PMP Job Trends in the Midlands

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 198 257
Rank change year-on-year -16 +59 +34
Permanent jobs citing PMP 37 18 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.30% 0.37% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.13% 0.92% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 47
10th Percentile £41,495 £50,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £57,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,500 £47,501
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +37.89% -17.39%
75th Percentile £75,260 £73,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £87,125 £77,500 £73,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,279 1,962 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 26.89% 40.23% 23.64%
Number of salaries quoted 893 796 1,852
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,688 £31,551
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.55% -4.35%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PMP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PMP

PMP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in the Midlands

PMP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
West Midlands -26 19 £55,000 -15.71% 14
East Midlands -39 17 £55,000 -26.67% 8
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (8.11%) MS Visio
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (5.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Power Platform
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.41%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.70%) Asana
5 1 (2.70%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) Google Docs
5 1 (2.70%) Google Drive
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
General
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (32.43%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (27.03%) Retail
4 9 (24.32%) Finance
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
6 3 (8.11%) Electronics
7 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Legal
8 1 (2.70%) Banking
8 1 (2.70%) Billing
8 1 (2.70%) Games
8 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (43.24%) IT Manager
1 16 (43.24%) Project Manager
2 8 (21.62%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) IT Programme Manager
3 7 (18.92%) Programme Manager
4 6 (16.22%) Change Manager
5 5 (13.51%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (13.51%) Senior Manager
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Manager
6 4 (10.81%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Project Change Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (5.41%) Business Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (5.41%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (2.70%) Operations Manager
9 1 (2.70%) Service Manager
9 1 (2.70%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) PMI
2 7 (18.92%) EPoS
2 7 (18.92%) Virtual Team
3 4 (10.81%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.41%) AI Agents
4 2 (5.41%) Low-Code
4 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (81.08%) PRINCE2
2 20 (54.05%) Project Management
2 20 (54.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 19 (51.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (51.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (48.65%) Agile
5 13 (35.14%) Change Management
5 13 (35.14%) Project Delivery
6 12 (32.43%) Budget Management
6 12 (32.43%) ITIL
7 11 (29.73%) Migration
8 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (24.32%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (24.32%) ITSM
9 9 (24.32%) Technology Transformation
10 8 (21.62%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 8 (21.62%) Service Management
11 7 (18.92%) Collaborative Working
11 7 (18.92%) ERP
11 7 (18.92%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 13 (35.14%) Degree
3 5 (13.51%) Master's Degree
4 4 (10.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (8.11%) MBA
6 2 (5.41%) CAPM
6 2 (5.41%) CBAP
6 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) GDPR
2 5 (13.51%) PMO
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) P3O
3 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) SAP
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.81%) ServiceNow
4 3 (8.11%) Oracle
4 3 (8.11%) QAD
5 2 (5.41%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.70%) Anaplan
6 1 (2.70%) Genesys
6 1 (2.70%) HubSpot
6 1 (2.70%) Verint