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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 186 290
Rank change year-on-year -51 +104 +57
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 204 175 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.36% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.82% 5.26% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 115 61
10th Percentile £413 £344 £394
25th Percentile £425 £453 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.12%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £638
90th Percentile £754 £787 £775
England median daily rate £540 £530 £538
% change year-on-year +1.89% -1.40% +0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £52.93 - £23.29
25th Percentile £55.06 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £73.75 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% +169.23% -
75th Percentile £96.25 - £26.50
90th Percentile £98.50 - -
England median hourly rate £83.50 £70.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +19.29% +169.23% -30.67%

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 5,335 3,328 4,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.70% 25.95% 23.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,851 2,233 2,826
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £436 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £638 £661 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 75 109
10th Percentile £19.09 £18.32 £15.19
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.83 £20.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.32 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +105.17% +3.22% -52.78%
75th Percentile £73.75 £51.08 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £66.73 £68.15
England median hourly rate £52.50 £28.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +83.57% -32.71% -22.73%

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 30 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PMI Certification in London over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for PMI Certification in London

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 30 June 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 42 £734 +43.22% 6
West London -18 3 £550 +15.79% 3
South London -5 1 £500 +17.65%
East London - 1 - - 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 13 (6.37%) Confluence
2 11 (5.39%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.98%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.49%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.49%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.49%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.98%) Trello
6 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.49%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.98%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.98%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.49%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.49%) Endur
4 1 (0.49%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.49%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.49%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.49%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 37 (18.14%) Azure
2 22 (10.78%) AWS
3 21 (10.29%) SaaS
4 14 (6.86%) Smartsheet
5 12 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.96%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.96%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.47%) Asana
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.98%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.98%) GCP
10 2 (0.98%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.98%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.49%) IaaS
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.45%) HTTPS
1 5 (2.45%) LAN
1 5 (2.45%) WAN
2 4 (1.96%) Firewall
3 3 (1.47%) 4G
3 3 (1.47%) 5G
3 3 (1.47%) Network Security
3 3 (1.47%) VLAN
3 3 (1.47%) VoLTE
4 2 (0.98%) Internet
5 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.92%) Power BI
2 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.49%) Metadata
3 1 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (12.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.49%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.49%) Git
2 1 (0.49%) GitLab
2 1 (0.49%) Introscope
2 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 86 (42.16%) Finance
3 27 (13.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.27%) Marketing
5 22 (10.78%) Banking
6 12 (5.88%) Legal
6 12 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (5.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (4.41%) Retail
9 8 (3.92%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.43%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.94%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.45%) German Language
12 5 (2.45%) Law
12 5 (2.45%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.96%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.96%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.47%) Advertising
14 3 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 115 (56.37%) Project Manager
2 24 (11.76%) Senior
3 19 (9.31%) Analyst
4 17 (8.33%) Business Analyst
5 15 (7.35%) Senior Manager
5 15 (7.35%) Technical Manager
6 14 (6.86%) Lead
7 13 (6.37%) Delivery Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Infrastructure Manager
7 13 (6.37%) Technical Project Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Migration Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Migration Project Manager
8 12 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
9 11 (5.39%) Programme Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.41%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (3.92%) IT Manager
12 8 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
12 8 (3.92%) Sales Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) REST
2 4 (1.96%) Middleware
3 3 (1.47%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.98%) ADO
4 2 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.49%) EDI
5 1 (0.49%) SOAP
5 1 (0.49%) XML
5 1 (0.49%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (26.47%) PMI
2 11 (5.39%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.43%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.94%) Life Science
4 6 (2.94%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.45%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.96%) CMDB
7 3 (1.47%) AI Agents
7 3 (1.47%) CCTV
7 3 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.47%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.98%) AS400
8 2 (0.98%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.98%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.98%) FMCG
8 2 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Linux
2 2 (0.98%) Unix
3 1 (0.49%) AIX
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (65.69%) PRINCE2
2 122 (59.80%) Project Management
3 118 (57.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 108 (52.94%) Agile
5 72 (35.29%) Project Delivery
6 60 (29.41%) Change Management
7 45 (22.06%) Decision-Making
7 45 (22.06%) Migration
8 34 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 34 (16.67%) Programme Management
9 33 (16.18%) Waterfall
10 29 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (13.73%) Risk Management
11 28 (13.73%) Scrum
11 28 (13.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 26 (12.75%) DevOps
12 26 (12.75%) ITIL
13 24 (11.76%) Matrix Organization
13 24 (11.76%) Project Governance
14 23 (11.27%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.43%) SQL
2 2 (0.98%) COBOL
2 2 (0.98%) RPG
3 1 (0.49%) Java
3 1 (0.49%) Jython
3 1 (0.49%) Korn
3 1 (0.49%) Python
3 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 169 (82.84%) PMP
2 59 (28.92%) Degree
3 16 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 13 (6.37%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.39%) CBAP
5 11 (5.39%) CISSP
6 8 (3.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (3.43%) CISM
8 6 (2.94%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.94%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.94%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.96%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.96%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.47%) APMP
10 3 (1.47%) CAPM
10 3 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.98%) CISA
11 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.75%) PMO
2 21 (10.29%) GDPR
3 17 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (7.84%) QA
5 13 (6.37%) NIST
6 9 (4.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (3.43%) GRC
8 6 (2.94%) Data Quality
9 5 (2.45%) GxP
9 5 (2.45%) HIPAA
9 5 (2.45%) PCI DSS
10 4 (1.96%) P3O
11 3 (1.47%) GMP
11 3 (1.47%) SLA
11 3 (1.47%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.98%) SEPA
13 1 (0.49%) Basel III
13 1 (0.49%) GAAP
13 1 (0.49%) UCITS
System Software
1 5 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.98%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.49%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.49%) Control-M
2 1 (0.49%) Puppet
2 1 (0.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.86%) SAP
3 12 (5.88%) Oracle
3 12 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 10 (4.90%) CyberArk
5 8 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.45%) Workday
7 4 (1.96%) VMware
8 3 (1.47%) Cisco
8 3 (1.47%) Databricks
8 3 (1.47%) Planview
9 2 (0.98%) IBM
9 2 (0.98%) Murex
9 2 (0.98%) NEC
9 2 (0.98%) Okta
9 2 (0.98%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.98%) Splunk
10 1 (0.49%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.49%) Qualys
10 1 (0.49%) Varonis