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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 472 407 433
Rank change year-on-year -65 +26 -30
Permanent jobs citing PMP 189 144 221
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.42% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 1.17% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 102 83 132
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,850 £92,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,348 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.70% +25.82% -

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 13,957 12,353 14,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.17% 35.94% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,455 5,116 7,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,250 £39,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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% 71
North of England -48 47 £53,500 -14.40% 50
Midlands -16 33 £55,000 -9.86% 35
North West -10 26 £60,000 -4.00% 23
East of England -38 24 £60,000 -29.41% 18
East Midlands -16 18 £52,500 -16.00% 16
West Midlands -30 15 £55,000 -7.60% 19
Yorkshire -40 14 £72,500 +13.73% 20
South West -70 14 £77,500 +34.78% 30
Wales -57 10 £65,875 +17.11% 11
North East -56 7 £41,500 - 8
Scotland +6 4 £72,500 - 35
Northern Ireland -81 3 - - 17
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 4 (2.12%) Confluence
2 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (19.05%) Microsoft Project
2 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.12%) Trello
5 4 (2.12%) Windchill
6 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (6.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.12%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.12%) SAP Business One
3 3 (1.59%) Infor M3
3 3 (1.59%) SAP ERP
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.06%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.53%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.53%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 13 (6.88%) Azure
3 10 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (5.29%) Smartsheet
4 8 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 7 (3.70%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (2.12%) GitHub
7 4 (2.12%) SaaS
8 2 (1.06%) AWS
8 2 (1.06%) Miro
9 1 (0.53%) Dataform
9 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.53%) iPaaS
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) Network Security
2 3 (1.59%) LAN
2 3 (1.59%) WAN
3 1 (0.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.52%) Power BI
2 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.53%) Looker
Development Applications
1 32 (16.93%) JIRA
General
1 93 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 74 (39.15%) Finance
3 33 (17.46%) Influencing Skills
4 32 (16.93%) Manufacturing
5 23 (12.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 22 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (11.11%) Retail
8 18 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
9 13 (6.88%) Law
9 13 (6.88%) Marketing
9 13 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (6.88%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.76%) Legal
11 8 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (3.17%) Military
13 4 (2.12%) Environmental Health
14 3 (1.59%) Automotive
15 2 (1.06%) General Ledger
15 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (34.92%) Project Manager
2 44 (23.28%) Programme Manager
3 38 (20.11%) Senior
4 37 (19.58%) Senior Manager
5 25 (13.23%) IT Manager
6 18 (9.52%) IT Project Manager
7 17 (8.99%) Lead
7 17 (8.99%) Senior Project Manager
8 10 (5.29%) Senior Programme Manager
9 9 (4.76%) Portfolio Manager
10 8 (4.23%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Business Systems Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Development Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Development Project Manager
11 7 (3.70%) IT Programme Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Senior Development Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Senior Service Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.17%) ERP Project Manager
12 6 (3.17%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.11%) PMI
2 9 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.23%) LIMS
3 8 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.70%) EPoS
4 7 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.12%) FMCG
7 4 (2.12%) Life Science
8 3 (1.59%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.59%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.06%) CMDB
9 2 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.06%) NHS
9 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
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
1 166 (87.83%) PRINCE2
2 127 (67.20%) Project Management
3 116 (61.38%) Agile
4 111 (58.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 71 (37.57%) Project Delivery
6 69 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 63 (33.33%) ITIL
8 59 (31.22%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (28.57%) Decision-Making
10 40 (21.16%) ERP
11 34 (17.99%) Budget Management
11 34 (17.99%) Change Management
12 33 (17.46%) Waterfall
13 29 (15.34%) Risk Management
14 28 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 26 (13.76%) Logistics
15 26 (13.76%) Scrum
16 25 (13.23%) Change Control
17 24 (12.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 21 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 164 (86.77%) PMI Certification
2 59 (31.22%) Degree
3 29 (15.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (10.05%) DBS Check
5 17 (8.99%) Security Cleared
6 12 (6.35%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.76%) CAPM
8 7 (3.70%) APMP
8 7 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.17%) PgMP
9 6 (3.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (2.12%) ISEB
11 3 (1.59%) CCNA
11 3 (1.59%) CCNP
11 3 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (1.06%) CISM
12 2 (1.06%) CISSP
12 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.70%) PMO
2 23 (12.17%) QA
3 10 (5.29%) Accessibility
4 9 (4.76%) GxP
5 7 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 6 (3.17%) GMP
6 6 (3.17%) NEBOSH
7 5 (2.65%) GDPR
7 5 (2.65%) GRC
7 5 (2.65%) SLA
8 4 (2.12%) Def Stans
8 4 (2.12%) ISO 9000
8 4 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.06%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.58%) SAP
3 6 (3.17%) Sage
4 5 (2.65%) Oracle
5 4 (2.12%) Cisco
5 4 (2.12%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.12%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.59%) Infor
6 3 (1.59%) Planview
6 3 (1.59%) UiPath
7 2 (1.06%) 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%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Talend
8 1 (0.53%) VMware
8 1 (0.53%) Workday