PMP Job Trends in England

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 397 451
Rank change year-on-year -16 +54 +159
Permanent jobs citing PMP 273 261 426
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.67% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.38% 1.63% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 141 156 337
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £42,147
25th Percentile £52,500 £59,688 £44,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £87,500 £80,800
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,717 16,021 23,404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.41% 41.13% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,270 7,079 15,693
10th Percentile £29,625 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,250 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,790 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.55% +1.44% -6.78%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,833 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -7.19%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PMP job vacancy trend in England

PMP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing PMP

PMP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in England

PMP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
London -29 94 £81,250 +22.64% 55
North of England -43 58 £57,500 -17.86% 17
South East -13 56 £65,000 +18.18% 37
North West -12 34 £60,000 -20.00% 8
Midlands -23 32 £55,000 -15.38% 13
West Midlands -29 17 £55,000 -15.38% 8
East Midlands -15 14 £70,000 +1.82% 5
North East -33 13 £41,500 - 3
Yorkshire -52 11 £72,500 +16.00% 6
East of England -28 10 £53,407 -27.21% 15
South West -51 8 £60,000 - 7
PMP
UK

PMP
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 7 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.20%) Confluence
3 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 53 (19.41%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.73%) Trello
6 1 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 16 (5.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.10%) SAP QM
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) Endur
4 1 (0.37%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.37%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
4 1 (0.37%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.37%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 39 (14.29%) Azure
3 27 (9.89%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
5 13 (4.76%) Smartsheet
6 12 (4.40%) SaaS
7 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (3.66%) ChatGPT
8 10 (3.66%) PaaS
9 9 (3.30%) AWS
10 8 (2.93%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 7 (2.56%) Entra ID
12 6 (2.20%) GCP
13 5 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.47%) Google Workspace
15 3 (1.10%) Copilot Studio
15 3 (1.10%) Google Docs
15 3 (1.10%) Google Drive
15 3 (1.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.56%) LAN
1 7 (2.56%) WAN
2 5 (1.83%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.73%) Network Security
4 1 (0.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (14.29%) Power BI
2 12 (4.40%) Tableau
3 8 (2.93%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.37%) Big Data
4 1 (0.37%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.37%) Looker
Development Applications
1 25 (9.16%) JIRA
General
1 140 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 112 (41.03%) Finance
3 61 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
5 32 (11.72%) Pharmaceutical
6 26 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (9.16%) Law
7 25 (9.16%) Retail
8 24 (8.79%) Legal
9 19 (6.96%) Manufacturing
10 15 (5.49%) Banking
10 15 (5.49%) Games
11 13 (4.76%) Marketing
12 12 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (4.03%) Advertising
14 8 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (2.20%) Public Sector
16 5 (1.83%) Electronics
16 5 (1.83%) Telecoms
17 4 (1.47%) Billing
Job Titles
1 128 (46.89%) Project Manager
2 80 (29.30%) Senior
3 67 (24.54%) Senior Manager
4 47 (17.22%) IT Manager
5 39 (14.29%) Senior Project Manager
6 29 (10.62%) Programme Manager
7 28 (10.26%) Development Manager
8 26 (9.52%) Development Project Manager
8 26 (9.52%) Senior Development Manager
9 24 (8.79%) IT Project Manager
10 17 (6.23%) Analyst
10 17 (6.23%) Change Manager
11 16 (5.86%) Business Analyst
12 14 (5.13%) Architect
12 14 (5.13%) Project Change Manager
13 13 (4.76%) Technical Manager
13 13 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
14 12 (4.40%) Operations Manager
14 12 (4.40%) Senior Architect
14 12 (4.40%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.73%) EDI
1 2 (0.73%) Middleware
1 2 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.37%) .NET
2 1 (0.37%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.86%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.13%) AI Agents
3 11 (4.03%) PMI
4 10 (3.66%) Enterprise Cloud
4 10 (3.66%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.30%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.56%) EPoS
7 6 (2.20%) Blog
7 6 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.83%) FMCG
8 5 (1.83%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.10%) AS400
9 3 (1.10%) iSeries
9 3 (1.10%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.73%) NHS
10 2 (0.73%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.73%) Social Media
11 1 (0.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (71.43%) Project Management
2 174 (63.74%) Agile
3 169 (61.90%) PRINCE2
4 129 (47.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (34.80%) Decision-Making
6 85 (31.14%) Project Delivery
7 69 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (24.18%) ITIL
9 65 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 64 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (21.25%) Change Management
12 54 (19.78%) Risk Management
13 47 (17.22%) Migration
14 44 (16.12%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (15.75%) Waterfall
16 38 (13.92%) Service Management
17 31 (11.36%) ERP
17 31 (11.36%) Scrum
18 30 (10.99%) Computer Science
19 29 (10.62%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.73%) RPG
1 2 (0.73%) SQL
1 2 (0.73%) VBA
2 1 (0.37%) C
2 1 (0.37%) COBOL
2 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 241 (88.28%) PMI Certification
2 127 (46.52%) Degree
3 15 (5.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 13 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 11 (4.03%) Master's Degree
5 11 (4.03%) Security Cleared
6 10 (3.66%) CISSP
6 10 (3.66%) IIBA
7 9 (3.30%) DBS Check
8 7 (2.56%) CAPM
8 7 (2.56%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.83%) ISEB
9 5 (1.83%) PgMP
10 4 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.47%) CBAP
10 4 (1.47%) RIBA
11 3 (1.10%) MBA
12 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.92%) PMO
2 23 (8.42%) GDPR
3 20 (7.33%) QA
4 9 (3.30%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (2.56%) GRC
6 6 (2.20%) GMP
6 6 (2.20%) NEBOSH
7 4 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.10%) SLA
9 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.37%) EMIR
9 1 (0.37%) GxP
9 1 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.37%) P3O
9 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 25 (9.16%) SAP
4 20 (7.33%) Anaplan
5 12 (4.40%) Genesys
5 12 (4.40%) Verint
6 8 (2.93%) Alteryx
7 6 (2.20%) Oracle
8 5 (1.83%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.47%) Google
10 3 (1.10%) QAD
11 2 (0.73%) Ariba
11 2 (0.73%) Cisco
11 2 (0.73%) Cognizant
11 2 (0.73%) IBM
11 2 (0.73%) Informatica
11 2 (0.73%) Remedy
12 1 (0.37%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.37%) Misys
12 1 (0.37%) OpenLink