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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 325 442
Rank change year-on-year -38 +117 +70
Permanent jobs citing PMP 211 174 301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.67% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.32% 1.60% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 89 87 245
10th Percentile £20,000 £48,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £50,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +14.29% -3.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,499 £77,500
UK median annual salary £66,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.31% +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 16,045 10,885 17,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.83% 42.14% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,835 5,137 11,968
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,161
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -50 68 £50,000 -28.57% 19
South East -30 52 £31,250 -37.50% 28
North West -23 39 £50,000 -33.33% 12
Midlands -26 34 £55,000 -12.00% 17
West Midlands -18 18 £55,000 -11.65% 11
Northern Ireland -23 16 - -
Yorkshire -57 16 £20,000 -68.00% 6
East Midlands -43 15 £55,000 -18.52% 6
Scotland -9 14 £68,750 -14.06% 6
North East -20 13 £41,500 - 1
South West -35 11 £53,750 -2.27% 7
East of England -44 11 £75,000 +2.21% 8
Wales -24 5 £55,000 +15.79% 3
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 6 (2.84%) Confluence
2 5 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 58 (27.49%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.95%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 35 (16.59%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.27%) Asana
3 7 (3.32%) Azure
4 6 (2.84%) Smartsheet
5 5 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.42%) AWS
8 2 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.95%) Miro
9 1 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.47%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.47%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.47%) OCI
9 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.47%) PaaS
9 1 (0.47%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.11%) Power BI
2 18 (8.53%) Tableau
3 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.47%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 29 (13.74%) JIRA
General
1 107 (50.71%) Social Skills
2 80 (37.91%) Finance
3 55 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (18.48%) Influencing Skills
5 29 (13.74%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (12.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (12.32%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (9.95%) Retail
8 18 (8.53%) Games
9 17 (8.06%) Legal
10 13 (6.16%) Law
10 13 (6.16%) Manufacturing
11 9 (4.27%) Marketing
12 3 (1.42%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.42%) Electronics
12 3 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.95%) Military
13 2 (0.95%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 90 (42.65%) Project Manager
2 72 (34.12%) Senior
3 64 (30.33%) Senior Manager
4 33 (15.64%) Senior Project Manager
5 26 (12.32%) Change Manager
6 24 (11.37%) Development Manager
6 24 (11.37%) Development Project Manager
6 24 (11.37%) Senior Development Manager
7 23 (10.90%) Programme Manager
7 23 (10.90%) Project Change Manager
8 21 (9.95%) IT Manager
9 19 (9.00%) Analyst
9 19 (9.00%) Architect
10 18 (8.53%) Senior Architect
11 15 (7.11%) Business Analyst
12 11 (5.21%) IT Project Manager
13 10 (4.74%) Senior Programme Manager
14 8 (3.79%) Coordinator
15 7 (3.32%) Change Analyst
15 7 (3.32%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) Middleware
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.95%) Blog
2 13 (6.16%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.74%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.27%) PMI
5 8 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.32%) Virtual Team
7 5 (2.37%) EPoS
8 4 (1.90%) Social Media
9 3 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.95%) CMDB
10 2 (0.95%) Industry 4.0
10 2 (0.95%) IoT
10 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.95%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.95%) SCADA
11 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (78.20%) Project Management
2 124 (58.77%) PRINCE2
3 114 (54.03%) Agile
4 103 (48.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (33.65%) Project Delivery
6 70 (33.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (31.75%) Decision-Making
8 61 (28.91%) Change Management
9 56 (26.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 41 (19.43%) Risk Management
10 41 (19.43%) Time Management
11 37 (17.54%) ITIL
12 35 (16.59%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (15.17%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (15.17%) Matrix Organization
13 32 (15.17%) Process Improvement
14 31 (14.69%) Impact Assessments
15 30 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
16 28 (13.27%) Migration
17 25 (11.85%) AI
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.90%) SQL
1 4 (1.90%) VBA
2 2 (0.95%) Python
3 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 176 (83.41%) PMI Certification
2 122 (57.82%) Degree
3 12 (5.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 10 (4.74%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.79%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.79%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.37%) ISEB
8 5 (2.37%) RIBA
9 4 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.90%) MBA
9 4 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (1.90%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.42%) CISSP
11 2 (0.95%) CAPM
11 2 (0.95%) CISM
11 2 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.47%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.48%) PMO
2 11 (5.21%) GDPR
3 7 (3.32%) QA
4 5 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.37%) GRC
5 3 (1.42%) GMP
5 3 (1.42%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.95%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.95%) P3O
6 2 (0.95%) SLA
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.90%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.53%) Anaplan
3 18 (8.53%) Genesys
3 18 (8.53%) Verint
4 11 (5.21%) SAP
5 4 (1.90%) Oracle
6 3 (1.42%) QAD
6 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.47%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.47%) Callidus
7 1 (0.47%) Gigya
7 1 (0.47%) Google
7 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.47%) Informatica
7 1 (0.47%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.47%) SnapLogic