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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 601 661
Rank change year-on-year +105 +60 +6
Permanent jobs citing PMP 466 420 673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.70% 1.24% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 371 352 436
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £78,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,600 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +6.60%

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 27,469 33,746 42,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.81% 32.63% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 17,343 15,179 19,015
10th Percentile £28,258 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.50%

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 6 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 6 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 +154 422 £55,000 - 184
UK excluding London +44 317 £52,500 -3.85% 116
Work from Home +50 199 £50,850 +1.70% 69
North of England +139 138 £52,500 +5.00% 32
London +120 118 £71,250 +16.33% 74
North West +66 79 £62,500 -3.85% 23
Midlands +40 55 £48,745 -17.03% 21
South East -18 49 £55,000 -7.56% 36
West Midlands +53 45 £47,501 -9.52% 14
South West -35 35 £55,000 +26.44% 9
Yorkshire +116 34 £46,250 +15.63% 8
North East +10 25 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England +14 19 £65,000 +57.58% 10
Scotland -64 18 £45,543 -17.19% 8
East Midlands -15 10 £49,990 -16.68% 7
Wales +14 4 £45,000 +10.77% 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 (6.44%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.08%) Confluence
3 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 59 (12.66%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (8.15%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.15%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) 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 (3.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.93%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.50%) Primavera
4 5 (1.07%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) 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 MM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 47 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (8.37%) Azure
3 24 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.36%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.07%) SaaS
8 4 (0.86%) AWS
9 3 (0.64%) GCP
9 3 (0.64%) IaaS
9 3 (0.64%) PaaS
10 2 (0.43%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.43%) OCI
10 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.21%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.93%) LAN
2 8 (1.72%) WAN
3 5 (1.07%) DNS
3 5 (1.07%) Wireless
4 4 (0.86%) Firewall
4 4 (0.86%) SSL
5 3 (0.64%) Broadband
5 3 (0.64%) NaaS
5 3 (0.64%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.64%) VPN
5 3 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.21%) Extranet
6 1 (0.21%) SAN
6 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.64%) Power BI
1 3 (0.64%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.43%) Big Data
2 2 (0.43%) GIS
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (11.59%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA Agile
General
1 236 (50.64%) Social Skills
2 156 (33.48%) Finance
3 61 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.58%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (4.94%) Marketing
8 21 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 19 (4.08%) Banking
9 19 (4.08%) Retail
10 14 (3.00%) Legal
11 13 (2.79%) Law
11 13 (2.79%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.15%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.72%) Back Office
15 8 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.29%) Automotive
16 6 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 255 (54.72%) Project Manager
2 85 (18.24%) IT Manager
3 62 (13.30%) IT Project Manager
4 41 (8.80%) Senior
5 34 (7.30%) Senior Manager
6 28 (6.01%) Portfolio Manager
7 27 (5.79%) Programme Manager
8 26 (5.58%) Lead
9 25 (5.36%) Senior Project Manager
9 25 (5.36%) Software Project Manager
10 24 (5.15%) Software Manager
11 20 (4.29%) Business Manager
12 17 (3.65%) SAP Manager
13 16 (3.43%) Business Change Manager
14 15 (3.22%) Business Systems Manager
14 15 (3.22%) Systems Manager
14 15 (3.22%) Transformation Manager
15 14 (3.00%) Analyst
16 12 (2.58%) Infrastructure Manager
17 11 (2.36%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.72%) LDAP
2 4 (0.86%) REST
3 3 (0.64%) Kafka
3 3 (0.64%) ODBC
3 3 (0.64%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.02%) PMI
2 40 (8.58%) Management Information System
3 8 (1.72%) Virtual Team
4 7 (1.50%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (1.29%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.29%) FMCG
5 6 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.07%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.07%) NHS
6 5 (1.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.86%) IoT
7 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.64%) CMDB
8 3 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (0.64%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.64%) Life Science
8 3 (0.64%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.64%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.64%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.22%) Linux
1 15 (3.22%) Windows
2 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.86%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (83.69%) Project Management
2 342 (73.39%) PRINCE2
3 229 (49.14%) Agile
4 158 (33.91%) Project Delivery
5 103 (22.10%) Change Management
6 90 (19.31%) ITIL
7 89 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (18.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 67 (14.38%) Waterfall
10 65 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (13.30%) Scrum
12 60 (12.88%) Computer Science
13 56 (12.02%) Mentoring
14 51 (10.94%) Line Management
15 50 (10.73%) Budget Management
16 46 (9.87%) Risk Management
17 43 (9.23%) Roadmaps
18 42 (9.01%) Coaching
19 40 (8.58%) ERP
20 35 (7.51%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.08%) SQL
2 8 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.86%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.43%) VBA
5 1 (0.21%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 393 (84.33%) PMI Certification
2 191 (40.99%) Degree
3 47 (10.09%) CAPM
3 47 (10.09%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 33 (7.08%) APMP
4 33 (7.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 28 (6.01%) PgMP
6 26 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (4.51%) CISSP
8 18 (3.86%) Security Cleared
9 17 (3.65%) Master's Degree
10 14 (3.00%) APMG
10 14 (3.00%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
12 11 (2.36%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.72%) DBS Check
13 8 (1.72%) MBA
13 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.07%) CISM
14 5 (1.07%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (15.67%) PMO
2 28 (6.01%) QA
3 10 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.93%) GDPR
5 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.29%) GRC
6 3 (0.64%) SLA
7 2 (0.43%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.21%) GAMP
8 1 (0.21%) GMP
8 1 (0.21%) GxP
8 1 (0.21%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.07%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.07%) Rancher
3 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 105 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.87%) SAP
3 17 (3.65%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.22%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.93%) Oracle
6 5 (1.07%) Cisco
6 5 (1.07%) HP
7 3 (0.64%) JD Edwards
7 3 (0.64%) NEC
8 2 (0.43%) Adobe
8 2 (0.43%) Aruba
8 2 (0.43%) CA
8 2 (0.43%) Juniper
8 2 (0.43%) Northgate
9 1 (0.21%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.21%) BT
9 1 (0.21%) Marketo
9 1 (0.21%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.21%) Temenos
9 1 (0.21%) VMware