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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 339 421
Rank change year-on-year -20 +82 +152
Permanent jobs citing PMP 180 178 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.20% 1.48% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 77 94 234
10th Percentile - £49,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £20,000 £52,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,041 £77,500
UK median annual salary £65,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% +18.18% -7.72%

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 15,001 12,048 16,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.77% 42.72% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,359 5,127 11,238
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £35,529
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,498 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 10 March 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 10 March 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 61 £41,500 -36.15% 16
South East -16 44 £31,250 -43.18% 24
North West -7 36 £50,000 -25.93% 7
Midlands -24 27 £53,750 -10.04% 13
Northern Ireland - 16 - -
North East -8 15 £41,000 -
West Midlands -6 14 £58,514 -1.66% 7
Scotland -23 12 £55,000 -31.25% 8
East Midlands -30 12 £52,500 -12.50% 6
South West -32 11 £53,750 -6.52% 4
Yorkshire -52 10 £20,000 -63.64% 9
East of England -5 6 £83,750 +29.36% 9
Wales - 3 - - 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 7 (3.89%) Confluence
2 5 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.22%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 12 (6.67%) Azure
3 9 (5.00%) Asana
4 5 (2.78%) AWS
4 5 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.67%) Collibra
7 2 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.56%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.56%) Google Docs
8 1 (0.56%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.56%) Miro
8 1 (0.56%) OCI
8 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.56%) PaaS
8 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.56%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) 5G
1 1 (0.56%) LAN
1 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.56%) Unified Communications
1 1 (0.56%) VoIP
1 1 (0.56%) VPN
1 1 (0.56%) WAN
1 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (19.44%) Power BI
2 18 (10.00%) Tableau
3 3 (1.67%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.67%) Metadata
3 3 (1.67%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.67%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (11.67%) JIRA
2 3 (1.67%) ERwin
2 3 (1.67%) PowerDesigner
General
1 96 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 71 (39.44%) Finance
3 48 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (15.56%) Influencing Skills
5 27 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (12.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 19 (10.56%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (10.00%) Games
9 17 (9.44%) Legal
10 13 (7.22%) Law
11 10 (5.56%) Manufacturing
12 6 (3.33%) Retail
13 5 (2.78%) Public Sector
14 4 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.67%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.67%) Electronics
15 3 (1.67%) Publishing
15 3 (1.67%) Telecoms
16 2 (1.11%) Local Government
17 1 (0.56%) French Language
Job Titles
1 81 (45.00%) Project Manager
2 60 (33.33%) Senior
3 51 (28.33%) Senior Manager
4 30 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 28 (15.56%) Change Manager
6 23 (12.78%) Project Change Manager
7 22 (12.22%) Development Manager
7 22 (12.22%) Development Project Manager
7 22 (12.22%) Senior Development Manager
8 19 (10.56%) Analyst
8 19 (10.56%) Architect
9 18 (10.00%) Senior Architect
10 15 (8.33%) Business Analyst
10 15 (8.33%) IT Manager
11 9 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
12 8 (4.44%) Coordinator
13 7 (3.89%) Change Analyst
13 7 (3.89%) Project Coordinator
14 6 (3.33%) Programme Manager
15 5 (2.78%) Commercial Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) Middleware
1 1 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.67%) Blog
2 15 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.22%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.78%) Social Media
6 4 (2.22%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.22%) PMI
7 3 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.11%) Industry 4.0
8 2 (1.11%) IoT
8 2 (1.11%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.11%) SCADA
8 2 (1.11%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (83.33%) Project Management
2 104 (57.78%) Agile
3 93 (51.67%) PRINCE2
4 76 (42.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (33.89%) Change Management
6 58 (32.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (31.67%) Project Delivery
8 52 (28.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 48 (26.67%) Decision-Making
10 40 (22.22%) Risk Management
11 39 (21.67%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (21.67%) Time Management
12 35 (19.44%) Process Improvement
13 32 (17.78%) Matrix Organization
14 27 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (15.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 27 (15.00%) Impact Assessments
15 26 (14.44%) Translating Business Requirements
16 25 (13.89%) Six Sigma
17 24 (13.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.44%) SQL
2 4 (2.22%) Python
2 4 (2.22%) VBA
3 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 156 (86.67%) PMI Certification
2 117 (65.00%) Degree
3 12 (6.67%) Master's Degree
4 7 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (3.89%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 6 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.78%) ISEB
6 5 (2.78%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.22%) MBA
7 4 (2.22%) RIBA
8 3 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 3 (1.67%) SAP Certification
9 2 (1.11%) CAPM
9 2 (1.11%) CBAP
9 2 (1.11%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.56%) CISSP
10 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.67%) PMO
2 11 (6.11%) GDPR
3 10 (5.56%) QA
4 6 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.67%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.11%) NIST
6 2 (1.11%) P3O
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (21.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.22%) ServiceNow
3 18 (10.00%) Anaplan
3 18 (10.00%) Genesys
3 18 (10.00%) Verint
4 8 (4.44%) SAP
5 4 (2.22%) Oracle
6 3 (1.67%) QAD
7 2 (1.11%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco
8 1 (0.56%) Gigya
8 1 (0.56%) Google
8 1 (0.56%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.56%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.56%) SnapLogic