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 7 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 352 449
Rank change year-on-year -34 +97 +47
Permanent jobs citing PMP 198 167 317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.58% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.17% 1.36% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 80 85 257
10th Percentile £20,000 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,125 £87,500 £76,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -

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 16,976 12,278 18,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.62% 43.01% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 5,264 12,177
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,125 £54,399
% change year-on-year +6.90% +3.17% -7.80%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -27 63 £51,500 -26.43% 16
South East -15 57 £50,000 -4.76% 40
North West -7 37 £53,250 -29.00% 7
Midlands -9 33 £55,000 -15.38% 16
West Midlands -17 18 £55,000 -15.38% 12
Scotland -11 14 £68,750 +5.77% 6
East Midlands -23 14 £70,000 +1.82% 4
North East -15 13 £41,500 - 3
Yorkshire -52 13 £67,500 +8.00% 6
East of England -36 10 £53,407 -27.21% 10
Northern Ireland -29 8 - - 2
South West -56 8 £60,000 - 9
Wales -22 5 £55,000 +15.79% 1
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 3 (1.52%) Confluence
1 3 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 50 (25.25%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.52%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.01%) Trello
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.51%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.51%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 34 (17.17%) Power Platform
2 7 (3.54%) Smartsheet
3 6 (3.03%) Azure
4 4 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.52%) AWS
6 2 (1.01%) Asana
6 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.01%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.01%) Miro
7 1 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.51%) Dataform
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) GitHub
7 1 (0.51%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.51%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.51%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.51%) OCI
7 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.67%) Power BI
2 18 (9.09%) Tableau
3 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (10.10%) JIRA
General
1 104 (52.53%) Social Skills
2 80 (40.40%) Finance
3 48 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (20.71%) Influencing Skills
5 31 (15.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (14.65%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (11.62%) Retail
8 18 (9.09%) Games
9 17 (8.59%) Legal
10 16 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (7.58%) Manufacturing
12 12 (6.06%) Law
13 11 (5.56%) Marketing
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Automotive
14 3 (1.52%) Electronics
14 3 (1.52%) Military
14 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (43.94%) Project Manager
2 71 (35.86%) Senior
3 63 (31.82%) Senior Manager
4 32 (16.16%) Senior Project Manager
5 26 (13.13%) Development Manager
5 26 (13.13%) Development Project Manager
5 26 (13.13%) Senior Development Manager
6 25 (12.63%) Programme Manager
7 24 (12.12%) Change Manager
8 22 (11.11%) Project Change Manager
9 19 (9.60%) Architect
9 19 (9.60%) IT Manager
10 18 (9.09%) Senior Architect
11 16 (8.08%) Analyst
12 15 (7.58%) Business Analyst
13 11 (5.56%) Senior Programme Manager
14 8 (4.04%) IT Programme Manager
14 8 (4.04%) IT Project Manager
15 7 (3.54%) Change Analyst
15 7 (3.54%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Middleware
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.06%) Blog
2 11 (5.56%) PMI
2 11 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.04%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.54%) EPoS
4 7 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.52%) Social Media
6 2 (1.01%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.01%) CMDB
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.51%) FMCG
7 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.51%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (75.25%) Project Management
2 121 (61.11%) PRINCE2
3 111 (56.06%) Agile
4 99 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (35.35%) Decision-Making
6 64 (32.32%) Continuous Improvement
6 64 (32.32%) Project Delivery
7 55 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 54 (27.27%) Change Management
9 43 (21.72%) Risk Management
10 35 (17.68%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (17.17%) Time Management
12 33 (16.67%) ITIL
13 32 (16.16%) Actionable Insight
14 31 (15.66%) Impact Assessments
14 31 (15.66%) Matrix Organization
15 29 (14.65%) Migration
15 29 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
16 26 (13.13%) Biotechnology
16 26 (13.13%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.01%) SQL
1 2 (1.01%) VBA
Qualifications
1 167 (84.34%) PMI Certification
2 107 (54.04%) Degree
3 11 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 9 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.53%) ISEB
5 5 (2.53%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (2.53%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.02%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.02%) RIBA
7 3 (1.52%) CISSP
7 3 (1.52%) MBA
8 2 (1.01%) CAPM
8 2 (1.01%) CBAP
8 2 (1.01%) CISM
9 1 (0.51%) APMP
9 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.60%) PMO
2 10 (5.05%) GDPR
3 8 (4.04%) Accessibility
4 6 (3.03%) GMP
4 6 (3.03%) NEBOSH
4 6 (3.03%) QA
5 5 (2.53%) GRC
6 3 (1.52%) SLA
7 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.01%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.51%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.51%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.51%) NIST
8 1 (0.51%) P3O
8 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (17.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 18 (9.09%) Anaplan
3 18 (9.09%) Genesys
3 18 (9.09%) Verint
4 12 (6.06%) SAP
5 4 (2.02%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) QAD
6 3 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.01%) Google
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.51%) Callidus
8 1 (0.51%) Gigya
8 1 (0.51%) Informatica
8 1 (0.51%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.51%) SnapLogic