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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 193 251
Rank change year-on-year -22 +58 +61
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 258 187 131
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.26% 1.40% 0.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.37% 5.24% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 129 71
10th Percentile £403 £398 £425
25th Percentile £450 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £648 £713 £645
90th Percentile £760 £788 £775
England median daily rate £538 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.52% +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 £67.50 £16.17
% change year-on-year +11.11% +317.44% -73.05%

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 5,910 3,567 4,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.82% 26.66% 25.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,281 2,411 2,581
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £457 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £734 £738 £770
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 83 66
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.99 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £53.00 £25.15 £37.15
Median % change year-on-year +110.74% -32.30% -31.20%
75th Percentile £78.75 £36.88 £57.13
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £75.63
England median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +89.03% -52.10% -2.17%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 59 £560 - 6
West London -16 8 £550 +10.00% 1
East London - 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 21 (8.14%) Confluence
2 9 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.94%) IIS
4 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
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 37 (14.34%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (11.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.71%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.16%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.39%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.39%) Endur
4 1 (0.39%) Maximo
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.39%) Misys Midas
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
4 1 (0.39%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 52 (20.16%) Azure
2 20 (7.75%) AWS
2 20 (7.75%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (6.98%) Power Platform
4 16 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (3.88%) SaaS
6 9 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.49%) Power Automate
7 7 (2.71%) Smartsheet
8 6 (2.33%) GCP
9 5 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.55%) Asana
10 4 (1.55%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.55%) GitHub
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.16%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.16%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.16%) IaaS
11 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.88%) Firewall
2 8 (3.10%) Network Security
3 5 (1.94%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.55%) 4G
4 4 (1.55%) 5G
4 4 (1.55%) LAN
4 4 (1.55%) WAN
5 3 (1.16%) Internet
5 3 (1.16%) VoIP
5 3 (1.16%) 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%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.78%) VLAN
7 1 (0.39%) CTI
7 1 (0.39%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.04%) Power BI
2 8 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.55%) Metadata
4 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.39%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (17.44%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (0.39%) GitLab
2 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 145 (56.20%) Finance
2 129 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.83%) Banking
4 36 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.53%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
7 14 (5.43%) Manufacturing
7 14 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (4.65%) Telecoms
9 11 (4.26%) Legal
9 11 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (3.88%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.49%) Retail
12 8 (3.10%) Marketing
13 6 (2.33%) Front Office
13 6 (2.33%) Law
14 5 (1.94%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.94%) Investment Banking
15 3 (1.16%) Advertising
15 3 (1.16%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 135 (52.33%) Project Manager
2 37 (14.34%) Senior
3 26 (10.08%) IT Manager
3 26 (10.08%) Senior Manager
4 24 (9.30%) Analyst
5 22 (8.53%) IT Project Manager
6 21 (8.14%) Lead
6 21 (8.14%) Technical Manager
7 20 (7.75%) Delivery Manager
8 19 (7.36%) Business Analyst
8 19 (7.36%) Senior Project Manager
9 17 (6.59%) Programme Manager
10 11 (4.26%) Bid Manager
10 11 (4.26%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.88%) Technical Project Manager
11 10 (3.88%) Transformation Manager
12 9 (3.49%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 9 (3.49%) Transformation Project Manager
13 8 (3.10%) Data Manager
13 8 (3.10%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.33%) REST
2 4 (1.55%) SOAP
2 4 (1.55%) Web Services
3 2 (0.78%) ADO
3 2 (0.78%) Middleware
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.34%) PMI
2 21 (8.14%) Product Ownership
3 15 (5.81%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.65%) Operational Technology
4 12 (4.65%) Virtual Team
5 11 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.94%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.94%) Life Science
7 5 (1.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.16%) AS400
8 3 (1.16%) CMDB
8 3 (1.16%) Derivative
8 3 (1.16%) FMCG
8 3 (1.16%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) CCTV
9 2 (0.78%) PKI
9 2 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.26%) Windows
2 2 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (75.58%) PRINCE2
2 180 (69.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 162 (62.79%) Agile
4 146 (56.59%) Project Management
5 98 (37.98%) Project Delivery
6 79 (30.62%) Change Management
7 57 (22.09%) Migration
8 55 (21.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 54 (20.93%) Waterfall
10 53 (20.54%) Scrum
11 51 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (19.38%) Risk Management
13 46 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (17.44%) Budget Management
14 45 (17.44%) Decision-Making
15 41 (15.89%) Roadmaps
16 40 (15.50%) Cybersecurity
16 40 (15.50%) Programme Management
17 34 (13.18%) Project Governance
18 33 (12.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.04%) SQL
2 5 (1.94%) Python
3 3 (1.16%) COBOL
3 3 (1.16%) RPG
4 1 (0.39%) Bash
4 1 (0.39%) C#
4 1 (0.39%) C++
4 1 (0.39%) Java
4 1 (0.39%) Perl
4 1 (0.39%) X++
Qualifications
1 228 (88.37%) PMP
2 88 (34.11%) Degree
3 28 (10.85%) Security Cleared
4 20 (7.75%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.81%) CISSP
5 15 (5.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 12 (4.65%) CISM
7 11 (4.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 10 (3.88%) PgMP
9 8 (3.10%) CBAP
9 8 (3.10%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.71%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.33%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.55%) CAPM
14 3 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.16%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.30%) PMO
2 18 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 17 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (5.04%) GDPR
5 12 (4.65%) NIST
6 9 (3.49%) QA
7 8 (3.10%) GRC
7 8 (3.10%) P3O
7 8 (3.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 6 (2.33%) PCI DSS
8 6 (2.33%) SLA
9 5 (1.94%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.94%) SEPA
10 4 (1.55%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.16%) GMP
11 3 (1.16%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.16%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.78%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.78%) GxP
12 2 (0.78%) ITGC
System Software
1 7 (2.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.55%) 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%) Grafana
2 1 (0.39%) Kibana
2 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.39%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 60 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.98%) ServiceNow
3 15 (5.81%) SAP
4 13 (5.04%) Planview
5 10 (3.88%) Oracle
6 5 (1.94%) Cisco
6 5 (1.94%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.94%) Google
6 5 (1.94%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.94%) VMware
7 4 (1.55%) IBM
7 4 (1.55%) UiPath
8 3 (1.16%) Ariba
8 3 (1.16%) BeyondTrust
8 3 (1.16%) Databricks
8 3 (1.16%) Murex
9 2 (0.78%) Adobe
9 2 (0.78%) Genesys
9 2 (0.78%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.78%) Zscaler