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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 399 463
Rank change year-on-year -18 +64 +1
Permanent jobs citing PMP 184 141 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.47% 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 1.12% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 80 80 266
10th Percentile £43,455 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,764 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.62% +33.33% -3.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +27.27% -7.25%

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 12,874 12,568 19,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 19.10% 41.99% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,404 5,012 12,349
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,584 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% +1.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,251 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 18 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 18 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
South East -13 57 £65,000 -17.46% 24
North of England -26 45 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Midlands +1 36 £55,000 -24.14% 11
North West +9 24 £60,000 -20.00% 5
East Midlands -8 19 £85,000 +13.33% 7
West Midlands -7 17 £55,000 -21.43% 4
East of England -29 13 £65,000 -23.53% 7
Yorkshire -33 11 £72,500 +13.73% 4
Scotland +17 10 £68,750 +5.77% 6
North East -38 10 £42,974 - 3
South West -60 9 £60,000 +2.13% 8
Northern Ireland -27 7 - - 6
Wales -40 7 £60,000 +6.67% 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 3 (1.63%) Confluence
1 3 (1.63%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.54%) Mendix
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 50 (27.17%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (8.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
5 4 (2.17%) Windchill
6 2 (1.09%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.63%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.63%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.09%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.54%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.54%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 21 (11.41%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.43%) Smartsheet
3 6 (3.26%) Azure
3 6 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.72%) Power Automate
4 5 (2.72%) PowerApps
5 4 (2.17%) GitHub
6 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.09%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (1.09%) Miro
7 1 (0.54%) Asana
7 1 (0.54%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.54%) Dataform
7 1 (0.54%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.54%) Google Docs
7 1 (0.54%) Google Drive
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.54%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.87%) Power BI
2 1 (0.54%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.54%) Looker
Development Applications
1 22 (11.96%) JIRA
General
1 107 (58.15%) Social Skills
2 85 (46.20%) Finance
3 36 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
4 29 (15.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 25 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (12.50%) Manufacturing
7 22 (11.96%) Retail
8 13 (7.07%) Law
8 13 (7.07%) Legal
9 12 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (5.98%) Marketing
11 8 (4.35%) Public Sector
12 6 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (3.26%) Military
13 4 (2.17%) Environmental Health
14 3 (1.63%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.63%) Automotive
14 3 (1.63%) Electronics
14 3 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (43.48%) Project Manager
2 45 (24.46%) Senior
3 39 (21.20%) Senior Manager
4 35 (19.02%) Programme Manager
5 26 (14.13%) Senior Project Manager
6 24 (13.04%) Change Manager
7 22 (11.96%) IT Manager
7 22 (11.96%) Project Change Manager
8 21 (11.41%) Development Manager
8 21 (11.41%) Development Project Manager
8 21 (11.41%) Senior Development Manager
9 12 (6.52%) Analyst
9 12 (6.52%) Business Analyst
10 11 (5.98%) IT Project Manager
10 11 (5.98%) Senior Programme Manager
11 10 (5.43%) Portfolio Manager
12 8 (4.35%) IT Programme Manager
13 7 (3.80%) Lead
13 7 (3.80%) Support Engineer
14 6 (3.26%) Facilities Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.54%) Middleware
1 1 (0.54%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.41%) PMI
2 9 (4.89%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.80%) EPoS
4 7 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.63%) Life Science
5 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.09%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.09%) CMDB
6 2 (1.09%) NHS
7 1 (0.54%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.54%) FMCG
7 1 (0.54%) LIMS
7 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (77.17%) PRINCE2
2 133 (72.28%) Project Management
3 119 (64.67%) Agile
4 93 (50.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 67 (36.41%) Project Delivery
6 61 (33.15%) Decision-Making
7 52 (28.26%) Change Management
8 50 (27.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (27.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (24.46%) ITIL
10 43 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (22.28%) Risk Management
12 34 (18.48%) Impact Assessments
13 33 (17.93%) Actionable Insight
14 32 (17.39%) Matrix Organization
15 29 (15.76%) Waterfall
16 25 (13.59%) Budgeting
17 24 (13.04%) Cost Management
18 22 (11.96%) Budget Management
18 22 (11.96%) Cost Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.09%) SQL
1 2 (1.09%) VBA
Qualifications
1 163 (88.59%) PMI Certification
2 78 (42.39%) Degree
3 18 (9.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 14 (7.61%) DBS Check
5 13 (7.07%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.43%) CAPM
7 9 (4.89%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 7 (3.80%) APMP
10 6 (3.26%) PgMP
11 5 (2.72%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.72%) ISEB
11 5 (2.72%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (1.63%) CISSP
12 3 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.63%) MBA
13 2 (1.09%) CBAP
13 2 (1.09%) CISM
13 2 (1.09%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.59%) PMO
2 12 (6.52%) QA
3 10 (5.43%) Accessibility
3 10 (5.43%) GDPR
4 6 (3.26%) GMP
4 6 (3.26%) NEBOSH
5 5 (2.72%) GRC
6 4 (2.17%) Def Stans
6 4 (2.17%) ISO 9000
6 4 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (2.17%) SLA
7 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (1.09%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.54%) GxP
8 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
8 1 (0.54%) P3O
8 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (23.37%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.70%) SAP
3 6 (3.26%) Oracle
4 5 (2.72%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.63%) Planview
5 3 (1.63%) QAD
5 3 (1.63%) Sage
6 2 (1.09%) Google
6 2 (1.09%) IFS
6 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.54%) Callidus
7 1 (0.54%) Informatica
7 1 (0.54%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic