The first part of the table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank390407422
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+15
Matching permanent IT job ads641583376
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.532 %0.475 %0.394 %
As % of the Qualifications category1.915 %1.814 %1.626 %
Number of salaries quoted551515312
Average salary£55,000£60,500£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09 %+10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£42,100£43,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£52,500£56,250£50,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66 %+12.50 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

PMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PMP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PMP Demand Trend

PMP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PMP within the UK.

PMP Salary Trend

PMP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PMP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

PMP Salary Histogram

PMP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+15590£55,000-8.33 %
LondonDown-28310£55,000-15.38 %
South EastUp+15118£51,500-6.36 %
City of LondonUp+1784£58,500-10.00 %
East of EnglandUp+742£47,000-18.26 %
ScotlandUp+3232£70,000+43.58 %
North WestUp+129£55,000+4.76 %
BerkshireDown-1929£55,000-8.33 %
East MidlandsUp+1126£51,250+28.12 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2123£42,500-19.04 %
West MidlandsDown-1822£52,500+2.43 %
NottinghamshireUp+2821£45,000+8.43 %
YorkshireDown-619£55,500+16.84 %
CambridgeshireUp+218£50,000-33.33 %
HampshireDown-618£50,000-21.25 %
South WestDown-1618£70,000+10.23 %
MiddlesexUp+3017£52,500-16.00 %
NottinghamUp+1817£45,000+8.43 %
CambridgeUp+917£50,000-33.33 %
SurreyDown-1116£50,000-9.09 %
AberdeenNew entry-16£47,625-
BristolUp+1015£75,000+50.00 %
ManchesterUp+214£57,500-4.16 %
EdinburghUp+1913£75,000+50.00 %
West YorkshireDown-213£55,500+16.84 %
BedfordshireDown-313£45,000-14.28 %
BedfordUp+912£45,000-14.28 %
BirminghamDown-512£60,000-7.69 %
LeedsDown-812£52,500+10.52 %
CheshireDown-510£60,000+20.00 %

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing PMP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PMP.

11129 (96.41 %)PMI Certification
2942 (80.44 %)PRINCE2
3833 (71.14 %)Project Management
4404 (34.50 %)Finance
5239 (20.41 %)Degree
6204 (17.42 %)PMI
7197 (16.82 %)Microsoft
8195 (16.65 %)Scrum
9155 (13.24 %)ITIL
10149 (12.72 %)Stakeholder Management
11126 (10.76 %)Programme Management
12125 (10.67 %)MS Project
13123 (10.50 %)Risk Management
14119 (10.16 %)PRINCE
14119 (10.16 %)MS Excel
15117 (9.991 %)Banking
16108 (9.223 %)PRINCE2 Certification
17107 (9.137 %)Telecoms
18106 (9.052 %)Agile Software Development
1993 (7.942 %)ERP
2082 (7.003 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
2181 (6.917 %)Change Management
2277 (6.576 %)Business Analysis
2372 (6.149 %)MS Office
2468 (5.807 %)Waterfall
2565 (5.551 %)QA
2664 (5.465 %)E-Commerce
2759 (5.038 %)Project Planning
2857 (4.868 %)UNIX
2857 (4.868 %)Windows

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing PMP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
149 (4.184 %).NET
224 (2.050 %)XML
316 (1.366 %)HTML
415 (1.281 %)Web Services
512 (1.025 %)Middleware
512 (1.025 %)J2EE
611 (0.939 %)CSS
710 (0.854 %)EDI
87 (0.598 %)ASP.NET
96 (0.512 %)Ajax
96 (0.512 %)Oracle Fusion
105 (0.427 %)WebSphere
105 (0.427 %)Flash
114 (0.342 %)XHTML
114 (0.342 %)SOAP
114 (0.342 %)Spring
123 (0.256 %)JSP
123 (0.256 %)Servlets
132 (0.171 %).NET Framework
141 (0.085 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
140 (3.416 %)SharePoint
214 (1.196 %)Drupal
214 (1.196 %)Umbraco
313 (1.110 %)CMS
48 (0.683 %)MS Exchange
48 (0.683 %)IIS
57 (0.598 %)BizTalk Server
57 (0.598 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (0.427 %)Exchange Server 2010
74 (0.342 %)Confluence
74 (0.342 %)SharePoint Server
74 (0.342 %)Exchange Server 2007
74 (0.342 %)Apache
83 (0.256 %)Lotus Notes
83 (0.256 %)WebLogic
83 (0.256 %)ColdFusion
83 (0.256 %)Office Project Server
83 (0.256 %)SharePoint 2010
92 (0.171 %)SugarCRM
92 (0.171 %)iPlanet
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1125 (10.67 %)MS Project
2119 (10.16 %)MS Excel
372 (6.149 %)MS Office
441 (3.501 %)MS Visio
523 (1.964 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.085 %)SPSS
61 (0.085 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (1.281 %)Dynamics NAV
213 (1.110 %)Dynamics AX
39 (0.769 %)SAP ERP
39 (0.769 %)Summit
39 (0.769 %)Oracle HRMS
39 (0.769 %)Oracle Payroll
46 (0.512 %)Misys Opics
55 (0.427 %)Oracle EBS R12
55 (0.427 %)Oracle EBS
55 (0.427 %)Movex
64 (0.342 %)Tridion
64 (0.342 %)Dynamics CRM
73 (0.256 %)SAP Oil and Gas
73 (0.256 %)Dynamics GP
82 (0.171 %)Pivotal CRM
82 (0.171 %)LatentZero
82 (0.171 %)HFM
91 (0.085 %)SAP CO
91 (0.085 %)Oracle Financials
91 (0.085 %)SAP FI
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (2.733 %)WAN
226 (2.220 %)Firewall
324 (2.050 %)Network Security
420 (1.708 %)LAN
519 (1.623 %)Internet
616 (1.366 %)VoIP
715 (1.281 %)Wireless
814 (1.196 %)SAN
913 (1.110 %)Intranet
1012 (1.025 %)DNS
1110 (0.854 %)HTTP
128 (0.683 %)IP Telephony
137 (0.598 %)3G
146 (0.512 %)TCP/IP
146 (0.512 %)SDH
146 (0.512 %)DWDM
146 (0.512 %)DSL
155 (0.427 %)MPLS
155 (0.427 %)4G
164 (0.342 %)VSAT
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (1.452 %)SQL Server
117 (1.452 %)Data Warehouse
26 (0.512 %)BusinessObjects
34 (0.342 %)FileMaker
34 (0.342 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
43 (0.256 %)QlikView
43 (0.256 %)Oracle Reports
52 (0.171 %)ETL
52 (0.171 %)SAP BW
61 (0.085 %)SAP BI
61 (0.085 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
61 (0.085 %)Oracle 11g
61 (0.085 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
61 (0.085 %)IDMS
61 (0.085 %)Oracle BI EE
61 (0.085 %)Oracle Exadata
61 (0.085 %)RDBMS
61 (0.085 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.085 %)Data Mining
61 (0.085 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.427 %)JIRA
22 (0.171 %)Subversion
31 (0.085 %)Rational DOORS
31 (0.085 %)Hudson
31 (0.085 %)Eclipse
31 (0.085 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.085 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.085 %)NetBeans
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1404 (34.50 %)Finance
2117 (9.991 %)Banking
3107 (9.137 %)Telecoms
440 (3.416 %)Retail
530 (2.562 %)Marketing
629 (2.477 %)Back Office
728 (2.391 %)Investment Banking
823 (1.964 %)Legal
921 (1.793 %)Manufacturing
1016 (1.366 %)Automotive
1016 (1.366 %)Law
1110 (0.854 %)Games
128 (0.683 %)French Language
128 (0.683 %)Advertising
128 (0.683 %)Publishing
137 (0.598 %)Billing
137 (0.598 %)Electronics
137 (0.598 %)Aerospace
137 (0.598 %)Retail Banking
145 (0.427 %)Corporate Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1809 (69.09 %)Project Manager
2199 (16.99 %)Senior Manager
3176 (15.03 %)Senior Project Manager
491 (7.771 %)Programme Manager
577 (6.576 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
667 (5.722 %)IT Project Manager
764 (5.465 %)Analyst
859 (5.038 %)Delivery Manager
952 (4.441 %)Infrastructure Manager
1050 (4.270 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
1137 (3.160 %)Technical Manager
1137 (3.160 %)Agile Project Manager
1236 (3.074 %)Business Analyst
1333 (2.818 %)Consultant
1431 (2.647 %)Software Manager
1530 (2.562 %)Technical Project Manager
1624 (2.050 %)Software Project Manager
1718 (1.537 %)Development Manager
1718 (1.537 %)Deployment Manager
1816 (1.366 %)Service Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1204 (17.42 %)PMI
237 (3.160 %)Management Information System
333 (2.818 %)Computer Science
418 (1.537 %)SaaS
515 (1.281 %)Visualisation
614 (1.196 %)Cloud Computing
614 (1.196 %)Social Network
710 (0.854 %)Fixed Income
710 (0.854 %)Derivative
88 (0.683 %)Hedge funds
97 (0.598 %)IIBA
97 (0.598 %)Social Media
106 (0.512 %)Online Banking
106 (0.512 %)Credit Risk
115 (0.427 %)Market Risk
115 (0.427 %)FMCG
115 (0.427 %)Economics
115 (0.427 %)Equities
123 (0.256 %)STB
123 (0.256 %)iPhone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
157 (4.868 %)UNIX
157 (4.868 %)Windows
228 (2.391 %)Linux
312 (1.025 %)Windows Server 2008
411 (0.939 %)Windows 7
411 (0.939 %)AIX
510 (0.854 %)Windows XP
510 (0.854 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (0.427 %)Solaris
74 (0.342 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.256 %)Android
92 (0.171 %)Apple iOS
101 (0.085 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1942 (80.44 %)PRINCE2
2833 (71.14 %)Project Management
3195 (16.65 %)Scrum
4155 (13.24 %)ITIL
5149 (12.72 %)Stakeholder Management
6126 (10.76 %)Programme Management
7123 (10.50 %)Risk Management
8119 (10.16 %)PRINCE
9106 (9.052 %)Agile Software Development
1093 (7.942 %)ERP
1181 (6.917 %)Change Management
1277 (6.576 %)Business Analysis
1368 (5.807 %)Waterfall
1464 (5.465 %)E-Commerce
1559 (5.038 %)Project Planning
1651 (4.355 %)Service Delivery
1743 (3.672 %)CRM
1840 (3.416 %)Matrix Management
1938 (3.245 %)Resource Management
2032 (2.733 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
143 (3.672 %)Java
226 (2.220 %)SQL
38 (0.683 %)PHP
38 (0.683 %)C#
47 (0.598 %)C
55 (0.427 %)JavaScript
64 (0.342 %)VBA
64 (0.342 %)R
72 (0.171 %)C++
81 (0.085 %)Perl
81 (0.085 %)T-SQL
81 (0.085 %)Python
81 (0.085 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11129 (96.41 %)PMI Certification
2239 (20.41 %)Degree
3108 (9.223 %)PRINCE2 Certification
482 (7.003 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
529 (2.477 %)APMP
627 (2.306 %)Security Cleared
724 (2.050 %)ISEB
823 (1.964 %)ITIL Certification
920 (1.708 %)Cisco Certification
920 (1.708 %)SC Cleared
1018 (1.537 %)CISSP
1117 (1.452 %)CISA
1214 (1.196 %)CCNP
1313 (1.110 %)Microsoft Certification
1410 (0.854 %)CCNA
1410 (0.854 %)MAPM
157 (0.598 %)MCP
157 (0.598 %)MBCS
166 (0.512 %)CISM
166 (0.512 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
165 (5.551 %)QA
212 (1.025 %)ISO 9001
311 (0.939 %)Basel II
311 (0.939 %)Solvency II
410 (0.854 %)Basel III
58 (0.683 %)COBIT
58 (0.683 %)ISO/IEC 27001
67 (0.598 %)SLA
72 (0.171 %)MiFID
72 (0.171 %)PCI DSS
72 (0.171 %)Data Quality
72 (0.171 %)FATCA
81 (0.085 %)ISO/IEC 20000
81 (0.085 %)BS7799
81 (0.085 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
81 (0.085 %)WCAG
81 (0.085 %)WAI
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
129 (2.477 %)VMware Infrastructure
212 (1.025 %)Active Directory
35 (0.427 %)ISA Server
44 (0.342 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.342 %)vSphere
51 (0.085 %)EMC RecoverPoint
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.256 %)SCOM
21 (0.085 %)OpenView
21 (0.085 %)Netcool
21 (0.085 %)Backup Exec
21 (0.085 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (0.085 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1197 (16.82 %)Microsoft
256 (4.782 %)Oracle
346 (3.928 %)SAP
440 (3.416 %)Cisco
533 (2.818 %)VMware
620 (1.708 %)Citrix
717 (1.452 %)Avaya
813 (1.110 %)PeopleSoft
912 (1.025 %)JD Edwards
1010 (0.854 %)Siebel
1010 (0.854 %)Juniper
119 (0.769 %)Salesforce.com
128 (0.683 %)Facebook
128 (0.683 %)Verint
128 (0.683 %)HP
137 (0.598 %)Business Objects
137 (0.598 %)Sage
146 (0.512 %)Lawson
146 (0.512 %)Baan
146 (0.512 %)Blue Coat