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 24 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 175 259
Rank change year-on-year -39 +84 +58
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 261 200 130
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.28% 1.48% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.53% 5.59% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 131 67
10th Percentile £406 £363 £425
25th Percentile £440 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £639 £713 £645
90th Percentile £761 £788 £743
England median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - -
75th Percentile £58.44 £67.50 -
90th Percentile £59.75 £69.00 -
England median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £16.17
% change year-on-year +15.38% +301.98% -71.88%

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 5,760 3,581 3,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.29% 26.57% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,159 2,406 2,565
10th Percentile £371 £358 £350
25th Percentile £457 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £650
90th Percentile £732 £738 £766
England median daily rate £530 £525 £535
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 80 59
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.08
25th Percentile £26.25 - £24.17
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -28.14% -26.32%
75th Percentile £85.00 £35.94 £56.75
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £72.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £54.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -53.43% +0.24%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 0 59 £600 +13.21% 29
West London -19 7 £500 -1.23% 5
East London - 1 - - 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 18 (6.90%) Confluence
2 12 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.92%) IIS
5 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.38%) Apache
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.38%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 32 (12.26%) Microsoft Project
2 26 (9.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.75%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (3.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.38%) Trello
6 1 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 5 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.15%) Changepoint
3 2 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.77%) Endur
4 1 (0.38%) DELMIA
4 1 (0.38%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.38%) ENOVIA
4 1 (0.38%) Maximo
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.38%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.38%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.38%) Orchestrade
4 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 46 (17.62%) Azure
2 19 (7.28%) AWS
2 19 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (7.28%) SaaS
3 18 (6.90%) Power Platform
4 13 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.60%) Smartsheet
6 10 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.45%) Power Automate
8 6 (2.30%) GCP
9 5 (1.92%) Asana
9 5 (1.92%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.53%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.53%) GitHub
10 4 (1.53%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.77%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.77%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (0.77%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.83%) Firewall
2 7 (2.68%) Network Security
3 5 (1.92%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.53%) 4G
4 4 (1.53%) 5G
4 4 (1.53%) LAN
4 4 (1.53%) WAN
5 3 (1.15%) Internet
5 3 (1.15%) VoLTE
6 2 (0.77%) BGP
6 2 (0.77%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (0.77%) NAS
6 2 (0.77%) SAN
6 2 (0.77%) SSL
6 2 (0.77%) VLAN
7 1 (0.38%) DNS
7 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.38%) VoIP
7 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.98%) Power BI
2 8 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.15%) Metadata
4 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.38%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (14.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (0.38%) GitLab
2 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 137 (52.49%) Finance
2 125 (47.89%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.62%) Banking
4 35 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.43%) Influencing Skills
6 17 (6.51%) Marketing
6 17 (6.51%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.60%) Manufacturing
7 12 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (4.21%) Pharmaceutical
9 10 (3.83%) Legal
9 10 (3.83%) Retail
9 10 (3.83%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.07%) Law
10 8 (3.07%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.92%) Front Office
11 5 (1.92%) German Language
11 5 (1.92%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.53%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.53%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 132 (50.57%) Project Manager
2 33 (12.64%) Senior
3 23 (8.81%) Analyst
3 23 (8.81%) Senior Manager
4 22 (8.43%) IT Manager
5 21 (8.05%) Lead
6 20 (7.66%) Technical Manager
7 19 (7.28%) Business Analyst
7 19 (7.28%) IT Project Manager
8 18 (6.90%) Delivery Manager
9 17 (6.51%) Programme Manager
9 17 (6.51%) Senior Project Manager
10 12 (4.60%) Infrastructure Manager
11 11 (4.21%) Transformation Manager
12 10 (3.83%) Bid Manager
12 10 (3.83%) Technical Project Manager
12 10 (3.83%) Transformation Project Manager
13 9 (3.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 8 (3.07%) Business Manager
15 7 (2.68%) Programme Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.30%) REST
2 4 (1.53%) SOAP
2 4 (1.53%) Web Services
3 2 (0.77%) Middleware
4 1 (0.38%) ADO
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 49 (18.77%) PMI
2 21 (8.05%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.36%) Onboarding
4 13 (4.98%) Data Centre
5 11 (4.21%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.83%) Operational Technology
7 9 (3.45%) Virtual Team
8 8 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.30%) Life Science
10 5 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.53%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.15%) AS400
12 3 (1.15%) CMDB
12 3 (1.15%) FMCG
12 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.77%) CCTV
13 2 (0.77%) Derivative
13 2 (0.77%) Mainframe
13 2 (0.77%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.83%) Windows
2 2 (0.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (73.95%) PRINCE2
2 170 (65.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 153 (58.62%) Agile
4 150 (57.47%) Project Management
5 87 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 81 (31.03%) Change Management
7 58 (22.22%) Migration
8 52 (19.92%) Decision-Making
9 50 (19.16%) Scrum
10 48 (18.39%) Waterfall
11 47 (18.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (18.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 44 (16.86%) Budget Management
13 42 (16.09%) Roadmaps
14 41 (15.71%) Programme Management
15 40 (15.33%) Risk Management
16 39 (14.94%) Problem-Solving
17 37 (14.18%) Cybersecurity
18 34 (13.03%) ITIL
19 32 (12.26%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.60%) SQL
2 4 (1.53%) Python
3 3 (1.15%) COBOL
3 3 (1.15%) RPG
4 1 (0.38%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) X++
Qualifications
1 227 (86.97%) PMP
2 82 (31.42%) Degree
3 30 (11.49%) Security Cleared
4 22 (8.43%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.98%) CISSP
5 13 (4.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 11 (4.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 10 (3.83%) CISM
8 9 (3.45%) CBAP
9 8 (3.07%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.68%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.30%) CTC Cleared
11 6 (2.30%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.92%) CAPM
12 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.15%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.11%) PMO
2 17 (6.51%) Data Quality
2 17 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.75%) GDPR
4 12 (4.60%) NIST
5 10 (3.83%) P3O
6 9 (3.45%) QA
6 9 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (3.07%) GRC
8 6 (2.30%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.92%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.92%) SEPA
9 5 (1.92%) SLA
10 4 (1.53%) SOC 2
11 3 (1.15%) GMP
11 3 (1.15%) GxP
11 3 (1.15%) ISO 20022
11 3 (1.15%) TARGET2
12 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.77%) ITGC
System Software
1 7 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.77%) RSA Archer
1 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.38%) Kibana
2 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 54 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.28%) ServiceNow
3 13 (4.98%) Planview
4 11 (4.21%) SAP
5 8 (3.07%) Oracle
6 6 (2.30%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.92%) VMware
8 4 (1.53%) Cisco
8 4 (1.53%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.53%) Databricks
8 4 (1.53%) Google
8 4 (1.53%) IBM
8 4 (1.53%) UiPath
9 3 (1.15%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (1.15%) Murex
10 2 (0.77%) Charles River
10 2 (0.77%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.77%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.38%) Intapp
11 1 (0.38%) Wrike