PMI Certification Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 343 358
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 +149
Permanent jobs citing PMI Certification 210 215 330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.67% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.65% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 95 114 238
10th Percentile £35,950 £47,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £68,625 £68,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,041 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PMI Certification 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,659 13,062 14,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.35% 40.43% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,367 5,051 10,100
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.34%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £78,009
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PMI Certification relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PMI Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for PMI Certification in the UK excluding London

PMI Certification
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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
North of England -15 58 £53,250 -3.18% 27
South East +12 50 £65,000 +16.07% 29
Midlands +11 41 £58,514 -2.48% 15
North West +4 31 £53,250 -3.18% 18
West Midlands +21 22 £61,301 +2.60% 10
South West -1 19 £64,290 +11.81% 7
North East +11 18 £41,000 -48.75% 2
East Midlands -22 18 £52,500 -19.23% 5
Northern Ireland - 17 - -
Scotland -20 12 £45,000 -29.13%
Yorkshire -37 9 £63,076 +5.13% 7
East of England +9 7 £75,000 +15.84% 7
Wales +4 6 £25,400 -27.43% 2
PMI Certification
UK

PMI Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (4.76%) Confluence
2 6 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (22.86%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.95%) Trello
6 1 (0.48%) CATIA
6 1 (0.48%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.48%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.48%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.48%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.48%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.48%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 39 (18.57%) Power Platform
2 19 (9.05%) Azure
3 12 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.81%) Asana
5 8 (3.81%) AWS
6 5 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.90%) SaaS
8 3 (1.43%) Collibra
9 1 (0.48%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.48%) GCP
9 1 (0.48%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.48%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.48%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.48%) OCI
9 1 (0.48%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.33%) Internet
2 6 (2.86%) DHCP
2 6 (2.86%) DNS
2 6 (2.86%) Network Security
3 3 (1.43%) LAN
3 3 (1.43%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.43%) Unified Communications
3 3 (1.43%) VoIP
3 3 (1.43%) VPN
3 3 (1.43%) WAN
3 3 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.48%) 5G
4 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (18.10%) Power BI
2 18 (8.57%) Tableau
3 3 (1.43%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.43%) Metadata
3 3 (1.43%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.43%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.48%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 25 (11.90%) JIRA
2 3 (1.43%) ERwin
2 3 (1.43%) PowerDesigner
General
1 123 (58.57%) Social Skills
2 93 (44.29%) Finance
3 56 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.38%) Influencing Skills
5 22 (10.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (9.52%) Games
7 18 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (8.10%) Legal
9 14 (6.67%) Public Sector
10 12 (5.71%) Law
11 11 (5.24%) Manufacturing
12 10 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (4.76%) Retail
13 7 (3.33%) Aerospace
13 7 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (2.38%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.43%) Billing
15 3 (1.43%) Electronics
15 3 (1.43%) Publishing
16 2 (0.95%) Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (39.05%) Project Manager
2 73 (34.76%) Senior
3 61 (29.05%) Senior Manager
4 31 (14.76%) Senior Project Manager
5 30 (14.29%) Analyst
6 28 (13.33%) Change Manager
7 23 (10.95%) Business Analyst
7 23 (10.95%) Project Change Manager
8 22 (10.48%) Development Manager
8 22 (10.48%) Development Project Manager
8 22 (10.48%) Senior Development Manager
9 19 (9.05%) Architect
10 18 (8.57%) Senior Architect
11 16 (7.62%) IT Manager
12 11 (5.24%) Coordinator
12 11 (5.24%) Portfolio Manager
12 11 (5.24%) Senior Portfolio Manager
13 10 (4.76%) IT Project Manager
14 9 (4.29%) Project Coordinator
15 7 (3.33%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.43%) HTML
1 3 (1.43%) JSON
2 1 (0.48%) Middleware
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 55 (26.19%) PMI
2 16 (7.62%) Management Information System
3 15 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.86%) iPad
7 5 (2.38%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.38%) Social Media
8 4 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.43%) IoT
10 2 (0.95%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.95%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.95%) SCADA
10 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.48%) Blog
11 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.48%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.24%) Windows
2 6 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (65.24%) Project Management
2 118 (56.19%) Agile
3 99 (47.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 95 (45.24%) PRINCE2
5 80 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 66 (31.43%) Change Management
7 61 (29.05%) Decision-Making
8 60 (28.57%) Project Delivery
9 55 (26.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
10 42 (20.00%) Risk Management
11 37 (17.62%) Process Improvement
12 35 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (14.76%) Matrix Organization
14 30 (14.29%) ITIL
15 29 (13.81%) Impact Assessments
16 28 (13.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
17 27 (12.86%) Migration
17 27 (12.86%) Programme Management
18 26 (12.38%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.24%) SQL
2 4 (1.90%) Python
2 4 (1.90%) VBA
3 3 (1.43%) Java
3 3 (1.43%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.43%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.95%) C++
5 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 159 (75.71%) PMP
2 122 (58.10%) Degree
3 17 (8.10%) Master's Degree
4 13 (6.19%) Security Cleared
5 10 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (4.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.33%) DBS Check
7 7 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 7 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (2.86%) ISEB
9 5 (2.38%) CAPM
9 5 (2.38%) CBAP
9 5 (2.38%) IIBA
9 5 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.38%) MBA
10 4 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.90%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.43%) QA
2 15 (7.14%) PMO
3 12 (5.71%) GDPR
3 12 (5.71%) P3O
4 6 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.90%) NIST
7 3 (1.43%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.95%) GMP
8 2 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.48%) Basel III
9 1 (0.48%) EMIR
9 1 (0.48%) GRC
9 1 (0.48%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 6 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.86%) WSUS
2 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.57%) Anaplan
3 18 (8.57%) Genesys
3 18 (8.57%) Verint
4 9 (4.29%) SAP
5 7 (3.33%) Oracle
6 6 (2.86%) Apple
6 6 (2.86%) VMware
7 3 (1.43%) Cisco
7 3 (1.43%) QAD
8 2 (0.95%) Citrix
8 2 (0.95%) Google
8 2 (0.95%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.48%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.48%) Gigya
9 1 (0.48%) Jitterbit
9 1 (0.48%) Planon
9 1 (0.48%) SnapLogic