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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 403 442
Rank change year-on-year -76 +39 -27
Permanent jobs citing PMP 187 153 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 1.21% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 102 91 153
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £58,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +11.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £81,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,850 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £71,098 £56,500
% change year-on-year -5.06% +25.84% -5.83%

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 13,813 12,654 15,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.61% 36.47% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7,222 5,290 8,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
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 21 August 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 August 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 -43 55 £50,000 -35.48% 45
North of England -33 50 £56,750 -9.20% 34
Midlands -19 29 £55,000 -18.52% 20
North West -23 29 £60,000 -4.00% 21
East of England -19 24 £60,000 -29.41% 12
East Midlands -6 16 £52,500 -33.33% 11
Yorkshire -32 14 £72,500 +13.73% 11
South West -63 14 £65,000 +13.04% 13
West Midlands -28 13 £55,000 -18.52% 9
North East -48 7 £41,500 - 3
Wales -50 7 £60,000 +6.67% 6
Scotland +16 5 £68,750 - 9
Northern Ireland -79 3 - - 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 (1.60%) Confluence
1 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (19.25%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.14%) Trello
4 4 (2.14%) Windchill
5 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (6.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.14%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.14%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.60%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.07%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.53%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.53%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 17 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 13 (6.95%) Azure
3 11 (5.88%) Smartsheet
4 10 (5.35%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.74%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.74%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.14%) GitHub
9 3 (1.60%) SaaS
10 2 (1.07%) AWS
10 2 (1.07%) Miro
11 1 (0.53%) Asana
11 1 (0.53%) Dataform
11 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.53%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) Network Security
2 2 (1.07%) LAN
2 2 (1.07%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.09%) Power BI
2 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.53%) Looker
Development Applications
1 31 (16.58%) JIRA
General
1 91 (48.66%) Social Skills
2 68 (36.36%) Finance
3 32 (17.11%) Influencing Skills
4 29 (15.51%) Manufacturing
5 22 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (10.70%) Retail
7 18 (9.63%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (8.02%) Law
9 14 (7.49%) Public Sector
10 13 (6.95%) Marketing
11 12 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (5.35%) Legal
13 9 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (3.21%) Military
15 4 (2.14%) Environmental Health
16 3 (1.60%) Automotive
17 2 (1.07%) General Ledger
17 2 (1.07%) Telecoms
18 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (34.22%) Project Manager
2 44 (23.53%) Programme Manager
3 39 (20.86%) Senior
4 37 (19.79%) Senior Manager
5 22 (11.76%) IT Manager
6 17 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (8.02%) IT Project Manager
7 15 (8.02%) Lead
8 10 (5.35%) Senior Programme Manager
9 9 (4.81%) Portfolio Manager
10 8 (4.28%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Business Systems Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Development Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Development Project Manager
11 7 (3.74%) IT Programme Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Senior Development Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Senior Service Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.21%) ERP Manager
12 6 (3.21%) ERP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.23%) PMI
2 9 (4.81%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.28%) LIMS
4 7 (3.74%) EPoS
4 7 (3.74%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.14%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.60%) Life Science
8 3 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.07%) CMDB
9 2 (1.07%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.07%) FMCG
9 2 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.07%) NHS
9 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.53%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.53%) Windows
1 1 (0.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (86.63%) PRINCE2
2 121 (64.71%) Project Management
3 115 (61.50%) Agile
4 107 (57.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (37.97%) Project Delivery
6 69 (36.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (31.55%) ITIL
8 57 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (28.88%) Decision-Making
10 38 (20.32%) ERP
11 35 (18.72%) Waterfall
12 34 (18.18%) Change Management
13 33 (17.65%) Budget Management
14 29 (15.51%) Risk Management
15 27 (14.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 26 (13.90%) Logistics
16 26 (13.90%) Scrum
17 23 (12.30%) Change Control
17 23 (12.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 23 (12.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (86.10%) PMI Certification
2 58 (31.02%) Degree
3 28 (14.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (10.16%) DBS Check
5 17 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 12 (6.42%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.81%) CAPM
8 8 (4.28%) APMP
9 7 (3.74%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.21%) PgMP
10 6 (3.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (2.14%) ISEB
12 2 (1.07%) CCNP
12 2 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.07%) CISM
12 2 (1.07%) CISSP
12 2 (1.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.07%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.90%) PMO
2 23 (12.30%) QA
3 10 (5.35%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.28%) GxP
5 6 (3.21%) GMP
5 6 (3.21%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.67%) GDPR
6 5 (2.67%) GRC
6 5 (2.67%) SLA
7 4 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 4 (2.14%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.14%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.07%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (21.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.70%) SAP
3 6 (3.21%) Sage
4 5 (2.67%) Oracle
5 4 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.60%) Cisco
6 3 (1.60%) Planview
6 3 (1.60%) UiPath
7 2 (1.07%) IFS
8 1 (0.53%) Arista
8 1 (0.53%) Callidus
8 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.53%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) Infor
8 1 (0.53%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Talend
8 1 (0.53%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Workday