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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 235 274
Rank change year-on-year +33 +39 +19
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 199 124 128
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.33% 0.91% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.57% 3.58% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 82 73
10th Percentile £399 £413 £363
25th Percentile £424 £463 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £763 £650
90th Percentile £750 £900 £825
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 - - £23.29
25th Percentile - - £24.71
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £73.25 £58.92 £26.00
% change year-on-year +24.33% +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 4,352 3,462 4,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.19% 25.37% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,062 2,155 3,066
10th Percentile £358 £350 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £440
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 £775 £763
England median daily rate £520 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.95% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 62 130
10th Percentile £20.04 £21.55 £14.27
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.93 £19.99
Median hourly rate £31.14 £39.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.17% +10.64% +0.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £59.69 £64.31
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -49.70% +8.27% +2.62%

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 8 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 8 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 -16 28 £500 -20.00% 11
West London -16 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 19 (9.55%) Confluence
2 10 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.01%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 21 (10.55%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (5.03%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.01%) Trello
5 2 (1.01%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) Endur
2 4 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.51%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.51%) 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 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.50%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.50%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.50%) Misys Equation
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 31 (15.58%) Azure
2 19 (9.55%) Power Platform
3 18 (9.05%) AWS
4 9 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.52%) SaaS
5 7 (3.52%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.01%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.51%) IaaS
7 3 (1.51%) PaaS
8 2 (1.01%) Asana
8 2 (1.01%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.01%) Google Ads
8 2 (1.01%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.01%) OCI
8 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.01%) Slack
8 2 (1.01%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) WAN
2 6 (3.02%) LAN
3 5 (2.51%) Network Security
4 3 (1.51%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.01%) Firewall
5 2 (1.01%) VLAN
5 2 (1.01%) VPN
6 1 (0.50%) DNS
6 1 (0.50%) Intranet
6 1 (0.50%) Multicast
6 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.05%) Power BI
2 4 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.01%) Tableau
3 3 (1.51%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.50%) MySQL
5 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (19.10%) JIRA
General
1 131 (65.83%) Social Skills
2 96 (48.24%) Finance
3 48 (24.12%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (21.61%) Banking
5 18 (9.05%) Legal
6 14 (7.04%) Retail
7 13 (6.53%) Manufacturing
8 12 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.52%) Public Sector
10 8 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.02%) Marketing
11 7 (3.52%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.51%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.51%) Front Office
13 4 (2.01%) General Ledger
13 4 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 105 (52.76%) Project Manager
2 36 (18.09%) Analyst
3 33 (16.58%) Business Analyst
4 28 (14.07%) Senior
5 24 (12.06%) Lead
6 18 (9.05%) Senior Manager
7 15 (7.54%) Infrastructure Manager
8 14 (7.04%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (6.53%) IT Manager
9 13 (6.53%) IT Project Manager
10 12 (6.03%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 11 (5.53%) Technical Manager
12 10 (5.03%) Programme Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Migration Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Security Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (4.02%) Technical Project Manager
13 8 (4.02%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.51%) XML
2 4 (2.01%) 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 (0.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.50%) EDI
4 1 (0.50%) RESTful
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (30.65%) PMI
2 16 (8.04%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.54%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.53%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.51%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.51%) Derivative
7 3 (1.51%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.51%) Life Science
7 3 (1.51%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.51%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.01%) CCTV
8 2 (1.01%) LIMS
8 2 (1.01%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.51%) Linux
1 5 (2.51%) Windows
2 2 (1.01%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) VMS
3 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (67.34%) Agile
2 132 (66.33%) PRINCE2
3 128 (64.32%) Project Management
4 111 (55.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 63 (31.66%) Project Delivery
6 54 (27.14%) Risk Management
7 51 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (24.12%) Change Management
9 43 (21.61%) Migration
9 43 (21.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (20.10%) Waterfall
11 35 (17.59%) Scrum
12 30 (15.08%) Programme Management
13 28 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (14.07%) Requirements Gathering
14 25 (12.56%) Decision-Making
14 25 (12.56%) Project Governance
15 24 (12.06%) Budget Management
16 22 (11.06%) Business Analysis
16 22 (11.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.03%) SQL
2 3 (1.51%) Java
3 2 (1.01%) Korn
3 2 (1.01%) Python
4 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.50%) PHP
4 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 145 (72.86%) PMP
2 81 (40.70%) Degree
3 25 (12.56%) CBAP
4 19 (9.55%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.52%) Security Cleared
6 8 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.02%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.52%) CISSP
8 6 (3.02%) CISM
9 5 (2.51%) APMP
10 4 (2.01%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.01%) MBA
10 4 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (1.51%) CCNA
11 3 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.51%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.51%) CRISC
11 3 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.01%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.01%) Project+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.08%) QA
2 29 (14.57%) PMO
3 23 (11.56%) GDPR
4 12 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (5.53%) NIST
6 9 (4.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.51%) PCI DSS
8 4 (2.01%) Basel III
8 4 (2.01%) PSD2
9 3 (1.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.51%) GRC
10 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
10 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.01%) GAAP
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS 17
10 2 (1.01%) IFRS 9
10 2 (1.01%) ISO 8583
10 2 (1.01%) MiFID
10 2 (1.01%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.50%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.50%) RACF
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.01%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.55%) SAP
3 12 (6.03%) Oracle
4 11 (5.53%) Workday
5 10 (5.03%) Planview
6 9 (4.52%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.51%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.51%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.51%) Ariba
8 3 (1.51%) Databricks
8 3 (1.51%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.51%) Remedy
9 2 (1.01%) Adobe
9 2 (1.01%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.01%) Cisco
9 2 (1.01%) Google
9 2 (1.01%) Informatica
9 2 (1.01%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) VMware
9 2 (1.01%) Zscaler