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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 234 274
Rank change year-on-year +52 +40 +33
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 206 129 126
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.43% 0.92% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.85% 3.55% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 75 74
10th Percentile £392 £415 £363
25th Percentile £425 £470 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £771 £650
90th Percentile £736 £900 £806
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.88 £30.78 £53.75
% change year-on-year +136.76% -42.73% -2.27%

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 4,245 3,635 4,430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.40% 25.92% 24.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,967 2,264 2,966
10th Percentile £363 £351 £336
25th Percentile £432 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £660
90th Percentile £750 £775 £771
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 59 101
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.45 £18.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -6.25% -0.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

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 17 January 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 17 January 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 -11 27 £463 -25.88% 4
West London -16 4 £500 -2.44% 1
South London - 4 £500 - 2
East London - 1 £495 - 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 20 (9.71%) Confluence
2 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.97%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 22 (10.68%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (4.37%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.43%) Trello
6 2 (0.97%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.91%) Endur
3 5 (2.43%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.46%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.46%) Workfront
5 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 2 (0.97%) DELMIA
5 2 (0.97%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.49%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.49%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.56%) Azure
2 17 (8.25%) AWS
2 17 (8.25%) Power Platform
3 8 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (3.88%) SaaS
4 6 (2.91%) Smartsheet
5 5 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.94%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.46%) Asana
7 3 (1.46%) IaaS
7 3 (1.46%) Miro
7 3 (1.46%) PaaS
7 3 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (0.97%) Contentsquare
8 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.97%) OCI
8 2 (0.97%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (0.97%) Slack
8 2 (0.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.91%) WAN
2 5 (2.43%) LAN
2 5 (2.43%) Network Security
3 3 (1.46%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.97%) Firewall
4 2 (0.97%) VLAN
4 2 (0.97%) VPN
5 1 (0.49%) DNS
5 1 (0.49%) Intranet
5 1 (0.49%) Multicast
5 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.77%) Power BI
2 4 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.94%) Tableau
3 3 (1.46%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.46%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.49%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.49%) MySQL
4 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.49%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (20.87%) JIRA
General
1 137 (66.50%) Social Skills
2 101 (49.03%) Finance
3 47 (22.82%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (21.36%) Banking
5 19 (9.22%) Legal
6 14 (6.80%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.31%) Retail
8 12 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (5.34%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.34%) Public Sector
10 10 (4.85%) Marketing
11 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.40%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.91%) Financial Institution
13 5 (2.43%) Front Office
13 5 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.94%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.46%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 110 (53.40%) Project Manager
2 37 (17.96%) Analyst
3 34 (16.50%) Business Analyst
4 29 (14.08%) Senior
5 24 (11.65%) Lead
6 20 (9.71%) Senior Manager
7 16 (7.77%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (7.28%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (6.31%) IT Manager
9 13 (6.31%) IT Project Manager
10 12 (5.83%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 10 (4.85%) Technical Manager
11 10 (4.85%) Transformation Manager
11 10 (4.85%) Transformation Project Manager
12 9 (4.37%) Programme Manager
13 8 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (3.88%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (3.88%) Security Manager
13 8 (3.88%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (3.40%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.43%) XML
2 4 (1.94%) Middleware
3 2 (0.97%) ADO
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.97%) REST
3 2 (0.97%) SOAP
3 2 (0.97%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.49%) .NET
4 1 (0.49%) EDI
4 1 (0.49%) Kafka
4 1 (0.49%) RESTful
4 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (33.50%) PMI
2 19 (9.22%) Product Ownership
3 15 (7.28%) Management Information System
4 11 (5.34%) Data Centre
4 11 (5.34%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.91%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.94%) Life Science
9 3 (1.46%) Derivative
9 3 (1.46%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.46%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.97%) LIMS
10 2 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.97%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.43%) Linux
1 5 (2.43%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) VMS
3 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (66.02%) Agile
2 133 (64.56%) PRINCE2
2 133 (64.56%) Project Management
3 117 (56.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 68 (33.01%) Project Delivery
5 57 (27.67%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (25.73%) Risk Management
7 48 (23.30%) Change Management
8 43 (20.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (20.39%) Waterfall
10 40 (19.42%) Migration
11 35 (16.99%) Scrum
12 33 (16.02%) Programme Management
13 32 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (12.62%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (11.65%) Budget Management
15 24 (11.65%) Business Analysis
15 24 (11.65%) Decision-Making
16 23 (11.17%) Project Governance
16 23 (11.17%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.83%) SQL
2 3 (1.46%) Java
3 2 (0.97%) Korn
3 2 (0.97%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.49%) PHP
4 1 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 148 (71.84%) PMP
2 85 (41.26%) Degree
3 26 (12.62%) CBAP
4 20 (9.71%) Master's Degree
5 9 (4.37%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.88%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.40%) CISSP
8 6 (2.91%) CISM
9 5 (2.43%) APMP
10 4 (1.94%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.94%) MBA
11 3 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.46%) CCNA
11 3 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.46%) CRISC
11 3 (1.46%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.05%) PMO
2 29 (14.08%) QA
3 20 (9.71%) GDPR
4 11 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (4.85%) NIST
6 9 (4.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (2.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.94%) Basel III
8 4 (1.94%) GRC
8 4 (1.94%) PSD2
9 3 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (1.46%) GMP
10 2 (0.97%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.97%) EMIR
10 2 (0.97%) GAAP
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.97%) ISO 8583
10 2 (0.97%) MiFID
10 2 (0.97%) P3O
10 2 (0.97%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.49%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.49%) PowerHA
1 1 (0.49%) RACF
1 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Control-M
Vendors
1 23 (11.17%) Microsoft
1 23 (11.17%) SAP
2 12 (5.83%) Oracle
3 11 (5.34%) Workday
4 10 (4.85%) Planview
5 8 (3.88%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.43%) Adobe
7 4 (1.94%) Ariba
7 4 (1.94%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.46%) Databricks
8 3 (1.46%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.46%) Remedy
9 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.97%) Cisco
9 2 (0.97%) Google
9 2 (0.97%) Informatica
9 2 (0.97%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.49%) GoldenSource