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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 413 433
Rank change year-on-year -60 +20 -12
Permanent jobs citing PMP 177 153 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.44% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 1.21% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 97 90 171
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £59,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +27.27% +11.83%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,563 £66,438
90th Percentile £92,900 £90,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +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 13,963 12,593 15,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.10% 36.42% 25.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,186 5,295 8,250
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,988 £38,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,750 £66,500
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 11 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 11 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 -45 54 £50,000 -36.51% 48
North of England -33 50 £52,500 -16.00% 46
North West -17 29 £56,750 -9.20% 32
Midlands -31 26 £55,000 -18.52% 25
East of England -33 22 £60,000 -29.41% 13
East Midlands -11 15 £52,500 -33.33% 8
Yorkshire -25 14 £72,500 +13.73% 10
West Midlands -32 11 £55,000 -18.52% 17
South West -70 10 £62,500 +8.70% 17
North East -51 7 £41,500 - 5
Wales -53 7 £60,000 +6.67% 2
Scotland +11 5 £68,750 -27.63% 19
Northern Ireland -70 3 - - 8
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 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.13%) Confluence
3 1 (0.56%) Mendix
Applications
1 34 (19.21%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.26%) Trello
5 4 (2.26%) Windchill
6 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (6.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.26%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.26%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.13%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.13%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.56%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (10.17%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.78%) Azure
3 10 (5.65%) Smartsheet
4 9 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.95%) Power Automate
5 7 (3.95%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.26%) GitHub
6 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.69%) SaaS
8 2 (1.13%) Miro
9 1 (0.56%) Asana
9 1 (0.56%) AWS
9 1 (0.56%) Dataform
9 1 (0.56%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.56%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.17%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 28 (15.82%) JIRA
General
1 89 (50.28%) Social Skills
2 62 (35.03%) Finance
3 31 (17.51%) Influencing Skills
4 28 (15.82%) Manufacturing
5 21 (11.86%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (11.30%) Retail
7 18 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (9.04%) Law
8 16 (9.04%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (7.91%) Public Sector
10 12 (6.78%) Marketing
11 10 (5.65%) Legal
12 9 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (3.39%) Military
15 4 (2.26%) Environmental Health
16 3 (1.69%) Automotive
16 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
17 2 (1.13%) General Ledger
18 1 (0.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 59 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 43 (24.29%) Programme Manager
3 40 (22.60%) Senior
4 36 (20.34%) Senior Manager
5 22 (12.43%) IT Manager
6 17 (9.60%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (8.47%) IT Project Manager
8 13 (7.34%) Lead
9 11 (6.21%) Senior Programme Manager
10 10 (5.65%) Portfolio Manager
11 8 (4.52%) Development Manager
11 8 (4.52%) Development Project Manager
11 8 (4.52%) Senior Development Manager
12 7 (3.95%) Analyst
12 7 (3.95%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.95%) IT Programme Manager
12 7 (3.95%) Support Engineer
13 6 (3.39%) ERP Project Manager
13 6 (3.39%) Technical Engineer
13 6 (3.39%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.86%) PMI
2 8 (4.52%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.95%) EPoS
4 6 (3.39%) LIMS
4 6 (3.39%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.69%) Life Science
6 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.13%) CMDB
7 2 (1.13%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.13%) NHS
7 2 (1.13%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.56%) FMCG
8 1 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Windows
1 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (84.75%) PRINCE2
2 115 (64.97%) Project Management
3 108 (61.02%) Agile
4 97 (54.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 65 (36.72%) Project Delivery
6 62 (35.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 56 (31.64%) ITIL
7 56 (31.64%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (30.51%) Decision-Making
9 36 (20.34%) Waterfall
10 35 (19.77%) Change Management
11 34 (19.21%) ERP
12 29 (16.38%) Budget Management
13 28 (15.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (15.25%) Risk Management
15 26 (14.69%) Logistics
16 23 (12.99%) Scrum
17 21 (11.86%) Change Control
17 21 (11.86%) Requirements Gathering
17 21 (11.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 153 (86.44%) PMI Certification
2 59 (33.33%) Degree
3 27 (15.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (10.73%) DBS Check
5 13 (7.34%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.65%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.08%) CAPM
8 8 (4.52%) APMP
9 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.39%) ISEB
10 6 (3.39%) PgMP
10 6 (3.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (2.82%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.13%) CISM
12 2 (1.13%) CISSP
12 2 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.13%) RIBA
13 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (14.12%) PMO
2 19 (10.73%) QA
3 10 (5.65%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.95%) GDPR
5 6 (3.39%) GMP
5 6 (3.39%) GxP
5 6 (3.39%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.82%) GRC
7 4 (2.26%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.26%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.26%) SLA
8 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.13%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (21.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.73%) SAP
3 5 (2.82%) Oracle
3 5 (2.82%) Sage
4 4 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.69%) Planview
5 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.13%) IFS
6 2 (1.13%) UiPath
7 1 (0.56%) Arista
7 1 (0.56%) Callidus
7 1 (0.56%) Cisco
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) Google
7 1 (0.56%) Informatica
7 1 (0.56%) Juniper
7 1 (0.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.56%) Talend
7 1 (0.56%) Workday