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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 222 271
Rank change year-on-year +19 +49 +32
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 207 126 119
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 0.99% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.21% 3.89% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 85 68
10th Percentile £400 £413 £384
25th Percentile £422 £475 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% +4.58%
75th Percentile £638 £750 £646
90th Percentile £750 £853 £875
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £86.50 - £23.29
25th Percentile £88.75 - £24.71
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £26.00
75th Percentile £98.75 - £26.50
90th Percentile £99.50 - -
England median hourly rate £83.00 £58.92 £26.00
% change year-on-year +40.88% +126.60% -57.55%

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 4,918 3,240 4,403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.56% 25.43% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,498 2,168 2,959
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £446 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £657
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 66 122
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.93 £20.98
Median hourly rate £37.00 £37.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +4.93% -12.35%
75th Percentile £75.17 £56.19 £61.46
90th Percentile £77.35 £71.13 £83.75
England median hourly rate £29.61 £50.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -40.78% +29.03% -22.50%

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 21 March 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 21 March 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 -6 35 £600 +5.03% 19
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -21 2 £550 +15.79% 3
East London - 2 £495 -
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 14 (6.76%) Confluence
2 9 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.45%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (9.66%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.90%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.45%) Trello
7 2 (0.97%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Endur
2 3 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.97%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.97%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.97%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.97%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.48%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.94%) Azure
2 24 (11.59%) AWS
3 15 (7.25%) Power Platform
4 11 (5.31%) SaaS
5 9 (4.35%) Smartsheet
6 6 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.42%) OpenShift
8 3 (1.45%) Asana
8 3 (1.45%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.45%) IaaS
8 3 (1.45%) PaaS
9 2 (0.97%) Contentsquare
9 2 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.97%) GCP
9 2 (0.97%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.97%) Miro
9 2 (0.97%) OCI
9 2 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.86%) WAN
2 7 (3.38%) LAN
3 6 (2.90%) Network Security
4 3 (1.45%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.97%) Firewall
5 2 (0.97%) VLAN
5 2 (0.97%) VPN
6 1 (0.48%) DNS
6 1 (0.48%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.25%) Power BI
2 4 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.45%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.97%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.48%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.48%) MySQL
5 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.48%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (15.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) Introscope
General
1 122 (58.94%) Social Skills
2 92 (44.44%) Finance
3 47 (22.71%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (18.84%) Banking
5 23 (11.11%) Legal
6 19 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.76%) Retail
8 13 (6.28%) Marketing
9 11 (5.31%) Manufacturing
10 10 (4.83%) Public Sector
11 9 (4.35%) Financial Institution
11 9 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (3.86%) Investment Banking
13 6 (2.90%) Front Office
14 5 (2.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.93%) General Ledger
16 3 (1.45%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 121 (58.45%) Project Manager
2 29 (14.01%) Analyst
3 28 (13.53%) Business Analyst
3 28 (13.53%) Senior
4 19 (9.18%) Lead
5 18 (8.70%) Infrastructure Manager
5 18 (8.70%) Senior Manager
6 16 (7.73%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 15 (7.25%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.76%) Senior Project Manager
9 13 (6.28%) Migration Manager
10 12 (5.80%) Migration Project Manager
11 11 (5.31%) Programme Manager
11 11 (5.31%) Technical Project Manager
12 10 (4.83%) IT Manager
12 10 (4.83%) IT Project Manager
13 9 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
13 9 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
14 8 (3.86%) Security Manager
14 8 (3.86%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.42%) XML
2 4 (1.93%) Middleware
3 3 (1.45%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.97%) ADO
4 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.97%) REST
4 2 (0.97%) SOAP
4 2 (0.97%) XML Messaging
5 1 (0.48%) .NET
5 1 (0.48%) EDI
5 1 (0.48%) RESTful
5 1 (0.48%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 61 (29.47%) PMI
2 15 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.28%) Data Centre
3 13 (6.28%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.86%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.93%) CMDB
6 4 (1.93%) Life Science
7 3 (1.45%) CCTV
7 3 (1.45%) Derivative
7 3 (1.45%) Digital Wallet
7 3 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.97%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.97%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (0.97%) LIMS
8 2 (0.97%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.38%) Windows
2 6 (2.90%) Linux
3 4 (1.93%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) AIX
4 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
4 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (68.12%) PRINCE2
2 137 (66.18%) Project Management
3 136 (65.70%) Agile
4 120 (57.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (36.71%) Project Delivery
6 47 (22.71%) Change Management
7 46 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (21.74%) Risk Management
9 42 (20.29%) Waterfall
10 39 (18.84%) Migration
11 37 (17.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (16.91%) Scrum
13 31 (14.98%) Programme Management
14 30 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (14.01%) Decision-Making
16 27 (13.04%) Project Governance
17 26 (12.56%) Requirements Gathering
18 23 (11.11%) Budget Management
19 22 (10.63%) DevOps
19 22 (10.63%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.35%) SQL
2 3 (1.45%) Korn
3 2 (0.97%) Java
4 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.48%) Jython
4 1 (0.48%) PHP
4 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.48%) Python
4 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (76.33%) PMP
2 68 (32.85%) Degree
3 19 (9.18%) CBAP
4 13 (6.28%) Security Cleared
5 12 (5.80%) Master's Degree
5 12 (5.80%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.35%) CISSP
6 9 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.86%) CISM
8 6 (2.90%) APMP
9 5 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.93%) CRISC
10 4 (1.93%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.45%) CCNA
11 3 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.97%) IIBA
12 2 (0.97%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.46%) PMO
2 28 (13.53%) QA
3 26 (12.56%) GDPR
4 16 (7.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (7.73%) NIST
5 10 (4.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.93%) Basel III
7 3 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.45%) GRC
8 2 (0.97%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.97%) EMIR
8 2 (0.97%) GAAP
8 2 (0.97%) GxP
8 2 (0.97%) IFRS
8 2 (0.97%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.97%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.97%) P3O
8 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.97%) PSD2
8 2 (0.97%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.48%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.48%) RACF
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Control-M
1 2 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.70%) SAP
3 14 (6.76%) CyberArk
3 14 (6.76%) Oracle
4 11 (5.31%) Workday
5 8 (3.86%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.38%) Planview
7 5 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.45%) Ariba
8 3 (1.45%) Cisco
8 3 (1.45%) Databricks
8 3 (1.45%) Google
8 3 (1.45%) HubSpot
8 3 (1.45%) Remedy
8 3 (1.45%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) Adobe
9 2 (0.97%) Okta
9 2 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.97%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.97%) Zscaler