PMP Job Trends in the North West

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 216 201
Rank change year-on-year -3 -15 +5
Permanent jobs citing PMP 29 31 53
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.24% 0.60% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.72% 1.57% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 22 29 41
10th Percentile £45,000 - £42,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +2.68%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,750 - £77,500
England median annual salary £68,250 £72,348 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.66% +25.82% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,688 1,975 1,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.08% 37.94% 21.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 696 1,081
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,689 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the North West

PMP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PMP

PMP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP in the North West over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in the North West

PMP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Manchester -43 12 £60,000 -20.00% 12
Cheshire +17 11 £60,000 -4.00% 4
Merseyside - 4 £56,750 - 5
Cumbria -16 1 £48,000 -11.93%
Lancashire - 1 £44,447 - 5
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (13.79%) Trello
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Sage 200
1 4 (13.79%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
3 1 (3.45%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) JIRA
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Manufacturing
4 5 (17.24%) Law
4 5 (17.24%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (10.34%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Facilities Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) IT Manager
2 6 (20.69%) IT Project Manager
2 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Technical Support
2 6 (20.69%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Senior
4 4 (13.79%) ERP Manager
4 4 (13.79%) ERP Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow Manager
6 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow Project Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Services Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) PMI
2 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
1 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) PRINCE2
2 26 (89.66%) Project Management
3 14 (48.28%) Agile
4 12 (41.38%) Project Delivery
5 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (24.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (20.69%) Workshop Facilitation
8 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (17.24%) DevOps
8 5 (17.24%) Project Planning
8 5 (17.24%) Risk Management
8 5 (17.24%) Scrum
8 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
9 4 (13.79%) Business Analysis
9 4 (13.79%) ERP
9 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
9 4 (13.79%) SDLC
9 4 (13.79%) Software Delivery
9 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
9 4 (13.79%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 24 (82.76%) PMI Certification
2 13 (44.83%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (6.90%) RIBA
4 1 (3.45%) APMP
4 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.45%) CAPM
4 1 (3.45%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) GMP
1 6 (20.69%) NEBOSH
2 5 (17.24%) QA
3 3 (10.34%) PMO
4 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Sage
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
3 2 (6.90%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Dell
4 1 (3.45%) Talend
4 1 (3.45%) VMware