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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 367 364 444
Rank change year-on-year -3 +80 +123
Permanent jobs citing PMP 137 244 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.52% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.14% 1.68% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 91 116 78
10th Percentile £20,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £48,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £76,875 £69,250 £67,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,743 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.12% -0.40% +12.07%

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 12,042 14,532 10,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.49% 30.83% 34.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,190 5,757 6,769
10th Percentile £27,978 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,813 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 +38 55 £75,000 +36.36% 53
North of England +15 40 £32,500 -43.48% 21
North West +29 26 £50,000 -13.04% 16
Midlands +26 18 £52,500 -6.67% 18
West Midlands +44 12 £59,527 +8.23% 11
Northern Ireland - 10 - - 1
South West +26 8 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Yorkshire +9 8 £20,000 -63.64% 4
North East +24 6 £32,500 -59.38% 1
East Midlands +9 6 £51,250 -10.87% 7
Scotland -3 3 £45,000 -66.67% 9
East of England -4 3 £83,750 +29.36% 15
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 7 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (5.11%) SAP WM
2 4 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.73%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.73%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.06%) Azure
2 14 (10.22%) Power Platform
3 10 (7.30%) AWS
4 8 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.11%) Asana
5 7 (5.11%) SaaS
6 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.19%) Collibra
7 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.46%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.73%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.84%) Unified Communications
2 8 (5.84%) VPN
3 7 (5.11%) LAN
3 7 (5.11%) SD-WAN
3 7 (5.11%) VoIP
3 7 (5.11%) WAN
4 3 (2.19%) Firewall
5 1 (0.73%) 5G
5 1 (0.73%) Internet
5 1 (0.73%) Junos
5 1 (0.73%) Network Security
5 1 (0.73%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.22%) Power BI
2 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.19%) Data Mining
3 3 (2.19%) Metadata
3 3 (2.19%) SAP BW
3 3 (2.19%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.73%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (16.79%) JIRA
2 3 (2.19%) ERwin
2 3 (2.19%) PowerDesigner
General
1 62 (45.26%) Social Skills
2 38 (27.74%) Finance
3 26 (18.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Telecoms
6 6 (4.38%) Legal
6 6 (4.38%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.65%) Law
8 4 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.92%) Marketing
8 4 (2.92%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (2.92%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.92%) Retail
9 3 (2.19%) Publishing
10 2 (1.46%) Local Government
11 1 (0.73%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.73%) Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.73%) Games
Job Titles
1 34 (24.82%) Project Manager
2 15 (10.95%) Senior
3 14 (10.22%) Programme Manager
4 13 (9.49%) Coordinator
4 13 (9.49%) IT Manager
4 13 (9.49%) Senior Manager
5 11 (8.03%) Senior Project Manager
6 9 (6.57%) Lead
6 9 (6.57%) Project Coordinator
7 7 (5.11%) Commercial Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Commercial Project Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.11%) Head of IT Operations
7 7 (5.11%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.11%) Workstream Lead
8 6 (4.38%) Analyst
8 6 (4.38%) IT Project Manager
9 5 (3.65%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.65%) Head of Support
10 4 (2.92%) PMO Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.52%) Management Information System
2 21 (15.33%) Blog
3 12 (8.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (8.76%) Operational Technology
4 9 (6.57%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.38%) Social Media
6 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.92%) IoT
7 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.92%) SCADA
8 3 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.46%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.46%) PMI
10 1 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.73%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.73%) SCORM
10 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.38%) Windows
2 1 (0.73%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (78.83%) Project Management
2 75 (54.74%) PRINCE2
3 58 (42.34%) Agile
4 57 (41.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 50 (36.50%) Project Delivery
6 45 (32.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (28.47%) ITIL
8 37 (27.01%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (24.09%) Change Management
10 31 (22.63%) Process Improvement
11 27 (19.71%) Customer Engagement
12 25 (18.25%) Computer Science
12 25 (18.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 24 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (16.79%) Budget Management
15 22 (16.06%) AI
15 22 (16.06%) ERP
15 22 (16.06%) Time Management
16 21 (15.33%) Logistics
16 21 (15.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.57%) SQL
2 5 (3.65%) Python
3 2 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.46%) VBA
4 1 (0.73%) Bash
Qualifications
1 110 (80.29%) PMI Certification
2 103 (75.18%) Degree
3 23 (16.79%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (6.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (5.84%) AWS Certification
5 8 (5.84%) Azure Certification
6 7 (5.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.11%) CCNP
6 7 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.11%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (4.38%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.19%) SAP Certification
10 2 (1.46%) CBAP
10 2 (1.46%) MBA
10 2 (1.46%) RIBA
10 2 (1.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.14%) QA
2 13 (9.49%) PMO
3 9 (6.57%) SLA
4 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.11%) NIST
5 4 (2.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.73%) Basel III
7 1 (0.73%) EMIR
7 1 (0.73%) GDPR
7 1 (0.73%) MiFID
7 1 (0.73%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.73%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.30%) SAP
3 8 (5.84%) Cisco
4 2 (1.46%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.73%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.73%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.73%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.73%) IBM
5 1 (0.73%) Juniper
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle
5 1 (0.73%) Palo Alto
5 1 (0.73%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.73%) Planon
5 1 (0.73%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.73%) VMware