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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 581 678
Rank change year-on-year +92 +97 -17
Permanent jobs citing PMP 456 439 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.42% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 1.28% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 366 362 421
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,813 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,600 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +5.00%

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +140 412 £55,000 - 172
UK excluding London +55 312 £52,500 -3.85% 115
Work from Home +33 187 £50,000 - 62
North of England +125 131 £52,500 +5.00% 33
London +113 112 £75,000 +25.00% 62
North West +54 73 £62,500 -3.85% 25
Midlands +31 54 £47,501 -17.39% 20
South East -4 52 £57,500 -4.17% 36
West Midlands +52 44 £47,501 -9.52% 11
South West -2 35 £55,000 +30.95% 11
Yorkshire +110 34 £46,250 +15.63% 6
North East +14 24 £52,500 +5.00% 4
East of England +5 19 £65,000 +57.58% 11
Scotland -64 18 £45,543 -17.19% 7
East Midlands -17 10 £49,990 -14.91% 9
Wales +12 4 £45,000 +12.50% 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 30 (6.58%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.95%) Confluence
3 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 59 (12.94%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.97%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.54%) Primavera
4 5 (1.10%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.66%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP CS
7 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.22%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.22%) SAP SM
7 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 43 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (8.77%) Azure
3 22 (4.82%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.10%) AWS
7 5 (1.10%) SaaS
8 3 (0.66%) GCP
8 3 (0.66%) IaaS
8 3 (0.66%) PaaS
9 2 (0.44%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.44%) OCI
9 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.22%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.75%) LAN
1 8 (1.75%) WAN
2 6 (1.32%) Wireless
3 5 (1.10%) DNS
4 4 (0.88%) Firewall
4 4 (0.88%) NaaS
4 4 (0.88%) SSL
5 3 (0.66%) Broadband
5 3 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.66%) VPN
6 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.22%) Extranet
7 1 (0.22%) SAN
7 1 (0.22%) VLAN
7 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.66%) Power BI
1 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.44%) Big Data
2 2 (0.44%) GIS
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (11.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) JIRA Agile
General
1 227 (49.78%) Social Skills
2 152 (33.33%) Finance
3 60 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.70%) Organisational Skills
6 25 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (5.04%) Marketing
7 23 (5.04%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.73%) Retail
9 16 (3.51%) Banking
9 16 (3.51%) Legal
10 13 (2.85%) Law
11 11 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.19%) Aerospace
12 10 (2.19%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.75%) Back Office
13 8 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.32%) Automotive
14 6 (1.32%) Games
Job Titles
1 251 (55.04%) Project Manager
2 83 (18.20%) IT Manager
3 60 (13.16%) IT Project Manager
4 41 (8.99%) Senior
5 34 (7.46%) Senior Manager
6 28 (6.14%) Lead
6 28 (6.14%) Portfolio Manager
7 26 (5.70%) Programme Manager
8 25 (5.48%) Senior Project Manager
8 25 (5.48%) Software Project Manager
9 24 (5.26%) Software Manager
10 19 (4.17%) Business Manager
11 18 (3.95%) SAP Manager
12 16 (3.51%) Business Change Manager
13 15 (3.29%) Transformation Manager
14 14 (3.07%) Analyst
14 14 (3.07%) Business Systems Manager
14 14 (3.07%) Systems Manager
15 12 (2.63%) Infrastructure Manager
16 11 (2.41%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.75%) LDAP
2 4 (0.88%) REST
3 3 (0.66%) Kafka
3 3 (0.66%) ODBC
3 3 (0.66%) SOAP
4 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.35%) PMI
2 39 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.32%) Data Centre
3 6 (1.32%) FMCG
3 6 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.10%) Client/Server
4 5 (1.10%) NHS
4 5 (1.10%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.10%) Virtual Team
5 4 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
5 4 (0.88%) IoT
5 4 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (0.66%) CMDB
6 3 (0.66%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.66%) Life Science
6 3 (0.66%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.66%) Operational Technology
6 3 (0.66%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.66%) TM Forum
7 2 (0.44%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.29%) Linux
1 15 (3.29%) Windows
2 5 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.88%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (84.65%) Project Management
2 338 (74.12%) PRINCE2
3 225 (49.34%) Agile
4 155 (33.99%) Project Delivery
5 101 (22.15%) Change Management
6 88 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (18.86%) ITIL
8 80 (17.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 64 (14.04%) Scrum
9 64 (14.04%) Waterfall
10 60 (13.16%) Computer Science
11 59 (12.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (11.62%) Mentoring
13 51 (11.18%) Line Management
14 49 (10.75%) Budget Management
15 42 (9.21%) Roadmaps
16 40 (8.77%) Coaching
16 40 (8.77%) ERP
17 39 (8.55%) Risk Management
18 34 (7.46%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.17%) SQL
2 8 (1.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.44%) VBA
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 382 (83.77%) PMI Certification
2 186 (40.79%) Degree
3 49 (10.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 47 (10.31%) CAPM
5 33 (7.24%) APMP
6 29 (6.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 28 (6.14%) PgMP
8 25 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.95%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.73%) CISSP
10 17 (3.73%) Master's Degree
11 14 (3.07%) Azure Certification
12 13 (2.85%) APMG
13 12 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (2.41%) SC Cleared
15 8 (1.75%) DBS Check
15 8 (1.75%) MBA
15 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.10%) ISEB
16 5 (1.10%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (16.23%) PMO
2 26 (5.70%) QA
3 9 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.32%) GDPR
4 6 (1.32%) GRC
5 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.44%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) GAMP
8 1 (0.22%) GMP
8 1 (0.22%) GxP
8 1 (0.22%) NCSC
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.10%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.10%) Rancher
3 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.44%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) CASB
Vendors
1 100 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.24%) SAP
3 16 (3.51%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.07%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.97%) Oracle
6 5 (1.10%) HP
7 4 (0.88%) Cisco
8 3 (0.66%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.66%) NEC
9 2 (0.44%) Adobe
9 2 (0.44%) Aruba
9 2 (0.44%) CA
9 2 (0.44%) Northgate
10 1 (0.22%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.22%) BT
10 1 (0.22%) Juniper
10 1 (0.22%) Marketo
10 1 (0.22%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.22%) Temenos
10 1 (0.22%) VMware