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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 205 263
Rank change year-on-year -5 +58 +56
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 214 141 122
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.24% 1.11% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.27% 4.37% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 91 70
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £422 £463 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £738 £645
90th Percentile £750 £838 £853
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
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 £82.50 £67.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +159.62% -55.93%

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 5,012 3,225 4,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.07% 25.49% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,585 2,189 2,896
10th Percentile £363 £349 £325
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £663
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 87 58 117
10th Percentile £20.71 £20.88 £14.17
25th Percentile £25.22 £23.79 £20.50
Median hourly rate £37.58 £37.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +43.27% -39.53%
75th Percentile £76.58 £58.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.88 £76.50
England median hourly rate £45.46 £50.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -9.08% +32.18% -27.44%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -17 37 £725 +35.51% 10
South London - 4 £500 -
West London -25 2 £550 +15.79% 3
East London - 2 £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 13 (6.07%) Confluence
2 12 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.40%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.47%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.47%) ThingWorx
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 19 (8.88%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (2.80%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.93%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.47%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (1.87%) Endur
2 3 (1.40%) DELMIA
3 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (0.93%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.93%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.93%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.47%) IntelliMatch
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.47%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.89%) Azure
2 24 (11.21%) AWS
3 20 (9.35%) SaaS
4 13 (6.07%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.07%) Smartsheet
5 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.34%) OpenShift
8 4 (1.87%) Asana
9 3 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.40%) IaaS
9 3 (1.40%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.40%) PaaS
10 2 (0.93%) GCP
10 2 (0.93%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.93%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.93%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.27%) WAN
2 6 (2.80%) LAN
2 6 (2.80%) Network Security
3 3 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.93%) Firewall
4 2 (0.93%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.93%) VLAN
4 2 (0.93%) VPN
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.07%) Power BI
2 4 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.93%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.93%) Tableau
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.47%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 29 (13.55%) JIRA
2 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.47%) Git
2 1 (0.47%) Introscope
General
1 114 (53.27%) Social Skills
2 85 (39.72%) Finance
3 42 (19.63%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (15.89%) Banking
5 21 (9.81%) Legal
5 21 (9.81%) Marketing
6 18 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (6.54%) Retail
8 11 (5.14%) Manufacturing
8 11 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (4.21%) Financial Institution
9 9 (4.21%) Public Sector
10 8 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.80%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.34%) Front Office
13 3 (1.40%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.40%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.40%) German Language
13 3 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 116 (54.21%) Project Manager
2 28 (13.08%) Analyst
3 27 (12.62%) Business Analyst
4 24 (11.21%) Senior
5 19 (8.88%) Lead
6 17 (7.94%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (7.01%) Migration Manager
7 15 (7.01%) Senior Manager
7 15 (7.01%) Technical Manager
8 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 14 (6.54%) Migration Project Manager
9 12 (5.61%) Senior Project Manager
10 11 (5.14%) IT Manager
10 11 (5.14%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.14%) Technical Project Manager
11 10 (4.67%) Security Manager
12 9 (4.21%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (4.21%) Programme Manager
13 8 (3.74%) Lead Project Manager
13 8 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.87%) Middleware
1 4 (1.87%) XML
2 3 (1.40%) SailPoint
3 2 (0.93%) ADO
3 2 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.93%) REST
3 2 (0.93%) SOAP
3 2 (0.93%) XML Messaging
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) EDI
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
4 1 (0.47%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (32.24%) PMI
2 14 (6.54%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.07%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.67%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.74%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.87%) CMDB
9 3 (1.40%) CCTV
9 3 (1.40%) Derivative
9 3 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
9 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.40%) Life Science
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.93%) LIMS
10 2 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.34%) Windows
2 4 (1.87%) Linux
3 2 (0.93%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) AIX
4 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.47%) VMS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (67.29%) Project Management
2 135 (63.08%) PRINCE2
3 123 (57.48%) Agile
4 115 (53.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (33.18%) Project Delivery
6 49 (22.90%) Change Management
7 40 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (18.69%) Risk Management
8 38 (17.76%) Migration
9 36 (16.82%) Scrum
10 35 (16.36%) Waterfall
11 34 (15.89%) Decision-Making
12 30 (14.02%) Programme Management
13 28 (13.08%) Project Governance
13 28 (13.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 26 (12.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (10.75%) Requirements Gathering
16 22 (10.28%) Budget Management
16 22 (10.28%) Validation
17 20 (9.35%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.21%) SQL
2 2 (0.93%) Java
3 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.47%) Jython
3 1 (0.47%) Korn
3 1 (0.47%) PHP
3 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.47%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 164 (76.64%) PMP
2 64 (29.91%) Degree
3 19 (8.88%) CBAP
4 14 (6.54%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.54%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.14%) Master's Degree
6 9 (4.21%) CISSP
6 9 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.74%) CISM
8 6 (2.80%) APMP
9 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.87%) CRISC
10 4 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 3 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.40%) CCNA
11 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (1.40%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.89%) PMO
2 27 (12.62%) GDPR
2 27 (12.62%) QA
3 18 (8.41%) NIST
4 17 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.87%) Basel III
7 3 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.40%) GxP
7 3 (1.40%) P3O
8 2 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.93%) GAAP
8 2 (0.93%) GRC
8 2 (0.93%) IFRS
8 2 (0.93%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.93%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.93%) ISO 8583
8 2 (0.93%) MiFID
8 2 (0.93%) PSD2
8 2 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) PowerHA
2 1 (0.47%) RACF
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.93%) Control-M
1 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.47%) CA Wily
2 1 (0.47%) Puppet
2 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 26 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.94%) SAP
3 15 (7.01%) CyberArk
4 14 (6.54%) Oracle
5 11 (5.14%) Workday
6 10 (4.67%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.80%) Salesforce
8 5 (2.34%) Planview
9 4 (1.87%) Cisco
10 3 (1.40%) Ariba
10 3 (1.40%) Databricks
10 3 (1.40%) Google
10 3 (1.40%) Remedy
11 2 (0.93%) Adobe
11 2 (0.93%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.93%) Informatica
11 2 (0.93%) NEC
11 2 (0.93%) Okta
11 2 (0.93%) VMware
11 2 (0.93%) Zscaler