PMP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 403 441
Rank change year-on-year -46 +38 +7
Permanent jobs citing PMP 190 154 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.46% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.42% 1.21% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 87 91 241
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £58,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +27.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +27.27% -4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

PMP 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 13,400 12,710 17,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.64% 37.62% 25.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6,783 5,280 11,077
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,955 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PMP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

PMP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in the UK excluding London

PMP
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 PMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 July 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 -25 57 £50,000 -34.43% 43
North of England -35 53 £53,250 -14.80% 21
North West +1 31 £60,000 -4.00% 10
Midlands -12 30 £55,000 -21.43% 13
East of England -19 17 £60,500 -28.82% 10
East Midlands -1 16 £52,500 -33.33% 4
West Midlands -15 14 £55,000 -21.43% 9
Yorkshire -28 12 £72,500 +13.73% 7
North East -44 10 £42,974 - 4
South West -58 10 £60,000 +4.35% 9
Wales -46 9 £60,000 +6.67% 1
Scotland +13 7 £68,750 +5.77% 5
Northern Ireland -56 7 - - 5
PMP
UK

PMP
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 4 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.58%) Confluence
3 1 (0.53%) Mendix
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 41 (21.58%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.11%) Trello
5 4 (2.11%) Windchill
6 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.11%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.11%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.05%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.53%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.47%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.79%) Azure
3 10 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (5.26%) Smartsheet
4 7 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.68%) Power Automate
4 7 (3.68%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.11%) GitHub
7 3 (1.58%) SaaS
8 2 (1.05%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.05%) Miro
9 1 (0.53%) Asana
9 1 (0.53%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.53%) Dataform
9 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.53%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.53%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.95%) Power BI
2 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.53%) Looker
Development Applications
1 29 (15.26%) JIRA
General
1 107 (56.32%) Social Skills
2 83 (43.68%) Finance
3 34 (17.89%) Influencing Skills
4 24 (12.63%) Manufacturing
5 23 (12.11%) Pharmaceutical
6 22 (11.58%) Retail
7 18 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (7.89%) Law
9 14 (7.37%) Public Sector
10 13 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (6.32%) Marketing
12 10 (5.26%) Legal
13 8 (4.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (3.16%) Military
14 6 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (2.11%) Environmental Health
16 3 (1.58%) Automotive
17 2 (1.05%) General Ledger
17 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
18 1 (0.53%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 82 (43.16%) Project Manager
2 41 (21.58%) Senior
3 40 (21.05%) Programme Manager
4 35 (18.42%) Senior Manager
5 22 (11.58%) Change Manager
5 22 (11.58%) Project Change Manager
6 21 (11.05%) Senior Project Manager
7 19 (10.00%) IT Manager
8 14 (7.37%) Development Manager
8 14 (7.37%) Development Project Manager
8 14 (7.37%) Senior Development Manager
9 13 (6.84%) Lead
10 11 (5.79%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.79%) Senior Programme Manager
11 10 (5.26%) Portfolio Manager
12 8 (4.21%) IT Programme Manager
13 7 (3.68%) Analyst
13 7 (3.68%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.68%) Support Engineer
14 6 (3.16%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) Middleware
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.53%) PMI
2 8 (4.21%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.68%) EPoS
4 6 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.58%) Life Science
5 3 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.05%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.05%) CMDB
6 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.05%) LIMS
6 2 (1.05%) NHS
6 2 (1.05%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.53%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.53%) FMCG
7 1 (0.53%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.53%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
1 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (83.16%) PRINCE2
2 136 (71.58%) Project Management
3 124 (65.26%) Agile
4 107 (56.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 80 (42.11%) Project Delivery
6 61 (32.11%) Decision-Making
7 54 (28.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (26.84%) Change Management
9 50 (26.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 49 (25.79%) ITIL
10 49 (25.79%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (17.89%) Impact Assessments
12 33 (17.37%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (16.84%) Matrix Organization
13 32 (16.84%) Waterfall
14 28 (14.74%) Risk Management
15 27 (14.21%) Budgeting
16 26 (13.68%) Budget Management
16 26 (13.68%) ERP
17 25 (13.16%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 168 (88.42%) PMI Certification
2 66 (34.74%) Degree
3 24 (12.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 18 (9.47%) DBS Check
5 13 (6.84%) Security Cleared
6 9 (4.74%) CAPM
6 9 (4.74%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.21%) APMP
8 7 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.16%) PgMP
9 6 (3.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (2.63%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.63%) ISEB
11 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.05%) CBAP
12 2 (1.05%) CISM
12 2 (1.05%) CISSP
12 2 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.05%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.05%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.63%) PMO
2 15 (7.89%) QA
3 10 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.68%) GDPR
5 6 (3.16%) GMP
5 6 (3.16%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.63%) GRC
7 4 (2.11%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.11%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.11%) SLA
8 2 (1.05%) GxP
8 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.05%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.89%) SAP
3 5 (2.63%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.11%) Oracle
4 4 (2.11%) Sage
5 3 (1.58%) Planview
5 3 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.05%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) IFS
7 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.53%) Callidus
7 1 (0.53%) Informatica
7 1 (0.53%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.53%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.53%) Workday