PMI Job Trends in England

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 597 555 490
Rank change year-on-year -42 -65 +224
Permanent jobs citing PMI 97 82 382
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.21% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.48% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 70 39 221
10th Percentile £44,372 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,938 £53,125 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
England

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,406 16,955 30,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.94% 42.96% 33.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,302 8,095 21,116
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,342
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PMI job vacancy trend in England

PMI
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMI

PMI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PMI in England

PMI
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 2026. 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
North of England -15 33 £63,076 -9.89% 8
Midlands -11 22 £60,000 +44.58% 2
North West +13 18 £63,076 +5.13% 6
London -35 13 £77,500 -3.13% 7
East Midlands -20 12 £43,700 +5.30% 1
Yorkshire -28 12 £63,076 -21.16% 2
South East -49 11 £70,000 +78.34% 7
West Midlands - 10 £60,000 - 1
South West -52 7 £64,645 +3.43% 3
East of England -24 6 £64,290 +16.89% 3
North East - 3 £44,447 -
PMI
UK

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 9 (9.28%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.12%) MS Visio
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Sage 200
1 2 (2.06%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.28%) Azure
2 7 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (6.19%) SaaS
4 4 (4.12%) AWS
4 4 (4.12%) Google Ads
5 3 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) DHCP
1 4 (4.12%) DNS
1 4 (4.12%) VoIP
2 3 (3.09%) Internet
2 3 (3.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) DTS
1 1 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.03%) MySQL
1 1 (1.03%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 14 (14.43%) JIRA
General
1 38 (39.18%) Finance
2 37 (38.14%) Social Skills
3 15 (15.46%) Public Sector
4 12 (12.37%) Retail
5 10 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.15%) Games
7 5 (5.15%) Marketing
8 4 (4.12%) Banking
8 4 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.09%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.09%) Billing
9 3 (3.09%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.09%) International Banking
9 3 (3.09%) Legal
10 2 (2.06%) Law
11 1 (1.03%) Aviation
11 1 (1.03%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.03%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (21.65%) Senior
2 20 (20.62%) Portfolio Manager
3 15 (15.46%) Project Manager
3 15 (15.46%) Senior Manager
4 12 (12.37%) Senior Portfolio Manager
5 11 (11.34%) IT Manager
6 10 (10.31%) Analyst
7 9 (9.28%) Business Analyst
7 9 (9.28%) Programme Manager
8 8 (8.25%) Lead
9 7 (7.22%) IT Programme Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Business Development Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Business Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Delivery Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Development Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Principal Business Analyst
10 5 (5.15%) Software Delivery Manager
10 5 (5.15%) Software Manager
11 4 (4.12%) Infrastructure Manager
11 4 (4.12%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.09%) HTML
1 3 (3.09%) JSON
2 1 (1.03%) .NET
2 1 (1.03%) FHIR
2 1 (1.03%) React
2 1 (1.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Virtual Team
2 7 (7.22%) EPoS
2 7 (7.22%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.12%) Blog
3 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.12%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (3.09%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.09%) Fat Client
4 3 (3.09%) iPad
4 3 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.09%) Thin Client
5 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.06%) NHS
6 1 (1.03%) ASIC
6 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.03%) FPGA
6 1 (1.03%) Life Science
6 1 (1.03%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.03%) Replication
6 1 (1.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.19%) Windows
2 4 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.27%) Continuous Improvement
1 41 (42.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (40.21%) PRINCE2
3 34 (35.05%) Agile
4 33 (34.02%) Roadmaps
5 29 (29.90%) Mentoring
6 28 (28.87%) Coaching
7 24 (24.74%) Portfolio Management
7 24 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (24.74%) Project Management
8 20 (20.62%) Decision-Making
9 18 (18.56%) Programme Management
10 15 (15.46%) Data Analysis
10 15 (15.46%) Project Delivery
11 14 (14.43%) ITIL
12 13 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (13.40%) Technology Transformation
13 12 (12.37%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
14 11 (11.34%) ERP
15 10 (10.31%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.09%) Java
1 3 (3.09%) JavaScript
1 3 (3.09%) PL/SQL
1 3 (3.09%) SQL
2 2 (2.06%) C++
Qualifications
1 96 (98.97%) PMI Certification
2 30 (30.93%) Degree
3 22 (22.68%) PMP
4 12 (12.37%) CAPM
5 11 (11.34%) Security Cleared
6 10 (10.31%) APMP
7 8 (8.25%) PgMP
8 5 (5.15%) CBAP
8 5 (5.15%) IIBA
9 4 (4.12%) DV Cleared
10 3 (3.09%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (2.06%) MAPM
12 1 (1.03%) CEH
12 1 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (1.03%) CISM
12 1 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.49%) PMO
1 16 (16.49%) QA
2 13 (13.40%) P3O
3 2 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.06%) SLA
4 1 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.03%) DO-254
4 1 (1.03%) GRC
4 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.09%) WSUS
2 1 (1.03%) Argo
2 1 (1.03%) Grafana
2 1 (1.03%) Graylog
2 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.03%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.12%) Google
2 4 (4.12%) HubSpot
2 4 (4.12%) Oracle
2 4 (4.12%) VMware
3 3 (3.09%) Apple
3 3 (3.09%) SAP
4 2 (2.06%) Citrix
4 2 (2.06%) Planview
4 2 (2.06%) Sage
4 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.03%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.03%) Databricks
5 1 (1.03%) Foundry
5 1 (1.03%) NEC
5 1 (1.03%) Palantir