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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 207 272
Rank change year-on-year -1 +65 +42
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 215 141 123
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 1.11% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.27% 4.37% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 91 70
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £422 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £645
90th Percentile £750 £838 £853
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
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 £82.50 £67.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +159.62% -55.93%

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 5,038 3,224 4,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.08% 25.49% 24.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,602 2,183 2,919
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £658
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 58 119
10th Percentile £20.71 £20.88 £14.21
25th Percentile £25.22 £23.79 £20.74
Median hourly rate £37.58 £37.25 £26.24
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +41.96% -38.98%
75th Percentile £76.58 £58.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.88 £79.65
England median hourly rate £43.00 £50.00 £39.44
% change year-on-year -14.00% +26.79% -23.43%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 37 £725 +35.51% 16
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -25 2 £550 +15.79% 3
East London - 2 £495 -
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 14 (6.51%) Confluence
2 12 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.40%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.47%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.47%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.79%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.93%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Endur
2 3 (1.40%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.93%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.47%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 35 (16.28%) Azure
2 25 (11.63%) AWS
3 20 (9.30%) SaaS
4 13 (6.05%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.05%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.26%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.33%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.86%) Asana
9 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.40%) IaaS
9 3 (1.40%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.40%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) GCP
10 2 (0.93%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.93%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) Slack
10 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.26%) WAN
2 6 (2.79%) LAN
2 6 (2.79%) Network Security
3 3 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.93%) Firewall
4 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.93%) VLAN
4 2 (0.93%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.05%) Power BI
2 4 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.40%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.93%) Tableau
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.47%) MySQL
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (13.95%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Introscope
General
1 116 (53.95%) Social Skills
2 85 (39.53%) Finance
3 43 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.81%) Banking
5 22 (10.23%) Legal
6 21 (9.77%) Marketing
7 18 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (6.51%) Retail
9 11 (5.12%) Manufacturing
9 11 (5.12%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.19%) Financial Institution
10 9 (4.19%) Public Sector
11 8 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.79%) Investment Banking
13 5 (2.33%) Front Office
14 4 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.40%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.40%) Law
15 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (54.88%) Project Manager
2 28 (13.02%) Analyst
3 27 (12.56%) Business Analyst
4 25 (11.63%) Senior
5 19 (8.84%) Lead
6 17 (7.91%) Infrastructure Manager
7 16 (7.44%) Senior Manager
8 15 (6.98%) Migration Manager
8 15 (6.98%) Technical Manager
9 14 (6.51%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 14 (6.51%) Migration Project Manager
10 13 (6.05%) Senior Project Manager
11 11 (5.12%) IT Manager
11 11 (5.12%) IT Project Manager
11 11 (5.12%) Technical Project Manager
12 10 (4.65%) Security Manager
13 9 (4.19%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (4.19%) Programme Manager
14 8 (3.72%) Lead Project Manager
14 8 (3.72%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.86%) Middleware
1 4 (1.86%) XML
2 3 (1.40%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.93%) ADO
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.93%) REST
3 2 (0.93%) SOAP
3 2 (0.93%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) EDI
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (31.63%) PMI
2 14 (6.51%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.05%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.72%) Virtual Team
6 7 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.86%) CMDB
8 4 (1.86%) Life Science
9 3 (1.40%) CCTV
9 3 (1.40%) Derivative
9 3 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.93%) LIMS
10 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.33%) Windows
2 4 (1.86%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) AIX
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (67.44%) Project Management
2 137 (63.72%) PRINCE2
3 125 (58.14%) Agile
4 117 (54.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (33.95%) Project Delivery
6 49 (22.79%) Change Management
7 40 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (18.60%) Risk Management
8 38 (17.67%) Migration
8 38 (17.67%) Scrum
9 36 (16.74%) Waterfall
10 34 (15.81%) Decision-Making
11 30 (13.95%) Programme Management
12 28 (13.02%) Project Governance
12 28 (13.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (10.70%) Requirements Gathering
15 22 (10.23%) Budget Management
15 22 (10.23%) Validation
16 21 (9.77%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.19%) SQL
2 2 (0.93%) Java
3 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.47%) Jython
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
3 1 (0.47%) PHP
3 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.47%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 166 (77.21%) PMP
2 65 (30.23%) Degree
3 19 (8.84%) CBAP
4 14 (6.51%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.51%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.12%) Master's Degree
6 9 (4.19%) CISSP
6 9 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.72%) CISM
8 6 (2.79%) APMP
9 5 (2.33%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.86%) CRISC
10 4 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.40%) CCNA
11 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.81%) PMO
2 28 (13.02%) GDPR
3 27 (12.56%) QA
4 18 (8.37%) NIST
5 17 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.86%) Basel III
8 3 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (1.40%) GxP
8 3 (1.40%) P3O
9 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.93%) GAAP
9 2 (0.93%) GRC
9 2 (0.93%) IFRS
9 2 (0.93%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.93%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.93%) ISO 8583
9 2 (0.93%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.93%) PSD2
9 2 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.47%) RACF
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Control-M
1 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.47%) Puppet
2 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 26 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.91%) SAP
3 15 (6.98%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.51%) Oracle
5 11 (5.12%) Workday
6 10 (4.65%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.33%) Planview
9 4 (1.86%) Cisco
10 3 (1.40%) Ariba
10 3 (1.40%) Databricks
10 3 (1.40%) Google
10 3 (1.40%) Remedy
11 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.93%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.93%) Informatica
11 2 (0.93%) Okta
11 2 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.93%) Splunk
11 2 (0.93%) Zscaler