PMI Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 508 492
Rank change year-on-year -45 -16 +9
Permanent jobs citing PMI 99 45 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.13% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.55% 0.33% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 60 20 105
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £45,799 £39,313 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,080
Median % change year-on-year - -6.37% +42.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £78,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £64,080
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.44% +32.81%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,074 13,676 18,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.47% 39.54% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11,728 6,332 10,110
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,625 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,000 £37,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,473 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,060 £78,750 £80,000
UK 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 UK excluding London

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

PMI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PMI
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PMI
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PMI in the UK excluding London

PMI
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England -22 33 £52,000 -35.00% 15
Midlands +7 28 £60,000 +44.58% 13
South East -37 25 £81,250 +70.16% 44
West Midlands - 19 £60,000 - 9
North West -4 17 £52,500 +50.00% 8
Yorkshire -17 13 £52,000 -35.00% 8
East Midlands -12 9 £55,000 +32.53% 4
East of England -27 7 £60,000 +7.14% 3
South West -62 4 - - 11
North East - 3 £44,447 -
Scotland - 2 - - 11
PMI
UK

PMI
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 6 (6.06%) Confluence
2 2 (2.02%) WordPress
3 1 (1.01%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 18 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (2.02%) InDesign
4 2 (2.02%) Photoshop
4 2 (2.02%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Primavera
2 5 (5.05%) SAP EHS
3 4 (4.04%) Sage 200
3 4 (4.04%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.21%) Azure
2 12 (12.12%) AWS
3 8 (8.08%) SaaS
4 7 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.05%) Smartsheet
6 4 (4.04%) Google Ads
7 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.02%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.06%) Wireless
2 4 (4.04%) DHCP
2 4 (4.04%) DNS
2 4 (4.04%) VoIP
3 3 (3.03%) Firewall
3 3 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.03%) MySQL
2 2 (2.02%) Big Data
2 2 (2.02%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.02%) MariaDB
2 2 (2.02%) Power BI
3 1 (1.01%) DTS
3 1 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.01%) Vitess
Development Applications
1 23 (23.23%) JIRA
2 3 (3.03%) Git
General
1 39 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.22%) Finance
3 14 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.12%) Aerospace
5 9 (9.09%) Aviation
5 9 (9.09%) Legal
5 9 (9.09%) Retail
6 7 (7.07%) Manufacturing
6 7 (7.07%) Military
7 6 (6.06%) Marketing
8 5 (5.05%) Public Sector
9 4 (4.04%) Games
9 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.01%) Advertising
11 1 (1.01%) Aeronautics
11 1 (1.01%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.01%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (21.21%) Lead
2 17 (17.17%) Project Manager
3 16 (16.16%) Senior
4 13 (13.13%) IT Manager
5 10 (10.10%) Senior Manager
5 10 (10.10%) Software Manager
6 7 (7.07%) Analyst
6 7 (7.07%) IT Programme Manager
6 7 (7.07%) Programme Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Business Analyst
7 6 (6.06%) Engineering Manager
7 6 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Portfolio Manager
7 6 (6.06%) Software Engineering Manager
8 5 (5.05%) Business Development Manager
8 5 (5.05%) Business Manager
8 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.05%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.05%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (5.05%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) GraphQL
1 2 (2.02%) JSON
1 2 (2.02%) Laravel
1 2 (2.02%) XML
2 1 (1.01%) .NET
2 1 (1.01%) FHIR
2 1 (1.01%) React
2 1 (1.01%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.10%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 7 (7.07%) Data Centre
3 7 (7.07%) EPoS
3 7 (7.07%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (7.07%) Private Cloud
3 7 (7.07%) Virtual Team
4 5 (5.05%) Fat Client
4 5 (5.05%) Product Ownership
4 5 (5.05%) Thin Client
5 4 (4.04%) Blog
5 4 (4.04%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (2.02%) Life Science
6 2 (2.02%) NHS
6 2 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.01%) ASIC
7 1 (1.01%) FPGA
7 1 (1.01%) Replication
7 1 (1.01%) Robotics
7 1 (1.01%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.08%) Windows
2 4 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.01%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (43.43%) PRINCE2
2 39 (39.39%) Agile
3 37 (37.37%) Project Management
4 36 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 36 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (25.25%) Project Delivery
7 22 (22.22%) Roadmaps
8 21 (21.21%) ERP
9 20 (20.20%) ITIL
10 16 (16.16%) Service Management
11 15 (15.15%) Change Management
11 15 (15.15%) Decision-Making
11 15 (15.15%) ITSM
11 15 (15.15%) Risk Management
12 14 (14.14%) Change Control
12 14 (14.14%) Mentoring
13 13 (13.13%) Quality Management
14 12 (12.12%) Coaching
14 12 (12.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.04%) SQL
2 2 (2.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 99 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 31 (31.31%) Degree
3 21 (21.21%) PMP
4 19 (19.19%) Security Cleared
5 13 (13.13%) DV Cleared
6 10 (10.10%) SC Cleared
7 8 (8.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (8.08%) CAPM
8 7 (7.07%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (6.06%) APMP
9 6 (6.06%) CBAP
9 6 (6.06%) PgMP
10 4 (4.04%) IIBA
11 2 (2.02%) MAPM
12 1 (1.01%) CEH
12 1 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (1.01%) CISM
12 1 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 1 (1.01%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.12%) QA
2 8 (8.08%) PMO
3 4 (4.04%) SLA
4 3 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.02%) GRC
5 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.01%) DO-254
System Software
1 4 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.01%) Argo
1 1 (1.01%) Grafana
1 1 (1.01%) Graylog
1 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.01%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (17.17%) SAP
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.07%) Oracle
3 7 (7.07%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.06%) Google
5 4 (4.04%) HubSpot
5 4 (4.04%) Sage
6 3 (3.03%) Databricks
7 2 (2.02%) Adobe
7 2 (2.02%) OpenAI
8 1 (1.01%) Foundry
8 1 (1.01%) Palantir
8 1 (1.01%) VMware