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 18 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 234 283
Rank change year-on-year +27 +49 +28
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 197 126 118
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.27% 0.93% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.32% 3.69% 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 81 68
10th Percentile £400 £413 £363
25th Percentile £425 £475 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.49%
75th Percentile £638 £768 £650
90th Percentile £750 £900 £840
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +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 £80.00 £58.92 £26.00
% change year-on-year +35.79% +126.60% -52.73%

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 4,556 3,415 4,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.33% 25.32% 24.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,236 2,140 2,979
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £769
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 60 129
10th Percentile £19.94 £21.48 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +7.75% -11.25%
75th Percentile £65.88 £56.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.88 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.07% -0.09%

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 18 February 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 18 February 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 -21 27 £513 -18.65% 8
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -24 2 £500 +5.26%
East London - 2 £495 - 2
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 15 (7.61%) Confluence
2 9 (4.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.02%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (4.06%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.52%) Trello
7 2 (1.02%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Endur
2 4 (2.03%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.02%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (1.02%) DELMIA
4 2 (1.02%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.02%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.51%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.51%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.21%) Azure
2 19 (9.64%) Power Platform
3 17 (8.63%) AWS
4 8 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.55%) Smartsheet
6 6 (3.05%) SaaS
7 5 (2.54%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.52%) IaaS
8 3 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.52%) PaaS
9 2 (1.02%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.02%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.02%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.02%) Miro
9 2 (1.02%) OCI
9 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Slack
9 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.06%) WAN
2 7 (3.55%) LAN
3 5 (2.54%) Network Security
4 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.02%) Firewall
5 2 (1.02%) VLAN
5 2 (1.02%) VPN
6 1 (0.51%) DNS
6 1 (0.51%) Intranet
6 1 (0.51%) Multicast
6 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.14%) Power BI
2 4 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.03%) Tableau
3 2 (1.02%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (16.75%) JIRA
General
1 128 (64.97%) Social Skills
2 95 (48.22%) Finance
3 45 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (20.81%) Banking
5 19 (9.64%) Legal
6 14 (7.11%) Retail
7 13 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (6.09%) Manufacturing
9 9 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.57%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.06%) Investment Banking
10 8 (4.06%) Marketing
11 7 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.54%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.54%) Front Office
13 4 (2.03%) General Ledger
13 4 (2.03%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Retail Finance
14 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (53.81%) Project Manager
2 34 (17.26%) Analyst
3 31 (15.74%) Business Analyst
4 27 (13.71%) Senior
5 22 (11.17%) Lead
6 17 (8.63%) Infrastructure Manager
6 17 (8.63%) Senior Manager
7 14 (7.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 14 (7.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 13 (6.60%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.60%) IT Project Manager
9 11 (5.58%) Technical Manager
10 9 (4.57%) Programme Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Lead Project Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Migration Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Security Manager
11 8 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (4.06%) Technical Project Manager
12 7 (3.55%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.54%) XML
2 3 (1.52%) Middleware
3 2 (1.02%) ADO
3 2 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.02%) REST
3 2 (1.02%) SOAP
3 2 (1.02%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.51%) .NET
4 1 (0.51%) EDI
4 1 (0.51%) RESTful
4 1 (0.51%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (29.95%) PMI
2 16 (8.12%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.11%) Product Ownership
4 12 (6.09%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.57%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.55%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.52%) CCTV
8 3 (1.52%) Derivative
8 3 (1.52%) Digital Wallet
8 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.52%) Life Science
8 3 (1.52%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.02%) CMDB
9 2 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.02%) LIMS
9 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.54%) Linux
1 5 (2.54%) Windows
2 2 (1.02%) Unix
3 1 (0.51%) VMS
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (68.53%) PRINCE2
2 131 (66.50%) Agile
3 126 (63.96%) Project Management
4 110 (55.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (30.96%) Project Delivery
6 49 (24.87%) Change Management
6 49 (24.87%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (24.87%) Risk Management
7 40 (20.30%) Migration
7 40 (20.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 38 (19.29%) Waterfall
9 33 (16.75%) Scrum
10 31 (15.74%) Programme Management
11 28 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (13.20%) Requirements Gathering
13 25 (12.69%) Decision-Making
13 25 (12.69%) Project Governance
14 22 (11.17%) Business Analysis
14 22 (11.17%) Business Intelligence
14 22 (11.17%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.58%) SQL
2 2 (1.02%) Java
2 2 (1.02%) Korn
3 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.51%) PHP
3 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 145 (73.60%) PMP
2 76 (38.58%) Degree
3 23 (11.68%) CBAP
4 17 (8.63%) Master's Degree
5 11 (5.58%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.05%) CISM
8 6 (3.05%) CISSP
9 5 (2.54%) APMP
10 4 (2.03%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.52%) CAPM
11 3 (1.52%) CCNA
11 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.52%) CRISC
12 2 (1.02%) IIBA
12 2 (1.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.72%) PMO
2 28 (14.21%) QA
3 22 (11.17%) GDPR
4 12 (6.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (5.58%) NIST
6 8 (4.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.54%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.03%) Basel III
9 3 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.52%) GRC
10 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.02%) EMIR
10 2 (1.02%) GAAP
10 2 (1.02%) GMP
10 2 (1.02%) IFRS
10 2 (1.02%) IFRS 17
10 2 (1.02%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.02%) MiFID
10 2 (1.02%) P3O
10 2 (1.02%) WCAG
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%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) Control-M
Vendors
1 20 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.64%) SAP
3 12 (6.09%) Oracle
4 11 (5.58%) Workday
5 9 (4.57%) CyberArk
5 9 (4.57%) Planview
6 6 (3.05%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.54%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.52%) Ariba
8 3 (1.52%) Databricks
8 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.52%) Remedy
9 2 (1.02%) Adobe
9 2 (1.02%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.02%) Cisco
9 2 (1.02%) Google
9 2 (1.02%) Informatica
9 2 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) VMware
9 2 (1.02%) Zscaler