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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 392 457
Rank change year-on-year -12 +65 +11
Permanent jobs citing PMP 184 138 337
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.46% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.10% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 79 79 263
10th Percentile £43,210 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +27.27% -6.78%

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 12,864 12,563 19,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.20% 42.30% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6,364 5,026 12,300
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,338
25th Percentile £38,500 £35,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,438 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -13 57 £80,000 +1.59% 26
North of England -21 45 £60,000 -11.11% 24
Midlands +4 36 £55,000 -24.14% 17
North West -3 24 £60,000 -20.00% 10
East Midlands -3 18 £85,000 +13.33% 11
West Midlands -6 18 £55,000 -21.43% 6
East of England -33 13 £65,000 -23.53% 7
Scotland +17 11 £68,750 +5.77% 12
Yorkshire -28 11 £72,500 +13.73% 12
North East -38 10 £42,974 - 2
South West -60 9 £60,000 +2.13% 11
Northern Ireland -26 7 - - 2
Wales -43 6 £57,500 +2.22% 2
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 (1.63%) Confluence
1 3 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.54%) Mendix
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 53 (28.80%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.17%) Windchill
6 2 (1.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.63%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.63%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.54%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.54%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.41%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.43%) Smartsheet
3 6 (3.26%) Azure
4 5 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.17%) GitHub
5 4 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.17%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.09%) Asana
6 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.09%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.09%) Miro
7 1 (0.54%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.54%) Dataform
7 1 (0.54%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.54%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.54%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.54%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.54%) Looker
Development Applications
1 22 (11.96%) JIRA
General
1 107 (58.15%) Social Skills
2 88 (47.83%) Finance
3 38 (20.65%) Influencing Skills
4 31 (16.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 26 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (11.96%) Manufacturing
6 22 (11.96%) Retail
7 14 (7.61%) Legal
8 12 (6.52%) Law
8 12 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.98%) Marketing
10 8 (4.35%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (3.26%) Military
12 4 (2.17%) Environmental Health
13 3 (1.63%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.63%) Automotive
13 3 (1.63%) Electronics
13 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (44.57%) Project Manager
2 48 (26.09%) Senior
3 42 (22.83%) Senior Manager
4 33 (17.93%) Programme Manager
5 29 (15.76%) Senior Project Manager
6 24 (13.04%) Change Manager
7 23 (12.50%) Development Manager
7 23 (12.50%) Development Project Manager
7 23 (12.50%) Senior Development Manager
8 22 (11.96%) IT Manager
8 22 (11.96%) Project Change Manager
9 13 (7.07%) Analyst
9 13 (7.07%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.98%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.98%) Senior Programme Manager
11 10 (5.43%) Portfolio Manager
12 8 (4.35%) IT Programme Manager
13 7 (3.80%) Support Engineer
14 6 (3.26%) Technical Engineer
14 6 (3.26%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.54%) Middleware
1 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.41%) PMI
2 8 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.35%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.80%) EPoS
4 3 (1.63%) Life Science
4 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.09%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.09%) CMDB
6 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.54%) FMCG
6 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.54%) NHS
6 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (76.09%) PRINCE2
2 132 (71.74%) Project Management
3 121 (65.76%) Agile
4 90 (48.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (35.33%) Project Delivery
6 61 (33.15%) Decision-Making
7 52 (28.26%) Change Management
8 51 (27.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (27.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (23.91%) Risk Management
11 43 (23.37%) ITIL
12 41 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (18.48%) Impact Assessments
14 33 (17.93%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (17.39%) Matrix Organization
16 30 (16.30%) Waterfall
17 25 (13.59%) Budgeting
18 24 (13.04%) Cost Management
19 23 (12.50%) Hematology
19 23 (12.50%) Immunology
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.09%) SQL
1 2 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (88.59%) PMI Certification
2 82 (44.57%) Degree
3 17 (9.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 13 (7.07%) Security Cleared
5 12 (6.52%) DBS Check
6 10 (5.43%) CAPM
7 9 (4.89%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 7 (3.80%) APMP
10 6 (3.26%) PgMP
11 5 (2.72%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.72%) ISEB
11 5 (2.72%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (1.63%) CISSP
13 3 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.63%) MBA
14 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (1.09%) CISM
14 2 (1.09%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.59%) PMO
2 12 (6.52%) QA
3 11 (5.98%) GDPR
4 10 (5.43%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.26%) GMP
5 6 (3.26%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.72%) GRC
7 4 (2.17%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.17%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.17%) SLA
8 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.09%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.54%) GxP
9 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.54%) NIST
9 1 (0.54%) P3O
9 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.70%) SAP
3 6 (3.26%) Oracle
4 5 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.63%) Planview
5 3 (1.63%) QAD
5 3 (1.63%) Sage
6 2 (1.09%) Google
6 2 (1.09%) IFS
6 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.54%) Callidus
7 1 (0.54%) Informatica
7 1 (0.54%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic