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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 196 189
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +126
Permanent jobs citing PMP 29 50 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.75% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.04% 2.05% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 17 23 25
10th Percentile £40,114 £38,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £82,500 £64,073 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,000 £59,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £64,743 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% -0.40% +8.33%

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 2,779 2,444 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.64% 36.58% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 763 739 1,092
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 18 £58,514 +9.37% 82
East Midlands -25 10 £53,750 -6.52% 68
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 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (10.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (6.90%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (3.45%) NetSuite
1 1 (3.45%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Power Platform
2 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) SaaS
3 4 (13.79%) AWS
4 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Asana
5 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) JIRA
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 11 (37.93%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.34%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
4 3 (10.34%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.90%) Local Government
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Billing
6 1 (3.45%) Games
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Project Manager
2 8 (27.59%) IT Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Manager
4 5 (17.24%) Applications Support
4 5 (17.24%) Head of Support
5 4 (13.79%) Change Manager
5 4 (13.79%) IT Project Manager
5 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Performance Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Report Manager
7 1 (3.45%) ERP Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Finance Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Head of Business Transformation
7 1 (3.45%) Head of Delivery
7 1 (3.45%) IT Change Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Project Change Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.90%) PMI
3 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.45%) IoT
4 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) PRINCE2
1 18 (62.07%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (58.62%) Project Management
3 15 (51.72%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (44.83%) Agile
4 13 (44.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (34.48%) Change Management
5 10 (34.48%) Project Delivery
6 9 (31.03%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (31.03%) ITIL
7 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (27.59%) Process Improvement
7 8 (27.59%) Risk Management
7 8 (27.59%) Strategic Thinking
8 7 (24.14%) ERP
8 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
9 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
10 5 (17.24%) Process Management
10 5 (17.24%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Python
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
1 2 (6.90%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 18 (62.07%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) Master's Degree
4 3 (10.34%) MBA
5 2 (6.90%) CAPM
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (17.24%) GDPR
2 5 (17.24%) SLA
3 4 (13.79%) PMO
4 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) QAD
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Anaplan
4 1 (3.45%) Genesys
4 1 (3.45%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Planon
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) Verint