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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 261 294
Rank change year-on-year +63 +33 +24
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 197 127 132
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.40% 0.81% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.99% 3.16% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 68 75
10th Percentile £376 £419 £355
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £696 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £808
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +42.45% -18.10% -11.11%

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 3,948 4,014 4,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.00% 25.56% 23.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 2,557 3,129
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £756 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 54 99
10th Percentile £19.38 £20.15 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.81 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +8.25%
75th Percentile £42.75 £60.56 £65.43
90th Percentile £66.50 £81.76 £83.85
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.83% +19.26%

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 November 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 25 November 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 -6 21 £475 -22.92% 10
West London -5 5 £500 -9.09% 2
South London - 3 £513 - 3
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 22 (11.17%) Confluence
2 8 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.51%) CMS
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (15.74%) Microsoft Project
2 17 (8.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (6.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (3.55%) MS Visio
5 7 (3.55%) Trello
6 1 (0.51%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 12 (6.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.54%) Endur
3 4 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.52%) Workfront
5 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.51%) FLEXCUBE
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 22 (11.17%) Azure
2 13 (6.60%) AWS
2 13 (6.60%) Power Platform
3 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (4.06%) SaaS
3 8 (4.06%) Smartsheet
4 5 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.03%) Asana
6 3 (1.52%) Miro
6 3 (1.52%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.02%) Canva
7 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.02%) IaaS
7 2 (1.02%) PaaS
7 2 (1.02%) Slack
7 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.51%) Contentsquare
8 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.06%) Network Security
2 5 (2.54%) Firewall
3 3 (1.52%) VPN
3 3 (1.52%) WAN
4 2 (1.02%) LAN
4 2 (1.02%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.51%) DHCP
5 1 (0.51%) DNS
5 1 (0.51%) Intranet
5 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.51%) Multicast
5 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Tableau
3 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
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 44 (22.34%) JIRA
General
1 129 (65.48%) Social Skills
2 104 (52.79%) Finance
3 42 (21.32%) Banking
4 40 (20.30%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.11%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (6.60%) Legal
6 13 (6.60%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.58%) Marketing
9 9 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (4.57%) Retail
10 8 (4.06%) Investment Banking
11 6 (3.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.54%) Publishing
13 4 (2.03%) Financial Institution
13 4 (2.03%) Front Office
13 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.52%) Aviation
14 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 102 (51.78%) Project Manager
2 28 (14.21%) Analyst
3 27 (13.71%) Senior
4 24 (12.18%) Business Analyst
5 23 (11.68%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.12%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (7.61%) Lead
8 13 (6.60%) IT Manager
9 12 (6.09%) Infrastructure Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 10 (5.08%) SAP Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Technical Manager
10 10 (5.08%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.57%) IT Project Manager
11 9 (4.57%) SAP Project Manager
11 9 (4.57%) Security Manager
11 9 (4.57%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (4.06%) Digital Project Manager
13 7 (3.55%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) XML
2 2 (1.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.02%) HTML
2 2 (1.02%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) ADO
3 1 (0.51%) HTML5
3 1 (0.51%) Kafka
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (34.01%) PMI
2 15 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.55%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.54%) Life Science
6 5 (2.54%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.52%) Derivative
7 3 (1.52%) Graphic Design
7 3 (1.52%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.02%) FMCG
8 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.02%) LIMS
8 2 (1.02%) Social Media
8 2 (1.02%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.03%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Linux
3 2 (1.02%) Unix
4 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (65.48%) Project Management
2 126 (63.96%) Agile
3 124 (62.94%) PRINCE2
4 92 (46.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (26.40%) Project Delivery
7 50 (25.38%) Change Management
8 47 (23.86%) Risk Management
8 47 (23.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (21.83%) Waterfall
10 41 (20.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 37 (18.78%) Migration
12 32 (16.24%) Scrum
13 28 (14.21%) Programme Management
14 27 (13.71%) Budget Management
15 24 (12.18%) Resource Allocation
16 22 (11.17%) Decision-Making
17 21 (10.66%) Business Analysis
18 20 (10.15%) Computer Science
18 20 (10.15%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.05%) SQL
2 3 (1.52%) Java
3 2 (1.02%) Korn
3 2 (1.02%) Python
4 1 (0.51%) C++
4 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 141 (71.57%) PMP
2 81 (41.12%) Degree
3 19 (9.64%) CBAP
4 15 (7.61%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.05%) CISM
6 6 (3.05%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.54%) CISSP
7 5 (2.54%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.52%) MBA
9 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.02%) CAPM
10 2 (1.02%) CRISC
10 2 (1.02%) IIBA
10 2 (1.02%) ISEB
10 2 (1.02%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.20%) PMO
2 22 (11.17%) QA
3 10 (5.08%) GDPR
4 6 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.03%) GMP
6 4 (2.03%) PSD2
6 4 (2.03%) SLA
7 3 (1.52%) Basel III
7 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.52%) GRC
7 3 (1.52%) MiFID
7 3 (1.52%) NIST
8 2 (1.02%) EMIR
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 8583
8 2 (1.02%) SEPA
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%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 22 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.15%) SAP
3 9 (4.57%) Planview
3 9 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 6 (3.05%) Adobe
4 6 (3.05%) Oracle
5 4 (2.03%) CyberArk
5 4 (2.03%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.52%) Databricks
6 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.52%) Workday
7 2 (1.02%) Ariba
7 2 (1.02%) UiPath
8 1 (0.51%) Calypso
8 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco
8 1 (0.51%) Juniper
8 1 (0.51%) Misys
8 1 (0.51%) Murex
8 1 (0.51%) Temenos