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 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 343 410
Rank change year-on-year -10 +67 +59
Permanent jobs citing PMI Certification 168 248 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 1.78% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 80 129 113
10th Percentile £35,300 £48,500 £46,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +13.44%
75th Percentile £75,938 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,625 £85,000 £78,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% +18.18%

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 14,183 13,943 9,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 37.42% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,129 5,412 6,477
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,475 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

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 1 January 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 1 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
South East +14 51 £70,000 +21.74% 56
Midlands +8 37 £56,250 -6.25% 26
North of England -7 34 £50,000 -13.04% 29
North West +2 22 £50,000 -13.04% 17
West Midlands +16 20 £59,527 -4.76% 18
South West -7 16 £60,000 +4.35% 9
East Midlands -19 16 £53,750 -8.51% 8
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 1
North East +18 10 £32,500 -59.38% 4
Scotland +1 9 £45,000 - 4
East of England +9 5 £75,000 +3.63% 11
Wales +8 3 £44,845 +28.13% 5
Yorkshire -21 2 £82,500 +37.50% 9
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 7 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (24.40%) Microsoft Project
2 20 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.38%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.79%) Trello
7 1 (0.60%) CATIA
7 1 (0.60%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.60%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.19%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.60%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.60%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 38 (22.62%) Power Platform
2 22 (13.10%) Azure
3 12 (7.14%) AWS
4 11 (6.55%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.76%) Asana
5 8 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.17%) SaaS
7 6 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.79%) Collibra
9 1 (0.60%) GCP
9 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.76%) Unified Communications
1 8 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (4.17%) Internet
2 7 (4.17%) LAN
2 7 (4.17%) SD-WAN
2 7 (4.17%) VoIP
2 7 (4.17%) VPN
2 7 (4.17%) WAN
3 6 (3.57%) DHCP
3 6 (3.57%) DNS
3 6 (3.57%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) 5G
4 1 (0.60%) Firewall
4 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (22.62%) Power BI
2 18 (10.71%) Tableau
3 3 (1.79%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.79%) Metadata
3 3 (1.79%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.79%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.60%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (13.69%) JIRA
2 3 (1.79%) ERwin
2 3 (1.79%) PowerDesigner
General
1 81 (48.21%) Social Skills
2 60 (35.71%) Finance
3 55 (32.74%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.71%) Games
4 18 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (8.33%) Legal
6 13 (7.74%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (7.74%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (5.36%) Law
7 9 (5.36%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.76%) Aerospace
8 8 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (4.17%) Retail
10 3 (1.79%) Electronics
10 3 (1.79%) Marketing
10 3 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.79%) Publishing
11 2 (1.19%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 47 (27.98%) Project Manager
1 47 (27.98%) Senior
2 41 (24.40%) Senior Manager
3 21 (12.50%) Analyst
3 21 (12.50%) Senior Project Manager
4 18 (10.71%) Architect
4 18 (10.71%) IT Manager
4 18 (10.71%) Senior Architect
5 15 (8.93%) Business Analyst
6 13 (7.74%) Coordinator
7 12 (7.14%) Development Manager
7 12 (7.14%) Development Project Manager
7 12 (7.14%) Senior Development Manager
8 9 (5.36%) IT Project Manager
8 9 (5.36%) Project Coordinator
9 7 (4.17%) Head of IT
9 7 (4.17%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (4.17%) Head of Operations
9 7 (4.17%) Lead
10 6 (3.57%) Commercial Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.19%) HTML
1 2 (1.19%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.83%) PMI
2 21 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.36%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.57%) iPad
5 6 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.98%) Social Media
7 3 (1.79%) IoT
8 2 (1.19%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.19%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.19%) SCADA
8 2 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.60%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.60%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.55%) Windows
2 6 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (66.07%) Project Management
2 78 (46.43%) Agile
3 76 (45.24%) PRINCE2
3 76 (45.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (39.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (24.40%) Business Intelligence
5 41 (24.40%) Change Management
6 39 (23.21%) Project Delivery
7 37 (22.02%) Decision-Making
7 37 (22.02%) ITIL
8 34 (20.24%) Process Improvement
9 33 (19.64%) Risk Management
10 30 (17.86%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 30 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
12 27 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (15.48%) Migration
14 24 (14.29%) Computer Science
14 24 (14.29%) Six Sigma
15 23 (13.69%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.95%) SQL
2 4 (2.38%) Python
2 4 (2.38%) VBA
3 2 (1.19%) C++
3 2 (1.19%) Java
3 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.19%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 137 (81.55%) PMP
2 120 (71.43%) Degree
3 22 (13.10%) Master's Degree
4 11 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.36%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (4.76%) AWS Certification
7 7 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (4.17%) CCNP
7 7 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.57%) DBS Check
8 6 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 5 (2.98%) IIBA
9 5 (2.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.98%) MBA
9 5 (2.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (2.38%) CAPM
10 4 (2.38%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.12%) QA
2 15 (8.93%) PMO
3 9 (5.36%) SLA
4 7 (4.17%) GDPR
4 7 (4.17%) NIST
5 6 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.60%) Basel III
7 1 (0.60%) EMIR
7 1 (0.60%) GMP
7 1 (0.60%) GRC
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.60%) MiFID
7 1 (0.60%) P3O
System Software
1 9 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.57%) Hyper-V
2 6 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (3.57%) WSUS
2 1 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 46 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.90%) ServiceNow
3 18 (10.71%) Anaplan
3 18 (10.71%) Genesys
3 18 (10.71%) Verint
4 11 (6.55%) SAP
5 8 (4.76%) Cisco
6 7 (4.17%) VMware
7 6 (3.57%) Apple
8 5 (2.98%) Oracle
9 3 (1.79%) QAD
10 1 (0.60%) Citrix
10 1 (0.60%) Gigya
10 1 (0.60%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.60%) IBM
10 1 (0.60%) Planon
10 1 (0.60%) Salesforce