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 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 372 444
Rank change year-on-year -33 +72 +98
Permanent jobs citing PMP 127 234 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.49% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.11% 1.67% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 82 111 83
10th Percentile £21,125 £40,000 £42,600
25th Percentile £47,625 £50,000 £49,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -1.79% +8.21%
75th Percentile £82,500 £69,500 £68,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +13.04%

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 11,457 13,973 10,419
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.57% 29.08% 34.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,155 5,544 6,906
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +3.60%

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +18 49 £77,500 +40.91% 165
North of England -17 35 £50,000 -13.04% 51
North West -3 24 £50,000 -13.04% 31
Midlands +17 16 £55,000 - 32
West Midlands +35 11 £59,527 +8.23% 11
Northern Ireland - 10 - - 8
South West +30 7 £57,500 -11.54% 21
East of England +16 6 £90,000 +46.94% 29
Yorkshire +7 6 £41,250 -31.25% 14
North East +13 5 £32,500 -52.73% 6
East Midlands +4 5 £50,000 -9.09% 21
Scotland -14 3 £45,000 +8.55% 11
Wales +10 1 £65,000 +73.33% 9
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 7 (5.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.15%) Confluence
3 2 (1.57%) IIS
Applications
1 33 (25.98%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (5.51%) MS Visio
3 7 (5.51%) Trello
4 6 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) SAP WM
2 4 (3.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.57%) Primavera
4 1 (0.79%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.79%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 21 (16.54%) Azure
2 14 (11.02%) Power Platform
3 9 (7.09%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) Asana
4 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.51%) SaaS
5 5 (3.94%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.36%) Collibra
6 3 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.57%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.09%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (6.30%) Unified Communications
2 8 (6.30%) VPN
3 7 (5.51%) LAN
3 7 (5.51%) SD-WAN
3 7 (5.51%) VoIP
3 7 (5.51%) WAN
4 3 (2.36%) Firewall
5 1 (0.79%) 5G
5 1 (0.79%) Internet
5 1 (0.79%) Junos
5 1 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.02%) Power BI
2 4 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.36%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.36%) Metadata
3 3 (2.36%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.36%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.79%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (21.26%) JIRA
2 3 (2.36%) ERwin
2 3 (2.36%) PowerDesigner
General
1 63 (49.61%) Social Skills
2 40 (31.50%) Finance
3 25 (19.69%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.30%) Legal
5 8 (6.30%) Manufacturing
6 7 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.51%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.94%) Law
8 4 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.15%) Marketing
8 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.15%) Retail
9 3 (2.36%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.36%) Games
9 3 (2.36%) Publishing
10 2 (1.57%) Aviation
10 2 (1.57%) Local Government
10 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (24.41%) Project Manager
2 16 (12.60%) Programme Manager
3 13 (10.24%) Coordinator
4 12 (9.45%) IT Manager
5 11 (8.66%) Senior
6 9 (7.09%) Lead
6 9 (7.09%) Project Coordinator
6 9 (7.09%) Senior Manager
7 7 (5.51%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.51%) Head of IT Operations
7 7 (5.51%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.51%) Senior Project Manager
7 7 (5.51%) Workstream Lead
8 6 (4.72%) Analyst
9 5 (3.94%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.94%) Change Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Commercial Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Commercial Project Manager
9 5 (3.94%) Head of Support
9 5 (3.94%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.57%) .NET
1 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (1.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (1.57%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.90%) Management Information System
2 12 (9.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (9.45%) Operational Technology
3 9 (7.09%) Blog
3 9 (7.09%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.30%) Social Media
5 5 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.15%) IoT
6 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.15%) SCADA
7 3 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.36%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.57%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.57%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.57%) PMI
9 1 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.79%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.79%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Windows
2 1 (0.79%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (76.38%) Project Management
2 78 (61.42%) PRINCE2
3 63 (49.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (44.88%) Agile
5 48 (37.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (37.80%) Project Delivery
6 40 (31.50%) Change Management
7 39 (30.71%) ITIL
8 33 (25.98%) Process Improvement
9 30 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (21.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (19.69%) Computer Science
11 25 (19.69%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (18.90%) Budget Management
13 23 (18.11%) Waterfall
14 22 (17.32%) ERP
15 21 (16.54%) Logistics
15 21 (16.54%) Programme Management
16 20 (15.75%) Risk Management
17 19 (14.96%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.09%) SQL
2 5 (3.94%) Python
3 2 (1.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.57%) VB.NET
3 2 (1.57%) VBA
4 1 (0.79%) Bash
Qualifications
1 111 (87.40%) PMI Certification
2 94 (74.02%) Degree
3 23 (18.11%) Master's Degree
4 9 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (6.30%) AWS Certification
5 8 (6.30%) Azure Certification
5 8 (6.30%) DBS Check
5 8 (6.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (5.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.51%) CCNP
6 7 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.51%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.36%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.36%) SAP Certification
9 2 (1.57%) CBAP
9 2 (1.57%) HND
9 2 (1.57%) MBA
9 2 (1.57%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.96%) QA
2 13 (10.24%) PMO
3 9 (7.09%) SLA
4 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.51%) NIST
5 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.79%) Basel III
7 1 (0.79%) EMIR
7 1 (0.79%) GDPR
7 1 (0.79%) MiFID
7 1 (0.79%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.45%) SAP
3 8 (6.30%) Cisco
4 2 (1.57%) JD Edwards
4 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.79%) IBM
5 1 (0.79%) Juniper
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle
5 1 (0.79%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.79%) Planon
5 1 (0.79%) VMware