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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 393 444
Rank change year-on-year -47 +51 -10
Permanent jobs citing PMP 192 153 262
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.45% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.40% 1.21% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 89 91 194
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £58,125 £42,147
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +33.33% +2.44%
75th Percentile £71,000 £78,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,750 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 13,689 12,650 15,684
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.45% 37.03% 25.08%
Number of salaries quoted 6,899 5,299 9,153
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £34,988 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 30 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 -34 56 £50,000 -35.48% 48
North of England -21 54 £51,500 -17.60% 29
North West -4 30 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Midlands -14 29 £55,000 -21.43% 14
East of England -35 19 £60,000 -29.41% 11
East Midlands -8 15 £52,500 -33.33% 3
West Midlands -18 14 £55,000 -21.43% 11
Yorkshire -23 13 £72,500 +13.73% 10
North East -41 11 £41,500 - 5
South West -63 11 £61,250 +6.52% 11
Wales -52 9 £60,000 +6.67% 1
Scotland +16 7 £68,750 -14.06% 9
Northern Ireland -62 7 - - 6
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 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) Mendix
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 39 (20.31%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.08%) Trello
5 4 (2.08%) Windchill
6 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.08%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.08%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.04%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.52%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.90%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.21%) Azure
2 10 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (5.21%) Smartsheet
3 7 (3.65%) Power Automate
3 7 (3.65%) PowerApps
4 6 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.08%) GitHub
7 3 (1.56%) SaaS
8 2 (1.04%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.04%) Miro
9 1 (0.52%) Asana
9 1 (0.52%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.52%) Dataform
9 1 (0.52%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.52%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.52%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.38%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.52%) Looker
Development Applications
1 28 (14.58%) JIRA
General
1 110 (57.29%) Social Skills
2 82 (42.71%) Finance
3 33 (17.19%) Influencing Skills
4 25 (13.02%) Manufacturing
5 24 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (10.42%) Retail
7 17 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (8.33%) Law
9 14 (7.29%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (7.29%) Public Sector
10 12 (6.25%) Marketing
11 11 (5.73%) Legal
12 7 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (3.13%) Military
14 4 (2.08%) Environmental Health
15 3 (1.56%) Automotive
16 2 (1.04%) General Ledger
16 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
17 1 (0.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 81 (42.19%) Project Manager
2 43 (22.40%) Senior
3 41 (21.35%) Programme Manager
4 38 (19.79%) Senior Manager
5 22 (11.46%) Change Manager
5 22 (11.46%) Project Change Manager
6 21 (10.94%) Senior Project Manager
7 18 (9.38%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.77%) Development Manager
8 13 (6.77%) Development Project Manager
8 13 (6.77%) Lead
8 13 (6.77%) Senior Development Manager
9 11 (5.73%) IT Project Manager
9 11 (5.73%) Senior Programme Manager
10 10 (5.21%) Portfolio Manager
11 8 (4.17%) Analyst
11 8 (4.17%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.65%) IT Programme Manager
12 7 (3.65%) Support Engineer
13 6 (3.13%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.42%) PMI
2 8 (4.17%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.65%) EPoS
4 6 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.08%) LIMS
5 4 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.56%) Life Science
6 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.04%) CMDB
7 2 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.04%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.52%) FMCG
8 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.52%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
1 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (83.85%) PRINCE2
2 136 (70.83%) Project Management
3 127 (66.15%) Agile
4 112 (58.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 82 (42.71%) Project Delivery
6 60 (31.25%) Decision-Making
7 56 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 53 (27.60%) Change Management
8 53 (27.60%) ITIL
9 51 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
10 50 (26.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 35 (18.23%) Impact Assessments
12 33 (17.19%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
13 32 (16.67%) Waterfall
14 29 (15.10%) ERP
15 28 (14.58%) Budgeting
15 28 (14.58%) Risk Management
16 27 (14.06%) Budget Management
17 26 (13.54%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 169 (88.02%) PMI Certification
2 62 (32.29%) Degree
3 23 (11.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (9.90%) DBS Check
5 13 (6.77%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.21%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.69%) CAPM
8 8 (4.17%) APMP
9 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.13%) ISEB
10 6 (3.13%) PgMP
11 5 (2.60%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (1.04%) CBAP
12 2 (1.04%) CISM
12 2 (1.04%) CISSP
12 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.04%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.50%) PMO
2 16 (8.33%) QA
3 10 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.17%) GDPR
5 6 (3.13%) GMP
5 6 (3.13%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.60%) GRC
7 4 (2.08%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.08%) GxP
7 4 (2.08%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.08%) SLA
8 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.04%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.33%) SAP
3 5 (2.60%) Sage
3 5 (2.60%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.08%) Oracle
5 3 (1.56%) Planview
5 3 (1.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.04%) Google
6 2 (1.04%) IFS
7 1 (0.52%) Callidus
7 1 (0.52%) Informatica
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Workday