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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 401 423
Rank change year-on-year -70 +22 +6
Permanent jobs citing PMP 181 153 245
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.44% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.30% 1.20% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 98 91 165
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £58,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% +11.83%
75th Percentile £73,438 £81,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,950 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £72,195 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.50% +31.26% -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 13,943 12,759 15,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.88% 36.57% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,208 5,324 8,115
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,691 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -52 53 £50,000 -35.48% 52
North of England -43 50 £56,750 -9.20% 42
North West -19 29 £60,000 -4.00% 23
Midlands -8 27 £55,000 -18.52% 28
East of England -21 24 £60,000 -29.41% 12
East Midlands -7 15 £52,500 -33.33% 11
Yorkshire -23 14 £72,500 +13.73% 15
West Midlands -12 12 £55,000 -18.52% 17
South West -71 12 £62,500 +8.70% 16
North East -56 7 £41,500 - 5
Wales -58 7 £60,000 +6.67% 5
Scotland +5 5 £68,750 - 11
Northern Ireland -73 3 - - 6
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 3 (1.66%) Confluence
1 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.55%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (19.89%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.21%) Trello
4 4 (2.21%) Windchill
5 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (6.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.21%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.21%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.10%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.10%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.55%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.55%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.84%) Power Platform
2 13 (7.18%) Azure
3 11 (6.08%) Smartsheet
4 9 (4.97%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.87%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.87%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.21%) GitHub
9 3 (1.66%) SaaS
10 2 (1.10%) AWS
10 2 (1.10%) Miro
11 1 (0.55%) Asana
11 1 (0.55%) Dataform
11 1 (0.55%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.55%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.10%) Network Security
2 1 (0.55%) LAN
2 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.84%) Power BI
2 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.55%) Looker
Development Applications
1 30 (16.57%) JIRA
General
1 89 (49.17%) Social Skills
2 66 (36.46%) Finance
3 32 (17.68%) Influencing Skills
4 28 (15.47%) Manufacturing
5 22 (12.15%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (11.05%) Retail
7 19 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (9.39%) Presentation Skills
9 15 (8.29%) Law
10 14 (7.73%) Public Sector
11 12 (6.63%) Marketing
12 11 (6.08%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (5.52%) Legal
14 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (3.31%) Military
16 4 (2.21%) Environmental Health
17 3 (1.66%) Automotive
18 2 (1.10%) General Ledger
18 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
19 1 (0.55%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 62 (34.25%) Project Manager
2 43 (23.76%) Programme Manager
3 39 (21.55%) Senior
4 37 (20.44%) Senior Manager
5 22 (12.15%) IT Manager
6 17 (9.39%) Senior Project Manager
7 15 (8.29%) IT Project Manager
8 13 (7.18%) Lead
9 10 (5.52%) Senior Programme Manager
10 9 (4.97%) Portfolio Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Business Systems Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Development Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Development Project Manager
11 7 (3.87%) IT Programme Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Senior Development Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Senior Service Manager
11 7 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Technical Manager
12 6 (3.31%) Technical Engineer
12 6 (3.31%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.60%) PMI
2 9 (4.97%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.42%) LIMS
4 7 (3.87%) EPoS
4 7 (3.87%) Virtual Team
5 5 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.66%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.66%) Life Science
8 2 (1.10%) CMDB
8 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.55%) FMCG
9 1 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.55%) Windows
1 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (86.74%) PRINCE2
2 118 (65.19%) Project Management
3 111 (61.33%) Agile
4 104 (57.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (37.57%) Project Delivery
6 66 (36.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (31.49%) ITIL
8 56 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (29.83%) Decision-Making
10 35 (19.34%) ERP
11 34 (18.78%) Waterfall
12 33 (18.23%) Change Management
13 31 (17.13%) Budget Management
14 27 (14.92%) Risk Management
14 27 (14.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 26 (14.36%) Logistics
16 25 (13.81%) Scrum
17 23 (12.71%) Change Control
18 22 (12.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 22 (12.15%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 156 (86.19%) PMI Certification
2 57 (31.49%) Degree
3 27 (14.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (10.50%) DBS Check
5 15 (8.29%) Security Cleared
6 11 (6.08%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.97%) CAPM
8 8 (4.42%) APMP
9 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.31%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.31%) PgMP
10 6 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (2.21%) ISEB
12 2 (1.10%) CISM
12 2 (1.10%) CISSP
12 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
12 2 (1.10%) RIBA
13 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.36%) PMO
2 21 (11.60%) QA
3 9 (4.97%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.42%) GxP
5 6 (3.31%) GMP
5 6 (3.31%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.76%) GDPR
6 5 (2.76%) GRC
7 4 (2.21%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.21%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.21%) SLA
8 3 (1.66%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (1.10%) JSP 440
10 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 39 (21.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.50%) SAP
3 6 (3.31%) Sage
4 5 (2.76%) Oracle
5 4 (2.21%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.66%) Planview
7 2 (1.10%) Cisco
7 2 (1.10%) IFS
7 2 (1.10%) UiPath
8 1 (0.55%) Arista
8 1 (0.55%) Dell
8 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.55%) Google
8 1 (0.55%) Informatica
8 1 (0.55%) Juniper
8 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.55%) Talend
8 1 (0.55%) VMware
8 1 (0.55%) Workday