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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 416 418
Rank change year-on-year -70 +2 -11
Permanent jobs citing PMP 183 125 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.36% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 1.01% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 96 75 124
10th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £39,913
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £46,402
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +18.15%
75th Percentile £71,750 £85,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +21.74% -

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 14,423 12,374 14,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.13% 36.02% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,741 4,986 6,650
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £33,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -3.45%

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 September 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 September 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 -54 51 £50,000 -37.50% 114
North of England -36 44 £50,000 -14.53% 74
Midlands -19 34 £55,000 -9.86% 53
North West -15 26 £56,750 +8.61% 40
East Midlands -22 20 £52,500 -16.00% 23
East of England -34 19 £60,000 -33.33% 29
South West -65 16 £77,500 +34.78% 38
West Midlands -31 14 £56,250 -5.51% 30
Wales -62 12 £66,786 +2.75% 14
Yorkshire -35 11 £58,474 -6.44% 25
North East -61 7 £41,500 +27.69% 9
Scotland +4 4 - - 51
Northern Ireland -74 3 - - 13
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 (2.19%) Confluence
2 3 (1.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Mendix
Applications
1 33 (18.03%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.19%) Trello
5 4 (2.19%) Windchill
6 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (6.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.73%) Infor M3
3 4 (2.19%) Sage 200
3 4 (2.19%) SAP Business One
4 3 (1.64%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.55%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.55%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (10.38%) Power Platform
2 16 (8.74%) Azure
3 11 (6.01%) Smartsheet
4 10 (5.46%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.37%) Power Automate
7 7 (3.83%) PowerApps
8 6 (3.28%) SaaS
9 5 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (2.19%) GitHub
11 3 (1.64%) AWS
12 2 (1.09%) Asana
13 1 (0.55%) Dataform
13 1 (0.55%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.55%) iPaaS
13 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.73%) Network Security
2 4 (2.19%) LAN
2 4 (2.19%) WAN
3 1 (0.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.38%) Power BI
2 3 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.55%) GIS
3 1 (0.55%) Looker
3 1 (0.55%) Metadata
3 1 (0.55%) Power Query
3 1 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (17.49%) JIRA
General
1 86 (46.99%) Social Skills
2 75 (40.98%) Finance
3 35 (19.13%) Manufacturing
4 27 (14.75%) Influencing Skills
5 23 (12.57%) Pharmaceutical
6 21 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (8.20%) Retail
8 13 (7.10%) Public Sector
9 12 (6.56%) Law
10 11 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (4.92%) Legal
12 8 (4.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (3.83%) Marketing
14 6 (3.28%) Military
15 4 (2.19%) Environmental Health
16 3 (1.64%) Automotive
16 3 (1.64%) Telecoms
17 2 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 2 (1.09%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 68 (37.16%) Project Manager
2 35 (19.13%) Programme Manager
3 32 (17.49%) Senior
4 29 (15.85%) Senior Manager
5 27 (14.75%) IT Manager
6 20 (10.93%) IT Project Manager
7 19 (10.38%) Lead
8 17 (9.29%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (4.92%) Portfolio Manager
10 8 (4.37%) ERP Manager
10 8 (4.37%) ERP Project Manager
10 8 (4.37%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Business Systems Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Development Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Development Project Manager
11 7 (3.83%) IT Programme Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Senior Development Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Senior Service Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Support Engineer
12 6 (3.28%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.55%) Pandas
1 1 (0.55%) PySpark
1 1 (0.55%) REST
1 1 (0.55%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.02%) PMI
2 10 (5.46%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.92%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.37%) LIMS
5 7 (3.83%) EPoS
5 7 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.83%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.28%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.28%) FMCG
7 5 (2.73%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.19%) Life Science
9 3 (1.64%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.64%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (1.09%) CMDB
10 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.09%) NHS
11 1 (0.55%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.55%) Windows
1 1 (0.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (87.43%) PRINCE2
2 127 (69.40%) Project Management
3 115 (62.84%) Agile
4 104 (56.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 70 (38.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (36.61%) Project Delivery
7 62 (33.88%) ITIL
8 56 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
9 45 (24.59%) Decision-Making
10 42 (22.95%) ERP
11 34 (18.58%) Change Management
12 30 (16.39%) Budget Management
13 29 (15.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 29 (15.85%) Waterfall
14 28 (15.30%) Scrum
15 27 (14.75%) Risk Management
16 25 (13.66%) Logistics
17 24 (13.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 23 (12.57%) Change Control
18 23 (12.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.92%) SQL
2 1 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 163 (89.07%) PMI Certification
2 61 (33.33%) Degree
3 27 (14.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 18 (9.84%) Security Cleared
5 16 (8.74%) DBS Check
6 13 (7.10%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.92%) CAPM
8 8 (4.37%) APMP
9 7 (3.83%) DV Cleared
9 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.28%) PgMP
10 6 (3.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (2.19%) CCNA
11 4 (2.19%) CCNP
11 4 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.19%) ISEB
12 3 (1.64%) CISM
12 3 (1.64%) CISSP
13 2 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.57%) QA
2 18 (9.84%) PMO
3 11 (6.01%) Accessibility
4 10 (5.46%) Data Quality
5 9 (4.92%) GxP
6 6 (3.28%) GMP
6 6 (3.28%) NEBOSH
7 5 (2.73%) GDPR
7 5 (2.73%) SLA
8 4 (2.19%) Def Stans
8 4 (2.19%) ISO 9000
8 4 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (1.64%) GRC
10 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (1.09%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.84%) SAP
3 8 (4.37%) Sage
4 6 (3.28%) Cisco
5 5 (2.73%) Infor
5 5 (2.73%) Oracle
6 4 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.64%) Planview
7 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.64%) UiPath
8 2 (1.09%) IFS
8 2 (1.09%) VMware
9 1 (0.55%) Dell
9 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.55%) Google
9 1 (0.55%) Informatica
9 1 (0.55%) Juniper
9 1 (0.55%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Talend