PMI Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Project Management Institute (PMI)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 172 192
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 +48
Permanent jobs citing PMI 6 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.76% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 5
10th Percentile £37,750 £51,993 £29,200
25th Percentile - £53,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +51.32% -39.20%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £60,815
90th Percentile - £67,750 £61,826
South East median annual salary £37,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -34.78% -11.54% +13.04%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,070 1,183 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 26.54% 34.96% 33.07%
Number of salaries quoted 604 512 851
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £43,911 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +10.09% -0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,875 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

PMI job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

PMI
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PMI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PMI

PMI
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PMI in the Thames Valley

PMI
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire -6 4 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Oxfordshire +17 1 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £37,500 -42.31% 1
PMI
South East

PMI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (16.67%) CATIA
1 1 (16.67%) PTC Creo
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens NX
1 1 (16.67%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Junior
1 2 (33.33%) Junior Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) SDLC
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft