PMI Job Trends in the South East

Project Management Institute (PMI)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI 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 303 270 291
Rank change year-on-year -33 +21 +6
Permanent jobs citing PMI 24 31 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.83% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 27
10th Percentile £40,400 - £33,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £47,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +88.48% -26.54% +36.84%
75th Percentile £100,000 £68,438 £70,000
90th Percentile - £82,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £64,080
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.34% +42.40%

All Generic Skills
South East

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,243 3,747 4,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.63% 41.96% 33.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,943 1,786 2,677
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,356 £27,757
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -8.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -11.54%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PMI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

PMI job vacancy trend in the South East

PMI
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing PMI

PMI
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI in the South East over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PMI in the South East

PMI
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the South East 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
Hampshire -37 16 £100,000 - 4
Surrey -24 4 £70,000 +112.12% 2
East Sussex - 2 £37,500 -
Berkshire +3 1 £70,000 -12.50% 1
Thames Valley -16 1 £70,000 -12.50% 2
Kent - 1 £59,000 - 1
PMI
England

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (8.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (8.33%) InDesign
3 2 (8.33%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) AWS
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (4.17%) MySQL
1 1 (4.17%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (45.83%) Aerospace
3 9 (37.50%) Aviation
4 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (29.17%) Military
6 5 (20.83%) Finance
7 2 (8.33%) Marketing
7 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Retail
8 1 (4.17%) Advertising
8 1 (4.17%) Aeronautics
8 1 (4.17%) Health Technology
8 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Lead
2 6 (25.00%) Engineering Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 6 (25.00%) Software Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Marketing Executive
5 1 (4.17%) DBA
5 1 (4.17%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) MySQL DBA
5 1 (4.17%) Project Management Officer
5 1 (4.17%) Project Officer
5 1 (4.17%) Project Planner
5 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Data Centre
1 7 (29.17%) Legacy Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
1 7 (29.17%) Onboarding
1 7 (29.17%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) ASIC
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.17%) FPGA
2 1 (4.17%) NHS
2 1 (4.17%) Replication
2 1 (4.17%) Robotics
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.17%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (54.17%) PRINCE2
1 13 (54.17%) Project Management
2 9 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
3 8 (33.33%) Change Management
3 8 (33.33%) ERP
3 8 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 8 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 8 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) ITIL
4 7 (29.17%) ITSM
4 7 (29.17%) Migration
4 7 (29.17%) Programme Management
4 7 (29.17%) Quality Management
4 7 (29.17%) Service Delivery
4 7 (29.17%) Software Engineering
4 7 (29.17%) Technical Architecture
4 7 (29.17%) TOGAF
4 7 (29.17%) Validation
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 12 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (45.83%) Degree
4 9 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 8 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (33.33%) DV Cleared
6 7 (29.17%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CEH
7 1 (4.17%) CISM
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) DO-254
2 1 (4.17%) GRC
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.17%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Argo
1 1 (4.17%) Grafana
1 1 (4.17%) Graylog
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Prometheus
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) SAP
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle
2 7 (29.17%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.33%) Adobe
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft