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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 410 431
Rank change year-on-year -31 +21 -6
Permanent jobs citing PMP 195 152 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.44% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.41% 1.21% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 90 92 178
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,500 £59,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £70,000 £53,719
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +30.31% +7.44%
75th Percentile £71,000 £79,688 £63,438
90th Percentile £84,625 £90,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -8.33%

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 13,785 12,579 14,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.38% 36.60% 24.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6,992 5,352 8,468
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £34,988 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £66,250
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 2 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 2 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
North of England -22 56 £51,500 -17.60% 40
South East -27 56 £50,000 -36.51% 52
North West -5 31 £60,000 -4.00% 22
Midlands -10 29 £55,000 -21.43% 26
East of England -29 20 £60,000 -29.41% 15
East Midlands -16 15 £52,500 -33.33% 8
Yorkshire -28 14 £72,500 +13.73% 13
West Midlands -31 14 £55,000 -21.43% 18
North East -43 11 £41,500 - 6
South West -64 11 £61,250 +6.52% 14
Wales -56 9 £60,000 +6.67% 3
Scotland +9 7 £68,750 -14.06% 19
Northern Ireland -68 7 - - 7
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 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.03%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) Mendix
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 38 (19.49%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (2.05%) Trello
5 4 (2.05%) Windchill
6 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.05%) Sage 200
2 4 (2.05%) SAP Business One
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.03%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.51%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.51%) SystmOne
4 1 (0.51%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.74%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.64%) Azure
3 10 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
3 10 (5.13%) Smartsheet
4 7 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (3.59%) Power Automate
4 7 (3.59%) PowerApps
5 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.05%) GitHub
7 3 (1.54%) SaaS
8 2 (1.03%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.03%) Miro
9 1 (0.51%) Asana
9 1 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (0.51%) Dataform
9 1 (0.51%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.51%) Google Docs
9 1 (0.51%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 28 (14.36%) JIRA
General
1 112 (57.44%) Social Skills
2 83 (42.56%) Finance
3 34 (17.44%) Influencing Skills
4 27 (13.85%) Manufacturing
5 24 (12.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 20 (10.26%) Retail
7 19 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (8.21%) Law
9 15 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (7.18%) Public Sector
11 12 (6.15%) Marketing
12 11 (5.64%) Legal
13 8 (4.10%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 6 (3.08%) Military
16 4 (2.05%) Environmental Health
17 3 (1.54%) Automotive
18 2 (1.03%) General Ledger
18 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
19 1 (0.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 82 (42.05%) Project Manager
2 44 (22.56%) Senior
3 42 (21.54%) Programme Manager
4 39 (20.00%) Senior Manager
5 22 (11.28%) Change Manager
5 22 (11.28%) Project Change Manager
6 21 (10.77%) Senior Project Manager
7 19 (9.74%) IT Manager
8 13 (6.67%) Lead
9 12 (6.15%) Development Manager
9 12 (6.15%) Development Project Manager
9 12 (6.15%) IT Project Manager
9 12 (6.15%) Senior Development Manager
10 11 (5.64%) Senior Programme Manager
11 10 (5.13%) Portfolio Manager
12 8 (4.10%) Analyst
12 8 (4.10%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.59%) IT Programme Manager
13 7 (3.59%) Support Engineer
14 6 (3.08%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.26%) PMI
2 8 (4.10%) Virtual Team
3 7 (3.59%) EPoS
4 6 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.56%) LIMS
5 5 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.54%) Life Science
6 3 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.03%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.03%) CMDB
7 2 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.03%) NHS
8 1 (0.51%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.51%) FMCG
8 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.51%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.51%) Windows
1 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (84.62%) PRINCE2
2 138 (70.77%) Project Management
3 130 (66.67%) Agile
4 115 (58.97%) Stakeholder Management
5 84 (43.08%) Project Delivery
6 59 (30.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 59 (30.26%) Decision-Making
7 55 (28.21%) Change Management
8 54 (27.69%) ITIL
8 54 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (26.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 35 (17.95%) Impact Assessments
11 34 (17.44%) Waterfall
12 33 (16.92%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (16.92%) Matrix Organization
13 31 (15.90%) ERP
14 29 (14.87%) Budgeting
15 28 (14.36%) Risk Management
16 27 (13.85%) Budget Management
17 26 (13.33%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 172 (88.21%) PMI Certification
2 62 (31.79%) Degree
3 24 (12.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 19 (9.74%) DBS Check
5 13 (6.67%) Security Cleared
6 10 (5.13%) SC Cleared
7 9 (4.62%) CAPM
8 8 (4.10%) APMP
9 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.08%) ISEB
10 6 (3.08%) PgMP
11 5 (2.56%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
13 2 (1.03%) CBAP
13 2 (1.03%) CISM
13 2 (1.03%) CISSP
13 2 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (1.03%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.82%) PMO
2 16 (8.21%) QA
3 10 (5.13%) Accessibility
4 8 (4.10%) GDPR
5 6 (3.08%) GMP
5 6 (3.08%) NEBOSH
6 5 (2.56%) GRC
6 5 (2.56%) GxP
7 4 (2.05%) Def Stans
7 4 (2.05%) ISO 9000
7 4 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (2.05%) SLA
8 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (1.03%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
9 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 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.72%) SAP
3 5 (2.56%) Oracle
3 5 (2.56%) Sage
3 5 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.05%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.54%) Planview
6 2 (1.03%) Google
6 2 (1.03%) IFS
7 1 (0.51%) Arista
7 1 (0.51%) Callidus
7 1 (0.51%) Cisco
7 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.51%) Informatica
7 1 (0.51%) Juniper
7 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Workday