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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 442 386
Rank change year-on-year -67 -56 +71
Permanent jobs citing PMP 176 104 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.30% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.26% 0.83% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 90 72 122
10th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £39,650
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £71,375 £87,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £79,875
UK median annual salary £66,750 £75,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -11.00% +27.12% -9.23%

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 14,007 12,533 14,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.22% 36.42% 28.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 4,913 5,868
10th Percentile £30,258 £28,250 £31,213
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,188 £47,500 £53,964
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -11.98% +2.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £70,000
90th 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 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 12 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 12 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 -42 54 £55,600 -30.50% 78
North of England -42 41 £50,000 - 55
Midlands -27 29 £58,514 +18.24% 28
North West -24 23 £53,500 +2.39% 29
East of England -27 19 £60,000 -33.33% 33
South West -58 17 £77,500 +34.78% 29
East Midlands -17 16 £52,500 +33.08% 15
West Midlands -36 13 £59,527 - 13
Wales -58 11 £66,822 +2.80% 15
Yorkshire -35 9 £44,447 -31.62% 24
North East -63 9 £41,500 +27.69% 2
Northern Ireland -72 3 - - 12
Scotland +3 2 - - 22
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 (2.27%) Confluence
1 4 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.57%) Mendix
Applications
1 35 (19.89%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.27%) Trello
5 4 (2.27%) Windchill
6 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.98%) Infor M3
3 4 (2.27%) Sage 200
3 4 (2.27%) SAP Business One
4 3 (1.70%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.14%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.14%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.57%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.20%) Azure
2 23 (13.07%) Power Platform
3 19 (10.80%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (5.68%) Smartsheet
5 8 (4.55%) Power Automate
6 7 (3.98%) PowerApps
6 7 (3.98%) SaaS
7 6 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.27%) Asana
8 4 (2.27%) GitHub
9 3 (1.70%) AWS
10 1 (0.57%) Dataform
10 1 (0.57%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.41%) Network Security
2 5 (2.84%) LAN
2 5 (2.84%) WAN
3 1 (0.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.07%) Power BI
2 2 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.57%) DTS
3 1 (0.57%) GIS
3 1 (0.57%) Looker
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata
3 1 (0.57%) Power Query
3 1 (0.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (21.59%) JIRA
General
1 83 (47.16%) Finance
2 80 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 37 (21.02%) Manufacturing
4 23 (13.07%) Influencing Skills
5 19 (10.80%) Pharmaceutical
6 18 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (8.52%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (7.95%) Public Sector
9 12 (6.82%) Law
9 12 (6.82%) Telecoms
10 9 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (5.11%) Legal
11 8 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.27%) Environmental Health
12 4 (2.27%) Marketing
12 4 (2.27%) Military
12 4 (2.27%) Retail
13 2 (1.14%) Aerospace
13 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.57%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 73 (41.48%) Project Manager
2 29 (16.48%) Senior
3 26 (14.77%) Senior Manager
4 23 (13.07%) Programme Manager
5 22 (12.50%) Lead
6 21 (11.93%) IT Manager
7 20 (11.36%) IT Project Manager
8 16 (9.09%) Senior Project Manager
8 16 (9.09%) Technical Manager
9 12 (6.82%) Technical Project Manager
10 9 (5.11%) ERP Manager
10 9 (5.11%) ERP Project Manager
10 9 (5.11%) Portfolio Manager
11 8 (4.55%) Telecoms Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Business Systems Manager
12 7 (3.98%) Senior Service Manager
13 6 (3.41%) Delivery Manager
14 5 (2.84%) Development Project Manager
14 5 (2.84%) OSS Project Manager
14 5 (2.84%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) Pandas
1 1 (0.57%) PySpark
1 1 (0.57%) REST
1 1 (0.57%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.52%) PMI
2 10 (5.68%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.11%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.55%) FMCG
4 8 (4.55%) LIMS
4 8 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.98%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.98%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.27%) Life Science
8 3 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.70%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.70%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.14%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.57%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.57%) EPoS
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.57%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.14%) Windows
2 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (86.36%) PRINCE2
2 130 (73.86%) Project Management
3 120 (68.18%) Agile
4 101 (57.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 74 (42.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 72 (40.91%) Project Delivery
7 53 (30.11%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (28.41%) ITIL
9 46 (26.14%) ERP
10 36 (20.45%) Waterfall
11 35 (19.89%) Scrum
12 34 (19.32%) Decision-Making
13 32 (18.18%) Change Control
14 30 (17.05%) Change Management
15 27 (15.34%) Budget Management
15 27 (15.34%) Risk Management
16 25 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
16 25 (14.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (14.20%) Validation
17 24 (13.64%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.68%) SQL
2 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 154 (87.50%) PMI Certification
2 62 (35.23%) Degree
3 25 (14.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 16 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.39%) DBS Check
6 11 (6.25%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.11%) CAPM
8 8 (4.55%) APMP
9 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (3.41%) PgMP
11 5 (2.84%) CCNA
11 5 (2.84%) CCNP
11 5 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (2.84%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.27%) ISEB
13 2 (1.14%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.57%) CBAP
14 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.50%) QA
2 16 (9.09%) PMO
3 12 (6.82%) Data Quality
4 9 (5.11%) Accessibility
4 9 (5.11%) GxP
5 5 (2.84%) GDPR
6 4 (2.27%) Def Stans
6 4 (2.27%) ISO 9000
6 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (1.70%) GMP
7 3 (1.70%) NEBOSH
7 3 (1.70%) SLA
8 2 (1.14%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.95%) SAP
3 9 (5.11%) Pega
3 9 (5.11%) Sage
4 7 (3.98%) Cisco
4 7 (3.98%) Infor
5 5 (2.84%) Oracle
6 3 (1.70%) Planview
6 3 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.70%) UiPath
7 2 (1.14%) IFS
7 2 (1.14%) Minitab
7 2 (1.14%) VMware
8 1 (0.57%) Arista
8 1 (0.57%) Dell
8 1 (0.57%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.57%) Google
8 1 (0.57%) Juniper
8 1 (0.57%) Workday