PMP Job Trends in Merseyside

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
North West > Merseyside

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 50 74
Rank change year-on-year -17 +24 +13
Permanent jobs citing PMP 6 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.60% 0.24% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.68% 0.47% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £42,100
25th Percentile £57,500 - £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £51,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -31.33% +20.00% -3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 224 213 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 22.24% 50.84% 16.01%
Number of salaries quoted 100 55 137
10th Percentile £28,175 - £22,090
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,625 £79,250 £68,750
North West median annual salary £52,000 £50,055 £48,007
% change year-on-year +3.89% +4.27% -12.72%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Merseyside

PMP
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing PMP

PMP
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 6 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
Liverpool -16 6 £60,000 - 1
PMP
North West

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
1 2 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Change Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Project Change Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Control
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Management
3 2 (33.33%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (33.33%) WFM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Anaplan
1 2 (33.33%) Genesys
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 2 (33.33%) Verint