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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 245 286
Rank change year-on-year +49 +41 +35
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 197 128 134
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 0.81% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.98% 3.21% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 69 75
10th Percentile £379 £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 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £838 £796
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 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -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 3,954 3,993 4,637
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.92% 25.41% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 2,548 3,128
10th Percentile £353 £350 £350
25th Percentile £431 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £755 £775
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.24% -4.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 57 103
10th Percentile £19.33 £20.30 £19.30
25th Percentile - £30.00 £24.61
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -29.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £42.09 £60.75 £67.75
90th Percentile £66.02 £80.32 £86.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%

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 21 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 21 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 -9 21 £475 -21.81% 52
West London -6 5 £500 -9.09% 6
South London - 3 £513 - 7
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 10 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.51%) CMS
4 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (16.24%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (9.14%) 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
2 5 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.52%) SAP IBP
3 3 (1.52%) Workfront
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.02%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.51%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (0.51%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.66%) Azure
2 13 (6.60%) Power Platform
3 11 (5.58%) AWS
4 9 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.06%) Smartsheet
6 7 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (3.55%) SaaS
7 4 (2.03%) Asana
8 3 (1.52%) Miro
8 3 (1.52%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.52%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.02%) Canva
9 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.02%) Slack
9 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
10 1 (0.51%) Contentsquare
10 1 (0.51%) GitHub
10 1 (0.51%) IaaS
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.55%) Network Security
2 4 (2.03%) Firewall
3 2 (1.02%) DNS
3 2 (1.02%) LAN
3 2 (1.02%) VPN
3 2 (1.02%) WAN
4 1 (0.51%) DHCP
4 1 (0.51%) Intranet
4 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.51%) Multicast
4 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Tableau
3 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
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
Development Applications
1 45 (22.84%) JIRA
General
1 129 (65.48%) Social Skills
2 105 (53.30%) Finance
3 42 (21.32%) Banking
4 38 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.11%) Legal
5 14 (7.11%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (6.60%) Manufacturing
7 12 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (5.58%) Marketing
9 9 (4.57%) Retail
10 8 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
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%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Aviation
14 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (52.28%) Project Manager
2 28 (14.21%) Analyst
3 26 (13.20%) Senior
4 24 (12.18%) Business Analyst
5 22 (11.17%) Senior Manager
6 16 (8.12%) Lead
7 15 (7.61%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (6.09%) Infrastructure Manager
8 12 (6.09%) IT Manager
9 10 (5.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 10 (5.08%) SAP Manager
9 10 (5.08%) Transformation Manager
10 9 (4.57%) Delivery Manager
10 9 (4.57%) SAP Project Manager
10 9 (4.57%) Security Manager
10 9 (4.57%) Technical Manager
10 9 (4.57%) Transformation Project Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Digital Project Manager
11 8 (4.06%) IT Project Manager
12 7 (3.55%) Banking Project 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 66 (33.50%) PMI
2 15 (7.61%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.05%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.54%) Life Science
8 4 (2.03%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.52%) Derivative
9 3 (1.52%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.02%) FMCG
10 2 (1.02%) Learning Management System
10 2 (1.02%) LIMS
10 2 (1.02%) Social Media
10 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
1 128 (64.97%) Project Management
2 126 (63.96%) Agile
3 124 (62.94%) PRINCE2
4 94 (47.72%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (26.90%) Project Delivery
7 49 (24.87%) Change Management
8 48 (24.37%) Risk Management
9 46 (23.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (22.34%) Waterfall
11 40 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
12 36 (18.27%) Migration
13 32 (16.24%) Scrum
14 29 (14.72%) Programme Management
15 27 (13.71%) Budget Management
16 25 (12.69%) Resource Allocation
17 21 (10.66%) Business Analysis
17 21 (10.66%) Decision-Making
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
1 142 (72.08%) PMP
2 80 (40.61%) Degree
3 19 (9.64%) CBAP
4 15 (7.61%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.55%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.05%) CISM
7 6 (3.05%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.54%) CISSP
9 4 (2.03%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.52%) MBA
11 2 (1.02%) CAPM
11 2 (1.02%) CRISC
11 2 (1.02%) IIBA
11 2 (1.02%) ISEB
11 2 (1.02%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.18%) PMO
2 21 (10.66%) QA
3 9 (4.57%) GDPR
4 6 (3.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (2.54%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.03%) GMP
6 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
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
8 2 (1.02%) EMIR
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 20022
8 2 (1.02%) ISO 8583
8 2 (1.02%) NIST
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 24 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.66%) SAP
3 9 (4.57%) Planview
3 9 (4.57%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.55%) Oracle
5 6 (3.05%) Adobe
6 4 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.52%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.52%) Databricks
7 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
7 3 (1.52%) Workday
8 2 (1.02%) Ariba
8 2 (1.02%) UiPath
9 1 (0.51%) Calypso
9 1 (0.51%) Misys
9 1 (0.51%) Murex
9 1 (0.51%) NEC
9 1 (0.51%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.51%) Remedy
9 1 (0.51%) Temenos