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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 369 442
Rank change year-on-year -21 +73 +60
Permanent jobs citing PMP 201 160 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.55% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 1.26% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 76 83 264
10th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £44,910 £52,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,833 £75,000
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 15,657 12,724 18,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.48% 43.53% 26.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6,099 5,165 12,151
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -4.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £79,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 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 21 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 -17 61 £55,000 -13.73% 13
South East -11 57 £81,250 +45.83% 36
North West +10 34 £60,000 -17.24% 5
Midlands -12 33 £55,000 -15.38% 8
West Midlands -36 17 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East Midlands -12 15 £70,000 +1.82% 3
Scotland +3 14 £68,750 +5.77% 4
North East -26 14 £42,974 - 2
Yorkshire -39 13 £67,500 +8.00% 6
Northern Ireland -28 11 - - 6
East of England -31 11 £61,000 -28.24% 14
South West -57 9 £61,250 +2.08% 5
Wales -28 5 £55,000 -2.22% 4
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 (1.49%) Confluence
1 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) Mendix
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 54 (26.87%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.49%) Windchill
5 2 (1.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.50%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.50%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.50%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.92%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.98%) Smartsheet
3 6 (2.99%) Azure
4 4 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.49%) GitHub
6 2 (1.00%) Asana
6 2 (1.00%) AWS
6 2 (1.00%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.00%) Miro
7 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.50%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.50%) Dataform
7 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.50%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.50%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.50%) OCI
7 1 (0.50%) PaaS
7 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.42%) Power BI
2 18 (8.96%) Tableau
3 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (9.95%) JIRA
General
1 105 (52.24%) Social Skills
2 88 (43.78%) Finance
3 48 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (20.90%) Influencing Skills
5 33 (16.42%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (14.43%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (11.44%) Retail
8 18 (8.96%) Games
9 17 (8.46%) Legal
10 16 (7.96%) Manufacturing
11 11 (5.47%) Marketing
12 10 (4.98%) Law
13 7 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (2.49%) Military
14 5 (2.49%) Public Sector
15 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.49%) Automotive
15 3 (1.49%) Electronics
15 3 (1.49%) Environmental Health
15 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 85 (42.29%) Project Manager
2 71 (35.32%) Senior
3 63 (31.34%) Senior Manager
4 32 (15.92%) Senior Project Manager
5 27 (13.43%) Development Manager
5 27 (13.43%) Development Project Manager
5 27 (13.43%) Senior Development Manager
6 26 (12.94%) Programme Manager
7 24 (11.94%) Change Manager
8 22 (10.95%) Project Change Manager
9 20 (9.95%) IT Manager
10 19 (9.45%) Architect
11 18 (8.96%) Senior Architect
12 16 (7.96%) Analyst
13 15 (7.46%) Business Analyst
14 11 (5.47%) Senior Programme Manager
15 10 (4.98%) Portfolio Manager
16 9 (4.48%) IT Project Manager
17 8 (3.98%) IT Programme Manager
18 7 (3.48%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) Middleware
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.45%) PMI
2 11 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.98%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.48%) EPoS
4 7 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.49%) Blog
5 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.00%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.00%) CMDB
7 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.50%) FMCG
7 1 (0.50%) Life Science
7 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.50%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (74.63%) Project Management
2 130 (64.68%) PRINCE2
3 120 (59.70%) Agile
4 101 (50.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (37.31%) Decision-Making
6 67 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (30.35%) Project Delivery
8 53 (26.37%) Change Management
8 53 (26.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 48 (23.88%) Risk Management
10 36 (17.91%) ITIL
10 36 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (17.41%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (16.42%) Actionable Insight
13 32 (15.92%) Impact Assessments
13 32 (15.92%) Matrix Organization
14 29 (14.43%) Migration
15 27 (13.43%) Biotechnology
15 27 (13.43%) Hematology
15 27 (13.43%) Immunology
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.00%) SQL
1 2 (1.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 179 (89.05%) PMI Certification
2 106 (52.74%) Degree
3 11 (5.47%) CAPM
3 11 (5.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 10 (4.98%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.98%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (3.48%) APMP
6 7 (3.48%) SC Cleared
7 6 (2.99%) PgMP
8 5 (2.49%) ISEB
8 5 (2.49%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.99%) RIBA
10 3 (1.49%) CISSP
10 3 (1.49%) MBA
11 2 (1.00%) CBAP
11 2 (1.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.44%) PMO
2 10 (4.98%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.98%) GDPR
2 10 (4.98%) QA
3 6 (2.99%) GMP
3 6 (2.99%) NEBOSH
4 5 (2.49%) GRC
5 4 (1.99%) SLA
6 3 (1.49%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.49%) ISO 9000
6 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.00%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.50%) NIST
8 1 (0.50%) P3O
8 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.95%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.96%) Anaplan
3 18 (8.96%) Genesys
3 18 (8.96%) Verint
4 13 (6.47%) SAP
5 4 (1.99%) Oracle
6 3 (1.49%) Planview
6 3 (1.49%) QAD
6 3 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.00%) Google
8 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.50%) Callidus
8 1 (0.50%) Gigya
8 1 (0.50%) Informatica
8 1 (0.50%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.50%) Sage
8 1 (0.50%) SnapLogic