PMI Job Trends in Manchester

Project Management Institute (PMI)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +107
Permanent jobs citing PMI 2 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.067% - 0.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.18% - 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £65,965
25th Percentile £82,500 - £69,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.16%
75th Percentile £87,500 - £80,938
90th Percentile - - £82,500
North West median annual salary £74,038 £60,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +23.40% -18.64% +28.26%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,107 965 950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 37.29% 36.13% 37.37%
Number of salaries quoted 514 447 738
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,125 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £71,369
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

PMI job vacancy trend in Manchester

PMI
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PMI

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Software Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Kanban
1 1 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ISEB
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) SAFe Agilist
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint