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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	490	439	375
Rank change year-on-year	-51	-64	+71
Permanent jobs citing PMP	181	99	244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.21%	0.29%	0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category	1.28%	0.81%	1.74%
Number of salaries quoted	91	68	118
10^th Percentile	£44,447	£42,500	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£48,000	£50,000	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£62,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.00%	+13.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£71,000	£87,500	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£96,625	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£65,000	£72,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-10.34%	+20.83%	-7.69%

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	14,194	12,195	14,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	16.19%	35.70%	28.58%
Number of salaries quoted	8,327	4,890	5,697
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,999	£32,500	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,500	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+16.84%	-13.64%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,188	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-4.35%	-

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 18 October 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 18 October 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	-44	55	£55,600	-34.59%	46
North of England	-59	40	£50,000	-	37
Midlands	-25	28	£57,500	+16.19%	16
East of England	-24	22	£60,000	-33.33%	23
North West	-39	22	£53,500	+7.00%	21
South West	-54	17	£77,500	+34.78%	17
East Midlands	-17	15	£52,500	+33.08%	5
West Midlands	-43	13	£66,250	+11.29%	11
Wales	-63	12	£66,786	+2.75%	8
Yorkshire	-27	9	£44,447	-31.62%	16
North East	-66	9	£41,500	+27.69%
Northern Ireland	-74	5	-	-	9
Scotland	+5	2	-	-	13
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PMP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing PMP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for PMP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PMI Certification	86.7%	157
2	PRINCE2	85.6%	155
3	Project Management	74.6%	135
4	Agile	68.0%	123
5	Stakeholder Management	58.0%	105
6	Project Delivery	42.0%	76
7	Continuous Improvement	41.4%	75
8	Degree	34.8%	63
9	Problem-Solving	29.8%	54
10	ITIL	27.6%	50
11	ERP	26.5%	48
12	Microsoft	23.8%	43
13	JIRA	22.1%	40
14	Microsoft Project	21.0%	38
14	Scrum	21.0%	38
14	Waterfall	21.0%	38
17	Decision-Making	20.4%	37
18	Change Control	19.9%	36
19	Change Management	16.6%	30
20	Budget Management	15.5%	28
20	Risk Management	15.5%	28
22	Azure	14.9%	27
22	PRINCE2 Practitioner	14.9%	27
24	Business Intelligence	13.8%	25
24	Project Governance	13.8%	25
24	Validation	13.8%	25
27	Cybersecurity	13.3%	24
27	Logistics	13.3%	24
27	Stakeholder Engagement	13.3%	24
30	Digital Transformation Programme	12.7%	23

PMP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	PMI Certification	86.7%	157
2	Degree	34.8%	63
3	PRINCE2 Practitioner	14.9%	27
4	Security Cleared	9.4%	17
5	DBS Check	7.2%	13
6	SC Cleared	6.6%	12
7	CAPM	5.0%	9
8	APMP	4.4%	8
9	Microsoft Certification	3.9%	7
10	DV Cleared	3.3%	6
10	PgMP	3.3%	6
10	PRINCE2 Certification	3.3%	6
13	CCNA	2.8%	5
13	CCNP	2.8%	5
13	Cisco Certification	2.8%	5
16	ISEB	2.2%	4
17	Six Sigma Green Belt	1.1%	2
18	AWS Certification	0.6%	1
18	CISM	0.6%	1
18	CISSP	0.6%	1