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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 378 440
Rank change year-on-year -9 +62 +59
Permanent jobs citing PMP 197 144 327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.51% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.26% 1.16% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 74 69 265
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +23.81% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -0.90%

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 15,654 12,408 18,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.27% 43.81% 25.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,243 4,845 12,176
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,058 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% +2.12% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,752 £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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -6 56 £60,000 -14.29% 21
South East -4 55 £82,500 +50.00% 30
Midlands -14 33 £55,000 -15.38% 17
North West -7 30 £60,000 -20.00% 11
West Midlands -30 18 £55,000 -11.65% 5
Scotland +3 14 £68,750 +5.77% 5
East Midlands -24 14 £85,000 +13.33% 12
North East -25 14 £42,974 - 1
Yorkshire -38 12 £72,500 +13.73% 9
East of England -40 12 £65,000 -23.53% 13
Northern Ireland -27 11 - - 4
South West -56 11 £60,000 - 7
Wales -35 5 £55,000 -2.22% 3
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 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Mendix
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 54 (27.41%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (8.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.03%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.03%) Windchill
6 2 (1.02%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP QM
2 1 (0.51%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.77%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.08%) Smartsheet
3 6 (3.05%) Azure
4 5 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.03%) GitHub
6 2 (1.02%) Asana
6 2 (1.02%) AWS
6 2 (1.02%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.02%) Miro
7 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.51%) Dataform
7 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.51%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.51%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.51%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.51%) OCI
7 1 (0.51%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (17.26%) Power BI
2 18 (9.14%) Tableau
3 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (10.15%) JIRA
General
1 106 (53.81%) Social Skills
2 89 (45.18%) Finance
3 48 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (20.81%) Influencing Skills
5 33 (16.75%) Pharmaceutical
6 29 (14.72%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (11.68%) Retail
8 18 (9.14%) Games
9 17 (8.63%) Legal
9 17 (8.63%) Manufacturing
10 11 (5.58%) Marketing
11 10 (5.08%) Law
12 6 (3.05%) Military
12 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
13 4 (2.03%) Environmental Health
13 4 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.52%) Automotive
14 3 (1.52%) Electronics
14 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (43.65%) Project Manager
2 68 (34.52%) Senior
3 62 (31.47%) Senior Manager
4 31 (15.74%) Senior Project Manager
5 26 (13.20%) Development Manager
5 26 (13.20%) Development Project Manager
5 26 (13.20%) Programme Manager
5 26 (13.20%) Senior Development Manager
6 24 (12.18%) Change Manager
7 22 (11.17%) Project Change Manager
8 21 (10.66%) IT Manager
9 19 (9.64%) Architect
10 18 (9.14%) Senior Architect
11 16 (8.12%) Analyst
12 15 (7.61%) Business Analyst
13 11 (5.58%) Senior Programme Manager
14 10 (5.08%) IT Project Manager
14 10 (5.08%) Portfolio Manager
15 8 (4.06%) IT Programme Manager
16 7 (3.55%) Change Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Middleware
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.64%) PMI
2 11 (5.58%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.06%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.55%) EPoS
4 7 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.02%) CMDB
6 2 (1.02%) Life Science
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.51%) FMCG
7 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.51%) NHS
7 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (74.62%) Project Management
2 130 (65.99%) PRINCE2
3 121 (61.42%) Agile
4 104 (52.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (38.07%) Decision-Making
6 69 (35.03%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (29.44%) Project Delivery
8 54 (27.41%) Change Management
8 54 (27.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 47 (23.86%) Risk Management
10 37 (18.78%) ITIL
11 36 (18.27%) Business Intelligence
12 35 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (16.75%) Actionable Insight
13 33 (16.75%) Impact Assessments
13 33 (16.75%) Matrix Organization
14 29 (14.72%) Migration
15 27 (13.71%) Waterfall
16 26 (13.20%) Biotechnology
16 26 (13.20%) Hematology
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.02%) SQL
1 2 (1.02%) VBA
Qualifications
1 177 (89.85%) PMI Certification
2 101 (51.27%) Degree
3 12 (6.09%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.58%) CAPM
4 11 (5.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 8 (4.06%) DBS Check
5 8 (4.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (4.06%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.55%) APMP
7 6 (3.05%) PgMP
8 5 (2.54%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.54%) ISEB
8 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.52%) CISSP
10 3 (1.52%) MBA
11 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.02%) CBAP
11 2 (1.02%) CISM
11 2 (1.02%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.69%) PMO
2 10 (5.08%) Accessibility
2 10 (5.08%) GDPR
2 10 (5.08%) QA
3 6 (3.05%) GMP
3 6 (3.05%) NEBOSH
4 5 (2.54%) GRC
5 4 (2.03%) Def Stans
5 4 (2.03%) ISO 9000
5 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (2.03%) SLA
6 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (1.02%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.51%) GxP
7 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.51%) NIST
7 1 (0.51%) P3O
7 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 23 (11.68%) ServiceNow
3 18 (9.14%) Anaplan
3 18 (9.14%) Genesys
3 18 (9.14%) Verint
4 13 (6.60%) SAP
5 5 (2.54%) Oracle
6 3 (1.52%) Planview
6 3 (1.52%) QAD
7 2 (1.02%) Google
7 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.51%) Callidus
8 1 (0.51%) IFS
8 1 (0.51%) Informatica
8 1 (0.51%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.51%) Sage
8 1 (0.51%) SnapLogic