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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 234 265
Rank change year-on-year +26 +31 +26
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 198 125 121
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.30% 0.92% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.47% 3.64% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 81 69
10th Percentile £400 £413 £363
25th Percentile £438 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £768 £650
90th Percentile £750 £900 £835
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £23.29
25th Percentile - - £24.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.38 £58.92 £26.00
% change year-on-year +24.54% +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 4,430 3,433 4,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.20% 25.25% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,123 2,151 2,996
10th Percentile £363 £351 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £774 £763
England median daily rate £521 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.86% -3.58% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 61 127
10th Percentile £19.84 £21.50 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.64 £39.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.19% +11.43% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -47.05% +3.53% +1.96%

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 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 12 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 -14 27 £513 -18.00% 7
West London -17 4 £500 +5.26%
South London - 4 £500 -
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 16 (8.08%) Confluence
2 10 (5.05%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.01%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (10.61%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (4.04%) MS Visio
6 4 (2.02%) Trello
7 2 (1.01%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Endur
1 5 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.02%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.52%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (1.01%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 2 (1.01%) DELMIA
4 2 (1.01%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (1.01%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.01%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.51%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.51%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.15%) Azure
2 19 (9.60%) Power Platform
3 18 (9.09%) AWS
4 9 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.54%) SaaS
5 7 (3.54%) Smartsheet
6 5 (2.53%) OpenShift
7 4 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.52%) IaaS
8 3 (1.52%) PaaS
9 2 (1.01%) Asana
9 2 (1.01%) Contentsquare
9 2 (1.01%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.01%) Miro
9 2 (1.01%) OCI
9 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Slack
9 2 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.04%) WAN
2 7 (3.54%) LAN
3 5 (2.53%) Network Security
4 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.01%) Firewall
5 2 (1.01%) VLAN
5 2 (1.01%) 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 (9.09%) Power BI
2 4 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.02%) Tableau
3 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.51%) MySQL
5 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (17.68%) JIRA
General
1 130 (65.66%) Social Skills
2 95 (47.98%) Finance
3 46 (23.23%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (20.20%) Banking
5 17 (8.59%) Legal
6 15 (7.58%) Retail
7 13 (6.57%) Manufacturing
8 12 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.55%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.04%) Marketing
11 7 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.54%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.53%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.53%) Front Office
13 4 (2.02%) General Ledger
13 4 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 107 (54.04%) Project Manager
2 34 (17.17%) Analyst
3 31 (15.66%) Business Analyst
4 28 (14.14%) Senior
5 23 (11.62%) Lead
6 18 (9.09%) Senior Manager
7 16 (8.08%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (7.58%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (6.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 13 (6.57%) IT Manager
9 13 (6.57%) IT Project Manager
10 12 (6.06%) Technical Manager
11 10 (5.05%) Programme Manager
12 9 (4.55%) Technical Project Manager
13 8 (4.04%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (4.04%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (4.04%) Migration Manager
13 8 (4.04%) Security Manager
13 8 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (3.54%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.53%) XML
2 4 (2.02%) Middleware
3 2 (1.01%) ADO
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.01%) REST
3 2 (1.01%) SOAP
3 2 (1.01%) 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 57 (28.79%) PMI
2 15 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 14 (7.07%) Product Ownership
4 11 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.55%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.54%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.53%) 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 (1.01%) FMCG
9 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.01%) LIMS
9 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.53%) Linux
1 5 (2.53%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Unix
3 1 (0.51%) VMS
3 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (68.18%) PRINCE2
2 133 (67.17%) Agile
3 128 (64.65%) Project Management
4 110 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 62 (31.31%) Project Delivery
6 52 (26.26%) Risk Management
7 49 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (23.74%) Change Management
9 43 (21.72%) Migration
10 42 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 38 (19.19%) Waterfall
12 34 (17.17%) Scrum
13 31 (15.66%) Programme Management
14 27 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (13.13%) Requirements Gathering
16 25 (12.63%) Project Governance
17 24 (12.12%) Decision-Making
18 23 (11.62%) Budget Management
19 22 (11.11%) Business Analysis
19 22 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.06%) SQL
2 2 (1.01%) Java
2 2 (1.01%) Korn
3 1 (0.51%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.51%) PHP
3 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 147 (74.24%) PMP
2 79 (39.90%) Degree
3 23 (11.62%) CBAP
4 18 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.55%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.04%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.54%) CISSP
8 6 (3.03%) CISM
9 5 (2.53%) APMP
10 4 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.02%) 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
11 3 (1.52%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.52%) MBA
12 2 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.65%) PMO
2 28 (14.14%) QA
3 23 (11.62%) GDPR
4 12 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (5.56%) NIST
6 9 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.53%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.02%) Basel III
9 3 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.52%) GRC
10 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.01%) EMIR
10 2 (1.01%) GAAP
10 2 (1.01%) GMP
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS 17
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS 9
10 2 (1.01%) MiFID
10 2 (1.01%) P3O
10 2 (1.01%) PSD2
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 (1.01%) Control-M
Vendors
1 20 (10.10%) Microsoft
1 20 (10.10%) SAP
2 12 (6.06%) Oracle
3 11 (5.56%) Workday
4 9 (4.55%) CyberArk
4 9 (4.55%) Planview
5 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.52%) Ariba
6 3 (1.52%) Databricks
6 3 (1.52%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.52%) Remedy
7 2 (1.01%) Adobe
7 2 (1.01%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.01%) Cisco
7 2 (1.01%) Google
7 2 (1.01%) Informatica
7 2 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) VMware
7 2 (1.01%) Zscaler