PMP Job Trends in Birmingham

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 122 89
Rank change year-on-year +30 -33 +58
Permanent jobs citing PMP 9 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.52% 0.27% 0.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.10% 0.87% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £56,426 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £56,691 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,514 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.19% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,468 £53,626 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,811 £62,400 £58,000
West Midlands median annual salary £58,514 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.37% +7.00% -20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

PMP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 429 576 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.93% 30.56% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 221 189 282
10th Percentile - £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +2.04%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PMP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

PMP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

PMP
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PMP

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (11.11%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 5 (55.56%) SaaS
3 2 (22.22%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Games
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Applications Support
1 5 (55.56%) Head of Support
2 4 (44.44%) Senior
2 4 (44.44%) Senior Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (11.11%) IoT
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 6 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (55.56%) Incident Management
4 5 (55.56%) ITIL
4 5 (55.56%) Process Management
4 5 (55.56%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (55.56%) Service Delivery Management
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
6 2 (22.22%) DevOps
6 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 2 (22.22%) Presales
6 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Project Management
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Anaplan
1 1 (11.11%) Genesys
1 1 (11.11%) IBM
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Planon
1 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
1 1 (11.11%) Verint