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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 188 259
Rank change year-on-year -20 +71 +57
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 209 158 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.27% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.12% 4.94% 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 98 77
10th Percentile £405 £353 £363
25th Percentile £422 £458 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £645
90th Percentile £788 £825 £835
England median daily rate £525 £519 £550
% change year-on-year +1.16% -5.64% -
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% -36.97%

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 5,074 3,199 4,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.38% 25.65% 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,625 2,156 2,877
10th Percentile £363 £355 £325
25th Percentile £441 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -6.43%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £756 £775
England median daily rate £521 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 59 109
10th Percentile £20.70 £18.39 £14.21
25th Percentile £25.51 £22.27 £20.22
Median hourly rate £54.00 £29.07 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.76% +16.28% -48.72%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.75 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £70.68 £66.35
England median hourly rate £47.54 £40.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +16.76% +1.79% -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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -17 40 £700 +30.84% 12
West London -30 3 £550 +15.79% 2
South London - 3 £500 -
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 (6.22%) Confluence
2 12 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.44%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.96%) IIS
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 21 (10.05%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (4.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (3.83%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.96%) Trello
6 1 (0.48%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.48%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.44%) DELMIA
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.44%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.96%) Endur
3 2 (0.96%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.96%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.96%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.48%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.48%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.70%) Azure
2 24 (11.48%) SaaS
3 23 (11.00%) AWS
4 15 (7.18%) Smartsheet
5 12 (5.74%) Power Platform
6 10 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.91%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.44%) Asana
9 3 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.44%) IaaS
9 3 (1.44%) PaaS
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.96%) GCP
10 2 (0.96%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.96%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.96%) OCI
10 2 (0.96%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.96%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.87%) WAN
2 5 (2.39%) LAN
3 4 (1.91%) VLAN
4 3 (1.44%) Firewall
4 3 (1.44%) Network Security
4 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.96%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.96%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.48%) DNS
6 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.44%) Tableau
4 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.48%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata
5 1 (0.48%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (12.92%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Introscope
General
1 99 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 84 (40.19%) Finance
3 38 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (15.79%) Banking
5 24 (11.48%) Marketing
6 20 (9.57%) Legal
7 16 (7.66%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.74%) Retail
9 10 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.31%) Financial Institution
11 8 (3.83%) Manufacturing
11 8 (3.83%) Public Sector
12 7 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.39%) Investment Banking
14 4 (1.91%) Front Office
14 4 (1.91%) German Language
15 3 (1.44%) Advertising
15 3 (1.44%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 115 (55.02%) Project Manager
2 25 (11.96%) Senior
3 24 (11.48%) Analyst
4 22 (10.53%) Business Analyst
5 20 (9.57%) Lead
6 15 (7.18%) Migration Manager
7 14 (6.70%) Migration Project Manager
7 14 (6.70%) Senior Manager
8 13 (6.22%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (6.22%) Technical Manager
9 12 (5.74%) IT Manager
9 12 (5.74%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.78%) Programme Manager
11 10 (4.78%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Technical Project Manager
12 9 (4.31%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.83%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.91%) Middleware
1 4 (1.91%) REST
2 3 (1.44%) ADO
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.44%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.96%) SOAP
3 2 (0.96%) XML
3 2 (0.96%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.48%) .NET
4 1 (0.48%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 66 (31.58%) PMI
2 15 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.31%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.83%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.39%) Life Science
7 4 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.91%) CMDB
8 3 (1.44%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.44%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.96%) Biopharmaceutical
9 2 (0.96%) CCTV
9 2 (0.96%) Derivative
9 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.96%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.96%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.87%) Windows
2 3 (1.44%) Linux
3 2 (0.96%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) AIX
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (63.64%) PRINCE2
2 132 (63.16%) Project Management
3 114 (54.55%) Agile
4 113 (54.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 69 (33.01%) Project Delivery
6 49 (23.44%) Change Management
7 46 (22.01%) Migration
8 42 (20.10%) Decision-Making
9 36 (17.22%) Risk Management
10 35 (16.75%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (15.79%) Scrum
12 32 (15.31%) Programme Management
12 32 (15.31%) Waterfall
13 28 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (11.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (11.96%) Project Governance
14 25 (11.96%) Validation
15 23 (11.00%) DevOps
16 22 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
17 21 (10.05%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (0.96%) 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
1 164 (78.47%) PMP
2 64 (30.62%) Degree
3 18 (8.61%) CBAP
4 13 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.22%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.31%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.83%) CISSP
6 8 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.35%) CISM
8 6 (2.87%) APMP
8 6 (2.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (2.39%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.91%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.91%) CRISC
10 4 (1.91%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.44%) CCNA
11 3 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 2 (0.96%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.79%) PMO
2 28 (13.40%) GDPR
3 27 (12.92%) QA
4 18 (8.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (8.13%) NIST
6 9 (4.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.39%) GxP
8 4 (1.91%) Basel III
8 4 (1.91%) GRC
8 4 (1.91%) P3O
8 4 (1.91%) PCI DSS
9 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.96%) GAAP
10 2 (0.96%) GMP
10 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.96%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.96%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.96%) PSD2
10 2 (0.96%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.48%) PowerHA
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
3 15 (7.18%) Oracle
4 11 (5.26%) Workday
5 10 (4.78%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.83%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.91%) Cisco
7 4 (1.91%) Databricks
8 3 (1.44%) Ariba
8 3 (1.44%) Planview
9 2 (0.96%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.96%) Google
9 2 (0.96%) Informatica
9 2 (0.96%) NEC
9 2 (0.96%) Remedy
9 2 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.96%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.96%) Splunk
9 2 (0.96%) VMware