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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 189 265
Rank change year-on-year -26 +76 +46
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 263 194 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.29% 1.44% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.56% 5.43% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 132 70
10th Percentile £404 £383 £425
25th Percentile £440 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £649
90th Percentile £763 £788 £775
England median daily rate £534 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -7.20% +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 £75.00 £65.00 £16.17
% change year-on-year +15.38% +301.98% -73.05%

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 5,770 3,574 4,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.35% 26.49% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,174 2,404 2,592
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £456 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £727 £738 £770
England median daily rate £533 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.43% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 84 61
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.05 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.66 - £25.75
Median hourly rate £54.25 £25.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +115.71% -31.10% -18.89%
75th Percentile £78.75 £35.94 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £51.25 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +103.78% -52.10% -0.94%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +5 59 £580 +3.57% 30
West London -24 7 £500 -1.23% 4
East London - 1 - - 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 18 (6.84%) Confluence
2 12 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.90%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 34 (12.93%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (10.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.70%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.14%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.76%) Endur
4 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.38%) Maximo
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.38%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.63%) Azure
2 19 (7.22%) AWS
2 19 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (7.22%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.08%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (6.08%) SaaS
4 10 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.42%) Power Automate
5 9 (3.42%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.28%) GCP
7 5 (1.90%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.52%) Asana
8 4 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.52%) GitHub
8 4 (1.52%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.14%) Google Workspace
9 3 (1.14%) IaaS
9 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (0.76%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.80%) Firewall
2 8 (3.04%) Network Security
3 5 (1.90%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.52%) 4G
4 4 (1.52%) 5G
4 4 (1.52%) LAN
4 4 (1.52%) WAN
5 3 (1.14%) Internet
5 3 (1.14%) VoIP
5 3 (1.14%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.76%) BGP
6 2 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.76%) NAS
6 2 (0.76%) SAN
6 2 (0.76%) SSL
6 2 (0.76%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.76%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.76%) VLAN
7 1 (0.38%) PBX
7 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.32%) Power BI
2 8 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.14%) Metadata
4 2 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.76%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 42 (15.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (0.38%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (52.47%) Finance
2 127 (48.29%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.49%) Banking
4 37 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.37%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.32%) Marketing
8 13 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (4.56%) Legal
9 12 (4.56%) Manufacturing
9 12 (4.56%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (4.18%) Telecoms
11 10 (3.80%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.80%) Retail
12 8 (3.04%) Law
13 5 (1.90%) Front Office
13 5 (1.90%) German Language
13 5 (1.90%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.52%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 132 (50.19%) Project Manager
2 37 (14.07%) Senior
3 27 (10.27%) Senior Manager
4 26 (9.89%) IT Manager
5 23 (8.75%) Analyst
6 22 (8.37%) IT Project Manager
6 22 (8.37%) Lead
7 21 (7.98%) Technical Manager
8 20 (7.60%) Business Analyst
8 20 (7.60%) Senior Project Manager
9 19 (7.22%) Delivery Manager
10 18 (6.84%) Programme Manager
11 12 (4.56%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (4.18%) Bid Manager
12 11 (4.18%) Transformation Manager
13 10 (3.80%) Technical Project Manager
13 10 (3.80%) Transformation Project Manager
14 9 (3.42%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 8 (3.04%) Business Manager
16 7 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.28%) REST
2 4 (1.52%) SOAP
2 4 (1.52%) Web Services
3 2 (0.76%) Middleware
4 1 (0.38%) ADO
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.38%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 46 (17.49%) PMI
2 21 (7.98%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.70%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.70%) Onboarding
4 11 (4.18%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.18%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.80%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.28%) Life Science
8 5 (1.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.14%) AS400
10 3 (1.14%) CMDB
10 3 (1.14%) Derivative
10 3 (1.14%) FMCG
10 3 (1.14%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.76%) CCTV
11 2 (0.76%) PKI
11 2 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.18%) Windows
2 2 (0.76%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (74.14%) PRINCE2
2 173 (65.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 158 (60.08%) Agile
4 148 (56.27%) Project Management
5 92 (34.98%) Project Delivery
6 80 (30.42%) Change Management
7 58 (22.05%) Migration
8 54 (20.53%) Waterfall
9 52 (19.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (19.01%) Decision-Making
11 49 (18.63%) Scrum
12 46 (17.49%) Risk Management
13 45 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (16.73%) Budget Management
15 41 (15.59%) Programme Management
15 41 (15.59%) Roadmaps
16 38 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (12.55%) AI
17 33 (12.55%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.94%) SQL
2 4 (1.52%) Python
3 3 (1.14%) COBOL
3 3 (1.14%) RPG
4 1 (0.38%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 229 (87.07%) PMP
2 84 (31.94%) Degree
3 31 (11.79%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 14 (5.32%) CISSP
7 11 (4.18%) CISM
7 11 (4.18%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (3.80%) CBAP
9 8 (3.04%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.66%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.66%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.66%) PgMP
11 6 (2.28%) CTC Cleared
12 5 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.52%) CAPM
14 3 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.65%) PMO
2 17 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.32%) GDPR
4 12 (4.56%) NIST
5 10 (3.80%) P3O
6 9 (3.42%) QA
6 9 (3.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (3.04%) GRC
8 6 (2.28%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.28%) SLA
9 5 (1.90%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.90%) SEPA
10 4 (1.52%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.14%) GMP
11 3 (1.14%) GxP
11 3 (1.14%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.14%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.76%) ITGC
System Software
1 7 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.38%) Kibana
2 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.38%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 58 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.84%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.94%) Planview
4 12 (4.56%) SAP
5 9 (3.42%) Oracle
6 6 (2.28%) Cisco
7 5 (1.90%) Google
7 5 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.90%) VMware
8 4 (1.52%) IBM
8 4 (1.52%) UiPath
9 3 (1.14%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.14%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.14%) Databricks
9 3 (1.14%) Murex
10 2 (0.76%) Ariba
10 2 (0.76%) Genesys
10 2 (0.76%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.76%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.38%) Intapp