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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 333 444
Rank change year-on-year -28 +111 +61
Permanent jobs citing PMP 213 173 314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.65% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.25% 1.52% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 86 88 255
10th Percentile £20,000 £49,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,688 £52,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £63,621 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.48% +21.18% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,438 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £68,750 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.77% +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 17,070 11,408 17,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.72% 42.65% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,954 5,230 12,148
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,600 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,700 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,497 £57,500 £54,151
% change year-on-year +1.73% +6.19% -6.33%

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 23 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 23 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 -38 66 £50,000 -28.57% 8
South East -33 55 £36,250 -29.27% 36
North West -18 38 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Midlands -17 36 £55,000 -16.03% 22
West Midlands -20 18 £55,000 -15.71% 14
East Midlands -35 17 £55,000 -26.67% 8
Northern Ireland -23 16 - - 2
Yorkshire -48 15 £41,250 -34.00% 3
Scotland -20 14 £68,750 -14.06% 3
North East -32 13 £41,500 - 1
East of England -57 11 £75,000 -8.54% 4
South West -51 10 £53,750 -6.52% 6
Wales -18 5 £55,000 +15.79%
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 5 (2.35%) Confluence
1 5 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 62 (29.11%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (6.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.47%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 34 (15.96%) Power Platform
2 9 (4.23%) Asana
3 6 (2.82%) Azure
3 6 (2.82%) Smartsheet
4 5 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.41%) AWS
5 3 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.94%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (0.94%) Miro
7 1 (0.47%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.47%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.47%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.47%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.47%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.47%) OCI
7 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.47%) PaaS
7 1 (0.47%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (15.49%) Power BI
2 18 (8.45%) Tableau
3 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 31 (14.55%) JIRA
General
1 108 (50.70%) Social Skills
2 82 (38.50%) Finance
3 56 (26.29%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (18.78%) Influencing Skills
5 30 (14.08%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (13.62%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (11.74%) Retail
8 22 (10.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (8.45%) Games
9 18 (8.45%) Legal
10 16 (7.51%) Manufacturing
11 12 (5.63%) Law
12 10 (4.69%) Marketing
13 3 (1.41%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.41%) Automotive
13 3 (1.41%) Electronics
13 3 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.94%) Military
14 2 (0.94%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 88 (41.31%) Project Manager
2 71 (33.33%) Senior
3 63 (29.58%) Senior Manager
4 32 (15.02%) Senior Project Manager
5 26 (12.21%) Change Manager
6 25 (11.74%) Development Manager
6 25 (11.74%) Development Project Manager
6 25 (11.74%) Programme Manager
6 25 (11.74%) Senior Development Manager
7 23 (10.80%) Project Change Manager
8 22 (10.33%) IT Manager
9 19 (8.92%) Analyst
9 19 (8.92%) Architect
10 18 (8.45%) Senior Architect
11 16 (7.51%) Business Analyst
12 10 (4.69%) IT Project Manager
12 10 (4.69%) Senior Programme Manager
13 8 (3.76%) Coordinator
13 8 (3.76%) IT Programme Manager
14 7 (3.29%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) Middleware
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.45%) Blog
2 15 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.16%) PMI
4 10 (4.69%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.23%) Virtual Team
6 8 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (3.29%) EPoS
8 3 (1.41%) Social Media
9 2 (0.94%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.94%) CMDB
9 2 (0.94%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (0.94%) IoT
9 2 (0.94%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.94%) SCADA
9 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.47%) NHS
10 1 (0.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (77.46%) Project Management
2 129 (60.56%) PRINCE2
3 113 (53.05%) Agile
4 105 (49.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 73 (34.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (31.46%) Decision-Making
6 67 (31.46%) Project Delivery
7 58 (27.23%) Change Management
8 55 (25.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (19.72%) Risk Management
10 40 (18.78%) Time Management
11 38 (17.84%) ITIL
12 34 (15.96%) Business Intelligence
13 32 (15.02%) Actionable Insight
14 31 (14.55%) Impact Assessments
14 31 (14.55%) Matrix Organization
15 30 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
15 30 (14.08%) Process Improvement
16 29 (13.62%) Migration
17 25 (11.74%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.88%) VBA
2 3 (1.41%) SQL
3 2 (0.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 179 (84.04%) PMI Certification
2 125 (58.69%) Degree
3 12 (5.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 9 (4.23%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.23%) Master's Degree
5 8 (3.76%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.35%) ISEB
7 5 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.88%) MBA
8 4 (1.88%) RIBA
8 4 (1.88%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.41%) CISSP
10 2 (0.94%) CAPM
10 2 (0.94%) CBAP
10 2 (0.94%) CISM
10 2 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.92%) PMO
2 11 (5.16%) GDPR
3 6 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.82%) GMP
3 6 (2.82%) NEBOSH
4 5 (2.35%) GRC
4 5 (2.35%) QA
5 3 (1.41%) SLA
6 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.94%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.47%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) P3O
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 41 (19.25%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.80%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.45%) Anaplan
3 18 (8.45%) Genesys
3 18 (8.45%) Verint
4 11 (5.16%) SAP
5 4 (1.88%) Oracle
6 3 (1.41%) QAD
6 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.94%) Google
8 1 (0.47%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.47%) Callidus
8 1 (0.47%) Gigya
8 1 (0.47%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.47%) Informatica
8 1 (0.47%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.47%) SnapLogic