PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 603 647
Rank change year-on-year +125 +44 +25
Permanent jobs citing PMP 473 385 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 1.18% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 377 323 450
10th Percentile £40,773 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.20% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PMP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,546 32,627 44,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.29% 33.12% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,214 14,683 19,092
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,573 £42,210 £40,967
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.04%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PMP.

Salary trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PMP in the UK

PMP
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +170 429 £55,000 -7.72% 187
UK excluding London +76 328 £52,500 -3.85% 128
Work from Home +39 210 £52,500 +5.00% 58
North of England +130 144 £52,500 +5.00% 27
London +130 117 £70,000 - 80
North West +52 85 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands +19 55 £48,745 -20.42% 24
South East -22 53 £52,500 -11.02% 47
West Midlands +38 45 £47,501 -9.52% 13
Yorkshire +103 34 £46,250 +15.63% 5
South West -18 34 £55,000 +26.44% 10
North East +12 25 £52,500 +5.00% 3
East of England +13 20 £65,000 +62.50% 8
Scotland -58 19 £45,543 -22.48% 10
East Midlands -8 10 £49,990 -23.09% 10
Wales +8 4 £45,000 +9.09% 2

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.02%) Confluence
3 12 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 56 (11.84%) Microsoft Project
2 37 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (1.69%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) Revit
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.90%) SAP CX
3 6 (1.27%) Primavera
4 5 (1.06%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.42%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.21%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 50 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (8.46%) Azure
3 24 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.33%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.06%) PaaS
8 4 (0.85%) AWS
8 4 (0.85%) SaaS
9 3 (0.63%) GCP
9 3 (0.63%) IaaS
10 2 (0.42%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.42%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.42%) OCI
10 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.21%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.21%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.21%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.33%) LAN
2 8 (1.69%) WAN
3 5 (1.06%) DNS
3 5 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.06%) Wireless
4 3 (0.63%) Broadband
4 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) NaaS
4 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.63%) SSL
4 3 (0.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) Extranet
5 1 (0.21%) SAN
5 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.85%) GIS
2 3 (0.63%) Power BI
2 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.42%) Big Data
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (11.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) JIRA Agile
General
1 240 (50.74%) Social Skills
2 157 (33.19%) Finance
3 62 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (5.29%) Marketing
6 23 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 22 (4.65%) Retail
8 19 (4.02%) Banking
9 17 (3.59%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.75%) Law
10 13 (2.75%) Legal
11 10 (2.11%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.69%) Back Office
13 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.27%) Automotive
14 6 (1.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 259 (54.76%) Project Manager
2 84 (17.76%) IT Manager
3 60 (12.68%) IT Project Manager
4 39 (8.25%) Senior
5 32 (6.77%) Senior Manager
6 28 (5.92%) Portfolio Manager
6 28 (5.92%) Programme Manager
7 26 (5.50%) Lead
8 25 (5.29%) Software Project Manager
9 24 (5.07%) Software Manager
10 23 (4.86%) Senior Project Manager
11 22 (4.65%) Business Manager
12 18 (3.81%) Business Change Manager
13 16 (3.38%) SAP Manager
14 15 (3.17%) Business Systems Manager
14 15 (3.17%) Systems Manager
14 15 (3.17%) Transformation Manager
15 14 (2.96%) Analyst
15 14 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
16 12 (2.54%) Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.69%) LDAP
2 4 (0.85%) REST
3 3 (0.63%) Kafka
3 3 (0.63%) ODBC
3 3 (0.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.16%) PMI
2 40 (8.46%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.33%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.11%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.27%) FMCG
5 6 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.06%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.06%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.06%) NHS
6 5 (1.06%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.85%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.85%) IoT
7 4 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.63%) CMDB
8 3 (0.63%) Life Science
8 3 (0.63%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.63%) TM Forum
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.17%) Linux
1 15 (3.17%) Windows
2 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.85%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (81.61%) Project Management
2 340 (71.88%) PRINCE2
3 223 (47.15%) Agile
4 161 (34.04%) Project Delivery
5 106 (22.41%) Change Management
6 91 (19.24%) ITIL
7 90 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
8 84 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 72 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 68 (14.38%) Waterfall
11 61 (12.90%) Computer Science
12 59 (12.47%) Scrum
13 56 (11.84%) Mentoring
14 54 (11.42%) Risk Management
15 51 (10.78%) Line Management
16 50 (10.57%) Budget Management
17 46 (9.73%) Roadmaps
18 42 (8.88%) Coaching
19 41 (8.67%) ERP
20 37 (7.82%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.23%) SQL
2 9 (1.90%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.85%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.42%) VBA
5 1 (0.21%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 403 (85.20%) PMI Certification
2 199 (42.07%) Degree
3 47 (9.94%) CAPM
3 47 (9.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 37 (7.82%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 35 (7.40%) APMP
6 28 (5.92%) PgMP
7 27 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (5.50%) CISSP
9 18 (3.81%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.59%) Master's Degree
11 14 (2.96%) APMG
11 14 (2.96%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (2.54%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.69%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.69%) MBA
13 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.27%) CISM
15 5 (1.06%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (13.95%) PMO
2 28 (5.92%) QA
3 12 (2.54%) GDPR
4 11 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.85%) GRC
8 3 (0.63%) SLA
9 2 (0.42%) NIST
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.21%) GAMP
10 1 (0.21%) GMP
10 1 (0.21%) GxP
10 1 (0.21%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.06%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.06%) Rancher
3 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
4 1 (0.21%) FTK
Vendors
1 111 (23.47%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.34%) SAP
3 16 (3.38%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.90%) Oracle
6 7 (1.48%) Cisco
7 5 (1.06%) HP
8 4 (0.85%) Aruba
8 4 (0.85%) Juniper
8 4 (0.85%) NEC
9 3 (0.63%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.42%) Adobe
10 2 (0.42%) CA
10 2 (0.42%) Computacenter
10 2 (0.42%) Northgate
11 1 (0.21%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.21%) IFS
11 1 (0.21%) Marketo
11 1 (0.21%) Temenos
11 1 (0.21%) VMware