PMP Job Trends in Scotland

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 122 179
Rank change year-on-year -11 +57 +21
Permanent jobs citing PMP 8 19 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.29% 0.71% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.45% 2.72% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £127,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £135,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +217.65% -22.73%
75th Percentile £47,500 £142,500 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £62,650
UK median annual salary £67,500 £64,743 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% -0.40% +9.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 550 698 610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 20.20% 26.06% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 231 247 358
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,423 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,875 £37,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,799 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,814
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

PMP job vacancy trend in Scotland

PMP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PMP

PMP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Edinburgh -9 6 - -
Glasgow +16 1 - -
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 5 (62.50%) Legal
3 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Games
4 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Change Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Project Management
2 7 (87.50%) PRINCE2
3 6 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 6 (75.00%) Agile
3 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (75.00%) User Stories
4 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
4 5 (62.50%) Business Case
4 5 (62.50%) Change Management
4 5 (62.50%) Coaching
4 5 (62.50%) Data Flow Diagram
4 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
4 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (62.50%) Test Planning
4 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (62.50%) Validation
4 5 (62.50%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (25.00%) Migration
6 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CBAP
3 1 (12.50%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Anaplan
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Genesys
2 1 (12.50%) Verint
2 1 (12.50%) VMware