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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 185 260
Rank change year-on-year -28 +75 +51
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 257 194 130
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 1.44% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.48% 5.45% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 131 68
10th Percentile £406 £363 £425
25th Percentile £440 £450 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £638 £713 £645
90th Percentile £763 £788 £741
England median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.09% +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% -71.88%

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 5,738 3,561 4,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.36% 26.48% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 2,400 2,585
10th Percentile £363 £351 £350
25th Percentile £456 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £530
% change year-on-year +0.95% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 80 61
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.63 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -28.14% -26.32%
75th Percentile £81.88 £34.48 £56.00
90th Percentile £155.00 £63.43 £71.25
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -1.43%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +7 60 £600 +13.21% 29
West London -22 7 £500 -1.23% 6
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 (7.00%) Confluence
2 12 (4.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.95%) IIS
5 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Apache
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 31 (12.06%) Microsoft Project
2 27 (10.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (4.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.33%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.17%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Endur
4 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.39%) Maximo
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.39%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.90%) Azure
2 19 (7.39%) AWS
2 19 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (7.00%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.00%) SaaS
4 13 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (3.89%) Smartsheet
6 9 (3.50%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.33%) GCP
8 5 (1.95%) Asana
8 5 (1.95%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.56%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.56%) GitHub
9 4 (1.56%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.17%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.17%) IaaS
10 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.89%) Firewall
2 7 (2.72%) Network Security
3 5 (1.95%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.56%) 4G
4 4 (1.56%) 5G
4 4 (1.56%) LAN
4 4 (1.56%) WAN
5 3 (1.17%) Internet
5 3 (1.17%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.78%) BGP
6 2 (0.78%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.78%) NAS
6 2 (0.78%) SAN
6 2 (0.78%) SSL
6 2 (0.78%) VLAN
6 2 (0.78%) VoIP
7 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.06%) Power BI
2 8 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.17%) Metadata
4 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.39%) Big Data
5 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (14.79%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (0.39%) GitLab
2 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 134 (52.14%) Finance
2 123 (47.86%) Social Skills
3 44 (17.12%) Banking
4 35 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.56%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (6.61%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (6.23%) Marketing
8 11 (4.28%) Legal
8 11 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 11 (4.28%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.28%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.89%) Retail
9 10 (3.89%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.50%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.11%) Law
12 5 (1.95%) Front Office
12 5 (1.95%) German Language
12 5 (1.95%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.17%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 128 (49.81%) Project Manager
2 32 (12.45%) Senior
3 23 (8.95%) IT Manager
4 22 (8.56%) Analyst
4 22 (8.56%) Senior Manager
5 21 (8.17%) Lead
6 20 (7.78%) Technical Manager
7 19 (7.39%) Business Analyst
7 19 (7.39%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (7.00%) Delivery Manager
9 17 (6.61%) Programme Manager
10 16 (6.23%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (4.67%) Infrastructure Manager
12 11 (4.28%) Bid Manager
12 11 (4.28%) Transformation Manager
13 10 (3.89%) Technical Project Manager
13 10 (3.89%) Transformation Project Manager
14 9 (3.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
15 8 (3.11%) Business Manager
16 7 (2.72%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) REST
2 4 (1.56%) SOAP
2 4 (1.56%) Web Services
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) ADO
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 48 (18.68%) PMI
2 21 (8.17%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 13 (5.06%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.89%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.89%) Virtual Team
7 8 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.33%) Life Science
9 5 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.56%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.17%) AS400
11 3 (1.17%) CMDB
11 3 (1.17%) FMCG
11 3 (1.17%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.78%) CCTV
12 2 (0.78%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.78%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.28%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (74.71%) PRINCE2
2 167 (64.98%) Stakeholder Management
3 151 (58.75%) Agile
4 146 (56.81%) Project Management
5 85 (33.07%) Project Delivery
6 81 (31.52%) Change Management
7 58 (22.57%) Migration
8 50 (19.46%) Decision-Making
9 49 (19.07%) Scrum
10 48 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (18.68%) Waterfall
11 47 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (17.12%) Budget Management
13 41 (15.95%) Roadmaps
14 40 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
14 40 (15.56%) Programme Management
15 39 (15.18%) Risk Management
16 37 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (12.84%) ITIL
18 31 (12.06%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.67%) SQL
2 4 (1.56%) Python
3 3 (1.17%) COBOL
3 3 (1.17%) RPG
4 1 (0.39%) Bash
4 1 (0.39%) C#
4 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 223 (86.77%) PMP
2 81 (31.52%) Degree
3 31 (12.06%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.95%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.06%) CISSP
5 13 (5.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 11 (4.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 10 (3.89%) CISM
8 9 (3.50%) CBAP
9 8 (3.11%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.72%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
11 6 (2.33%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.95%) CAPM
12 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.17%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.89%) PMO
2 17 (6.61%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.84%) GDPR
4 12 (4.67%) NIST
5 10 (3.89%) P3O
6 9 (3.50%) QA
6 9 (3.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (3.11%) GRC
8 6 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.33%) SLA
9 5 (1.95%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.95%) SEPA
10 4 (1.56%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.17%) GMP
11 3 (1.17%) GxP
11 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.17%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.78%) ITGC
System Software
1 7 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.39%) Kibana
2 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 55 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.61%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.06%) Planview
4 11 (4.28%) SAP
5 9 (3.50%) Oracle
6 5 (1.95%) Google
6 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.95%) VMware
7 4 (1.56%) Cisco
7 4 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 4 (1.56%) IBM
7 4 (1.56%) UiPath
8 3 (1.17%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (1.17%) Databricks
8 3 (1.17%) Murex
9 2 (0.78%) Charles River
9 2 (0.78%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.78%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.39%) Intapp
10 1 (0.39%) Wrike