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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 352 446
Rank change year-on-year -15 +94 +99
Permanent jobs citing PMP 152 231 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.64% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 1.68% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 76 102 85
10th Percentile - £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £20,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £56,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.99% +2.66% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,938 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,125 £83,500 £86,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +10.54%

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 14,079 13,785 10,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.26% 38.11% 30.53%
Number of salaries quoted 5,124 5,269 6,677
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +6.74% +3.06%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 January 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 9 January 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 +13 46 £71,250 +33.18% 46
North of England -9 45 £32,500 -43.48% 25
Midlands +5 27 £55,000 - 26
North West +2 27 £48,000 -16.52% 13
West Midlands +20 16 £58,514 +9.37% 14
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 2
North East +16 10 £32,500 -59.38% 3
East Midlands -23 10 £53,750 -6.52% 12
Scotland -3 8 £45,000 -66.67% 2
South West -5 8 £45,000 -18.18% 13
Yorkshire -15 8 £20,000 -63.64% 9
East of England +4 4 £83,750 +29.36% 13
Wales +4 1 - - 4
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 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 41 (26.97%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.63%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.66%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.66%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.66%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 38 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 21 (13.82%) Azure
3 11 (7.24%) AWS
4 8 (5.26%) Asana
4 8 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (3.29%) SaaS
6 3 (1.97%) Collibra
7 2 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.66%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.61%) LAN
1 7 (4.61%) SD-WAN
1 7 (4.61%) Unified Communications
1 7 (4.61%) VoIP
1 7 (4.61%) VPN
1 7 (4.61%) WAN
1 7 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.66%) 5G
2 1 (0.66%) Internet
2 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (25.00%) Power BI
2 18 (11.84%) Tableau
3 3 (1.97%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.97%) Metadata
3 3 (1.97%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.97%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.66%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (14.47%) JIRA
2 3 (1.97%) ERwin
2 3 (1.97%) PowerDesigner
General
1 66 (43.42%) Social Skills
2 50 (32.89%) Finance
3 47 (30.92%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (11.84%) Games
5 18 (11.84%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (9.87%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (9.87%) Pharmaceutical
7 14 (9.21%) Legal
8 8 (5.26%) Law
8 8 (5.26%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.61%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.29%) Retail
11 4 (2.63%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.97%) Electronics
12 3 (1.97%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.97%) Publishing
13 2 (1.32%) Local Government
14 1 (0.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (30.26%) Senior
2 44 (28.95%) Project Manager
3 42 (27.63%) Senior Manager
4 22 (14.47%) Senior Project Manager
5 18 (11.84%) Architect
5 18 (11.84%) Senior Architect
6 17 (11.18%) IT Manager
7 14 (9.21%) Development Manager
7 14 (9.21%) Development Project Manager
7 14 (9.21%) Senior Development Manager
8 13 (8.55%) Analyst
8 13 (8.55%) Coordinator
9 9 (5.92%) Business Analyst
9 9 (5.92%) Project Coordinator
10 8 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
11 7 (4.61%) Head of IT
11 7 (4.61%) Head of IT Operations
11 7 (4.61%) Head of Operations
12 6 (3.95%) Change Analyst
12 6 (3.95%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.82%) Blog
2 19 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 12 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (7.24%) Product Ownership
5 10 (6.58%) Operational Technology
6 5 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.29%) Social Media
7 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.63%) PMI
8 3 (1.97%) IoT
8 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.32%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.32%) SCADA
10 1 (0.66%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.66%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (82.24%) Project Management
2 67 (44.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 66 (43.42%) Agile
4 64 (42.11%) PRINCE2
5 57 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (26.97%) Business Intelligence
7 40 (26.32%) Time Management
8 36 (23.68%) Change Management
8 36 (23.68%) Decision-Making
9 35 (23.03%) ITIL
9 35 (23.03%) Process Improvement
10 31 (20.39%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (20.39%) Risk Management
11 30 (19.74%) Project Delivery
12 28 (18.42%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 26 (17.11%) Customer Engagement
14 24 (15.79%) Computer Science
14 24 (15.79%) Six Sigma
14 24 (15.79%) Strategic Thinking
15 22 (14.47%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.26%) SQL
2 4 (2.63%) Python
2 4 (2.63%) VBA
3 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 129 (84.87%) PMI Certification
2 121 (79.61%) Degree
3 20 (13.16%) Master's Degree
4 7 (4.61%) AWS Certification
4 7 (4.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 7 (4.61%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.61%) CCNP
4 7 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.61%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.29%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (3.29%) MBA
5 5 (3.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (1.97%) CAPM
6 3 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (1.97%) RIBA
6 3 (1.97%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.32%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.18%) QA
2 14 (9.21%) PMO
3 9 (5.92%) SLA
4 7 (4.61%) NIST
5 6 (3.95%) GDPR
5 6 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.97%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.66%) Basel III
7 1 (0.66%) EMIR
7 1 (0.66%) MiFID
7 1 (0.66%) P3O
Vendors
1 41 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.16%) ServiceNow
3 18 (11.84%) Anaplan
3 18 (11.84%) Genesys
3 18 (11.84%) Verint
4 9 (5.92%) SAP
5 7 (4.61%) Cisco
6 3 (1.97%) Oracle
6 3 (1.97%) QAD
7 1 (0.66%) Gigya
7 1 (0.66%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.66%) IBM
7 1 (0.66%) Planon
7 1 (0.66%) Salesforce