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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 390 435
Rank change year-on-year 0 +45 +50
Permanent jobs citing PMP 202 142 335
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.49% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.31% 1.13% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 76 76 267
10th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,375 £50,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,764 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +23.81% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,957 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.54% +21.74% -5.58%

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 15,446 12,600 18,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.88% 43.33% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,220 4,949 12,234
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% +1.93% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -5 57 £60,000 -14.29% 25
South East -12 57 £81,250 +3.17% 28
Midlands -10 35 £55,000 -15.38% 14
North West +5 31 £60,000 -20.00% 11
West Midlands -30 18 £55,000 -11.65% 4
East Midlands -1 17 £85,000 +13.33% 10
North East - 14 £42,974 - 2
Scotland +6 13 £68,750 +5.77% 8
East of England -32 13 £61,000 -28.24% 12
Yorkshire -44 12 £72,500 +13.73% 12
Northern Ireland -27 11 - - 6
South West -58 11 £60,000 - 9
Wales -38 5 £55,000 -2.22% 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 4 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) Confluence
3 1 (0.50%) Mendix
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 55 (27.23%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (7.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.98%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.98%) Windchill
6 2 (0.99%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.99%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.50%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.50%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.50%) SystmOne
3 1 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.81%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.95%) Smartsheet
3 6 (2.97%) Azure
4 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.98%) GitHub
6 3 (1.49%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.99%) Asana
7 2 (0.99%) AWS
7 2 (0.99%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (0.99%) Miro
8 1 (0.50%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.50%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.50%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.50%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.50%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.50%) PaaS
8 1 (0.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (18.32%) Power BI
2 18 (8.91%) Tableau
3 1 (0.50%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.50%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (10.40%) JIRA
General
1 108 (53.47%) Social Skills
2 90 (44.55%) Finance
3 46 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (20.30%) Influencing Skills
5 33 (16.34%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (14.36%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (11.39%) Retail
8 20 (9.90%) Manufacturing
9 18 (8.91%) Games
10 16 (7.92%) Legal
11 13 (6.44%) Law
12 11 (5.45%) Marketing
13 6 (2.97%) Military
13 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.98%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.49%) Automotive
15 3 (1.49%) Electronics
15 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (43.07%) Project Manager
2 69 (34.16%) Senior
3 63 (31.19%) Senior Manager
4 32 (15.84%) Senior Project Manager
5 28 (13.86%) Programme Manager
6 26 (12.87%) Development Manager
6 26 (12.87%) Development Project Manager
6 26 (12.87%) Senior Development Manager
7 24 (11.88%) Change Manager
8 22 (10.89%) Project Change Manager
9 21 (10.40%) IT Manager
10 19 (9.41%) Architect
11 18 (8.91%) Senior Architect
12 14 (6.93%) Analyst
12 14 (6.93%) Business Analyst
13 11 (5.45%) Senior Programme Manager
14 10 (4.95%) IT Project Manager
14 10 (4.95%) Portfolio Manager
15 8 (3.96%) IT Programme Manager
16 7 (3.47%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) Middleware
1 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.90%) PMI
2 10 (4.95%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.96%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.47%) EPoS
4 7 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.99%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.99%) CMDB
6 2 (0.99%) Life Science
7 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.50%) FMCG
7 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.50%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (75.25%) Project Management
2 136 (67.33%) PRINCE2
3 124 (61.39%) Agile
4 106 (52.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 77 (38.12%) Decision-Making
6 67 (33.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (30.20%) Project Delivery
8 54 (26.73%) Change Management
8 54 (26.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (22.77%) Risk Management
10 39 (19.31%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (19.31%) ITIL
11 36 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (16.34%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (16.34%) Impact Assessments
12 33 (16.34%) Matrix Organization
13 29 (14.36%) Migration
14 27 (13.37%) Waterfall
15 26 (12.87%) Biotechnology
15 26 (12.87%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.99%) SQL
1 2 (0.99%) VBA
Qualifications
1 182 (90.10%) PMI Certification
2 102 (50.50%) Degree
3 13 (6.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 12 (5.94%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.45%) CAPM
6 10 (4.95%) DBS Check
7 8 (3.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (3.96%) SC Cleared
8 7 (3.47%) APMP
9 6 (2.97%) PgMP
10 5 (2.48%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.48%) ISEB
10 5 (2.48%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.49%) CISSP
12 3 (1.49%) MBA
12 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.99%) CBAP
13 2 (0.99%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.87%) PMO
2 11 (5.45%) QA
3 10 (4.95%) Accessibility
3 10 (4.95%) GDPR
4 6 (2.97%) GMP
4 6 (2.97%) NEBOSH
5 5 (2.48%) GRC
6 4 (1.98%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.98%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (1.98%) SLA
7 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.99%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.50%) GxP
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.50%) NIST
8 1 (0.50%) P3O
8 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (22.77%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.39%) ServiceNow
3 18 (8.91%) Anaplan
3 18 (8.91%) Genesys
3 18 (8.91%) Verint
4 14 (6.93%) SAP
5 5 (2.48%) Oracle
6 3 (1.49%) Planview
6 3 (1.49%) QAD
7 2 (0.99%) Google
7 2 (0.99%) Sage
7 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.50%) Callidus
8 1 (0.50%) IFS
8 1 (0.50%) Informatica
8 1 (0.50%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.50%) SnapLogic