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 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 359 456
Rank change year-on-year -2 +97 +115
Permanent jobs citing PMP 144 246 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.57% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 1.73% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 86 116 77
10th Percentile £20,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £47,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £74,688 £70,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £89,375 £83,750 £74,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,871 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% -0.20% +13.04%

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 13,683 14,253 9,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.45% 33.31% 33.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,165 5,669 6,691
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,263 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £65,591
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 9 December 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 9 December 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
North of England +10 49 £48,000 -16.52% 57
South East +34 46 £75,000 +36.36% 79
North West +24 32 £50,000 -13.04% 34
Midlands +1 20 £52,500 -4.55% 37
West Midlands +21 13 £59,527 +8.23% 18
Northern Ireland - 12 - - 4
South West +17 9 £57,500 -4.17% 21
Yorkshire -13 9 £20,000 -66.67% 19
North East +15 8 £32,500 -59.38% 4
East Midlands -8 6 £51,250 -10.87% 17
Scotland -8 5 £45,000 -66.67% 13
East of England +2 3 £83,750 +29.36% 43
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 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (20.83%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (6.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.08%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) SAP WM
2 4 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.69%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.69%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 24 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 22 (15.28%) Azure
3 10 (6.94%) AWS
4 8 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.86%) Asana
5 7 (4.86%) SaaS
6 5 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.08%) Collibra
7 3 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.39%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.69%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.69%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.56%) Unified Communications
2 8 (5.56%) VPN
3 7 (4.86%) LAN
3 7 (4.86%) SD-WAN
3 7 (4.86%) VoIP
3 7 (4.86%) WAN
4 3 (2.08%) Firewall
5 1 (0.69%) 5G
5 1 (0.69%) Internet
5 1 (0.69%) Junos
5 1 (0.69%) Network Security
5 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (16.67%) Power BI
2 10 (6.94%) Tableau
3 4 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.08%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.08%) Metadata
4 3 (2.08%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.08%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.69%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (15.97%) JIRA
2 3 (2.08%) ERwin
2 3 (2.08%) PowerDesigner
General
1 58 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.78%) Finance
3 37 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (18.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.64%) Games
6 10 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.56%) Legal
8 7 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.86%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.17%) Law
9 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (2.78%) Marketing
10 4 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (2.78%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.78%) Retail
11 3 (2.08%) Publishing
12 2 (1.39%) Local Government
13 1 (0.69%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.69%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 34 (23.61%) Project Manager
2 27 (18.75%) Senior
3 23 (15.97%) Senior Manager
4 13 (9.03%) Coordinator
4 13 (9.03%) IT Manager
5 11 (7.64%) Senior Project Manager
6 10 (6.94%) Architect
6 10 (6.94%) Lead
6 10 (6.94%) Senior Architect
7 9 (6.25%) Project Coordinator
8 8 (5.56%) Analyst
9 7 (4.86%) Commercial Manager
9 7 (4.86%) Commercial Project Manager
9 7 (4.86%) Head of IT
9 7 (4.86%) Head of IT Operations
9 7 (4.86%) Head of Operations
9 7 (4.86%) Workstream Lead
10 6 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (4.17%) Programme Manager
11 5 (3.47%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.97%) Management Information System
2 21 (14.58%) Blog
3 13 (9.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (6.94%) Operational Technology
5 6 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.17%) Social Media
6 5 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.08%) IoT
8 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.39%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.39%) PMI
9 2 (1.39%) SCADA
10 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.69%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.69%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.69%) SCORM
10 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.17%) Windows
2 1 (0.69%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (80.56%) Project Management
2 70 (48.61%) PRINCE2
3 62 (43.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (39.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 53 (36.81%) Agile
6 44 (30.56%) Project Delivery
7 39 (27.08%) ITIL
8 34 (23.61%) Change Management
9 33 (22.92%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (22.22%) Time Management
11 29 (20.14%) Process Improvement
12 27 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (18.06%) Customer Engagement
13 26 (18.06%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 25 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (17.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (15.28%) AI
15 22 (15.28%) Budget Management
15 22 (15.28%) ERP
15 22 (15.28%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.25%) SQL
2 5 (3.47%) Python
3 2 (1.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (1.39%) VBA
4 1 (0.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 121 (84.03%) PMI Certification
2 112 (77.78%) Degree
3 23 (15.97%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (5.56%) AWS Certification
5 8 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (4.86%) CCNP
6 7 (4.86%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (4.86%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (4.17%) DBS Check
8 5 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.78%) RIBA
10 3 (2.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (2.08%) SAP Certification
11 2 (1.39%) CBAP
11 2 (1.39%) MBA
11 2 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.50%) QA
2 13 (9.03%) PMO
3 9 (6.25%) SLA
4 7 (4.86%) NIST
5 6 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (2.78%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.08%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.69%) Basel III
8 1 (0.69%) EMIR
8 1 (0.69%) GDPR
8 1 (0.69%) MiFID
8 1 (0.69%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (21.53%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 11 (7.64%) SAP
4 10 (6.94%) Anaplan
4 10 (6.94%) Genesys
4 10 (6.94%) Verint
5 8 (5.56%) Cisco
6 1 (0.69%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.69%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.69%) Gigya
6 1 (0.69%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.69%) IBM
6 1 (0.69%) Juniper
6 1 (0.69%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.69%) Planon
6 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.69%) VMware