4.08%) Programme Manager
12 8 (4.08%) SAP Manager
12 8 (4.08%) SAP Project Manager
12 8 (4.08%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.57%) Banking Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.53%) XML
2 2 (1.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.02%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) ADO
3 1 (0.51%) HTML
3 1 (0.51%) HTML5
3 1 (0.51%) Kafka
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 66 (33.67%) PMI
2 18 (9.18%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.12%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (5.10%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.08%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.57%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.55%) Life Science
8 4 (2.04%) Derivative
9 3 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.53%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.02%) Equities
10 2 (1.02%) FMCG
10 2 (1.02%) Graphic Design
10 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.53%) Linux
1 3 (1.53%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Unix
3 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (66.33%) Project Management
2 129 (65.82%) Agile
3 127 (64.80%) PRINCE2
4 98 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 57 (29.08%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (28.57%) Project Delivery
7 52 (26.53%) Risk Management
8 48 (24.49%) Change Management
9 46 (23.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (20.92%) Waterfall
11 38 (19.39%) Continuous Improvement
12 34 (17.35%) Migration
12 34 (17.35%) Scrum
13 27 (13.78%) Programme Management
14 25 (12.76%) Budget Management
15 23 (11.73%) Decision-Making
15 23 (11.73%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (10.71%) Resource Allocation
17 20 (10.20%) DevOps
17 20 (10.20%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.59%) SQL
2 3 (1.53%) Java
3 2 (1.02%) Korn
3 2 (1.02%) Python
4 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 142 (72.45%) PMP
2 78 (39.80%) Degree
3 21 (10.71%) CBAP
4 16 (8.16%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.57%) CISSP
6 7 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.06%) CISM
7 6 (3.06%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.04%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.04%) MBA
9 3 (1.53%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.02%) APMP
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.02%) CRISC
10 2 (1.02%) IIBA
10 2 (1.02%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.31%) PMO
2 27 (13.78%) QA
3 15 (7.65%) GDPR
4 7 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (3.06%) NIST
5 6 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (2.55%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.04%) Basel III
7 4 (2.04%) GMP
7 4 (2.04%) GRC
7 4 (2.04%) PSD2
8 3 (1.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.53%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.53%) MiFID
8 3 (1.53%) SLA
9 2 (1.02%) EMIR
9 2 (1.02%) ISO 20022
9 2 (1.02%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.51%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.51%) RACF
1 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 22 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.69%) SAP
3 10 (5.10%) Planview
4 8 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.57%) Oracle
6 6 (3.06%) Adobe
7 5 (2.55%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.55%) Workday
8 4 (2.04%) Databricks
9 3 (1.53%) Ariba
9 3 (1.53%) HubSpot
10 2 (1.02%) Google
10 2 (1.02%) Remedy
10 2 (1.02%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.51%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.51%) ComArch
11 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.51%) Synthesia
11 1 (0.51%) UiPath