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 27 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 237 277
Rank change year-on-year +45 +40 +21
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 200 136 129
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 0.92% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.84% 3.52% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 78 74
10th Percentile £390 £417 £354
25th Percentile £448 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +6.19%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £650
90th Percentile £735 £883 £809
England median daily rate £539 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £68.75 £49.14 £60.00
% change year-on-year +39.91% -18.10% -2.04%

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 4,130 3,862 4,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.59% 26.01% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 2,436 2,997
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £774 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 59 92
10th Percentile £20.79 £21.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.99 £39.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.37% -13.33% +4.65%
75th Percentile £62.89 £60.38 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.48
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.30%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 -12 24 £483 -22.80% 62
West London -14 5 £500 -2.44%
South London - 3 £550 - 10
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 21 (10.50%) Confluence
2 7 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.50%) CMS
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.50%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.50%) WebSphere
Applications
1 27 (13.50%) Microsoft Project
2 18 (9.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (4.00%) MS Visio
6 7 (3.50%) Trello
7 2 (1.00%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 11 (5.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.00%) Endur
3 4 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (1.50%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (1.50%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.50%) Workfront
5 2 (1.00%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (1.00%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.00%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.50%) DELMIA
6 1 (0.50%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.50%) Misys Equation
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.50%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.50%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 27 (13.50%) Azure
2 18 (9.00%) Power Platform
3 14 (7.00%) AWS
4 9 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.50%) SaaS
5 7 (3.50%) Smartsheet
6 4 (2.00%) Asana
6 4 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.00%) OpenShift
7 3 (1.50%) Miro
7 3 (1.50%) Snowflake
7 3 (1.50%) SuccessFactors
8 2 (1.00%) Contentsquare
8 2 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.00%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.00%) IaaS
8 2 (1.00%) PaaS
8 2 (1.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.00%) Slack
9 1 (0.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.00%) Network Security
2 5 (2.50%) Firewall
3 4 (2.00%) WAN
4 3 (1.50%) LAN
4 3 (1.50%) VPN
5 2 (1.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.50%) Intranet
6 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.50%) Multicast
6 1 (0.50%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.50%) VLAN
6 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.50%) Power BI
2 5 (2.50%) Tableau
3 4 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.50%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.50%) Metadata
6 1 (0.50%) MySQL
6 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 43 (21.50%) JIRA
General
1 133 (66.50%) Social Skills
2 98 (49.00%) Finance
3 46 (23.00%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (21.50%) Banking
5 17 (8.50%) Legal
6 15 (7.50%) Manufacturing
7 13 (6.50%) Retail
8 11 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (5.00%) Marketing
9 10 (5.00%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (3.50%) Investment Banking
12 6 (3.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.50%) Front Office
14 4 (2.00%) Financial Institution
14 4 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.50%) Aviation
15 3 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.50%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 110 (55.00%) Project Manager
2 31 (15.50%) Analyst
3 28 (14.00%) Business Analyst
4 24 (12.00%) Senior
5 20 (10.00%) Senior Manager
6 17 (8.50%) Lead
7 16 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
8 15 (7.50%) Infrastructure Manager
9 12 (6.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 12 (6.00%) IT Manager
10 11 (5.50%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.50%) Technical Manager
11 9 (4.50%) Transformation Manager
11 9 (4.50%) Transformation Project Manager
12 8 (4.00%) Digital Project Manager
12 8 (4.00%) Programme Manager
12 8 (4.00%) SAP Manager
12 8 (4.00%) SAP Project Manager
12 8 (4.00%) Security Manager
13 7 (3.50%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.00%) XML
2 3 (1.50%) Middleware
3 2 (1.00%) .NET
3 2 (1.00%) ADO
4 1 (0.50%) HTML
4 1 (0.50%) HTML5
4 1 (0.50%) Kafka
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.50%) RESTful
4 1 (0.50%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.50%) Web Services
4 1 (0.50%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 68 (34.00%) PMI
2 18 (9.00%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.00%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.50%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.50%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.50%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.50%) Life Science
8 4 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.00%) Derivative
9 3 (1.50%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.50%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.50%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.00%) Equities
10 2 (1.00%) FMCG
10 2 (1.00%) Graphic Design
10 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.00%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.00%) Linux
1 4 (2.00%) Windows
2 2 (1.00%) Unix
3 1 (0.50%) VMS
3 1 (0.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (66.50%) Agile
2 132 (66.00%) Project Management
3 129 (64.50%) PRINCE2
4 103 (51.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 58 (29.00%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (29.00%) Project Delivery
6 52 (26.00%) Risk Management
7 47 (23.50%) Change Management
8 46 (23.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (21.50%) Waterfall
10 38 (19.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (18.00%) Migration
12 35 (17.50%) Scrum
13 28 (14.00%) Programme Management
14 25 (12.50%) Budget Management
15 24 (12.00%) Decision-Making
15 24 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (10.50%) DevOps
16 21 (10.50%) Resource Allocation
16 21 (10.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.50%) SQL
2 3 (1.50%) Java
3 2 (1.00%) Korn
3 2 (1.00%) Python
4 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.50%) PHP
4 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 144 (72.00%) PMP
2 81 (40.50%) Degree
3 23 (11.50%) CBAP
4 17 (8.50%) Master's Degree
5 10 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 7 (3.50%) CISSP
7 7 (3.50%) SC Cleared
8 6 (3.00%) CISM
9 4 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.00%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.00%) MBA
10 3 (1.50%) APMP
10 3 (1.50%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.00%) CAPM
11 2 (1.00%) CCNA
11 2 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.50%) PMO
2 30 (15.00%) QA
3 15 (7.50%) GDPR
4 7 (3.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (3.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (3.00%) NIST
6 5 (2.50%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.00%) Basel III
7 4 (2.00%) GMP
7 4 (2.00%) GRC
7 4 (2.00%) PSD2
8 3 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.50%) Data Quality
8 3 (1.50%) MiFID
8 3 (1.50%) SLA
9 2 (1.00%) ISO 8583
9 2 (1.00%) P3O
9 2 (1.00%) 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 1 (0.50%) Control-M
Vendors
1 22 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.00%) SAP
3 10 (5.00%) Planview
4 8 (4.00%) Oracle
4 8 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.00%) Adobe
5 6 (3.00%) Workday
6 5 (2.50%) CyberArk
6 5 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.00%) Databricks
8 3 (1.50%) Ariba
8 3 (1.50%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.00%) Google
9 2 (1.00%) Remedy
9 2 (1.00%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.50%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.50%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.50%) Synthesia
10 1 (0.50%) UiPath