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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 423 432 419
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 +111
Permanent jobs citing PMP 133 225 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.41% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 1.55% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 76 123 147
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,352 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £45,600
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +20.61% -8.80%
75th Percentile £87,500 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £78,750 £72,700
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,960 £56,000
% change year-on-year +20.77% +3.50% -6.67%

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 12,348 14,473 12,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.09% 26.26% 34.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,937 6,704 7,301
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £39,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £67,531 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,750 £58,000
% change year-on-year -1.35% -3.88% +5.45%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PMP 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 +40 61 £80,000 +60.00% 101
North of England -19 26 £58,500 +1.74% 33
East of England -4 23 £87,500 +16.67% 23
North West -27 17 £52,250 -9.13% 22
Midlands +18 10 £61,014 +5.01% 16
West Midlands +38 9 £59,527 +1.41% 11
South West +62 7 £57,500 -2.04% 15
Yorkshire +13 5 £62,500 +4.17% 7
North East +14 4 £32,500 -43.48% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 10
Scotland +47 2 - - 2
Wales +19 1 £65,000 +73.33% 10
East Midlands +9 1 £62,500 +13.64% 5
PMP
UK

PMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.50%) IIS
3 1 (0.75%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft Project
2 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (6.77%) Trello
4 8 (6.02%) MS Visio
5 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (3.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.26%) SAP WM
2 4 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.50%) Primavera
4 1 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.75%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.75%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.05%) SaaS
2 14 (10.53%) Azure
3 10 (7.52%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.26%) AWS
5 4 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.75%) Asana
6 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.75%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) VPN
1 8 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (5.26%) LAN
2 7 (5.26%) Unified Communications
2 7 (5.26%) VoIP
2 7 (5.26%) WAN
3 6 (4.51%) SD-WAN
4 4 (3.01%) Firewall
5 1 (0.75%) Internet
5 1 (0.75%) Junos
5 1 (0.75%) Network Security
5 1 (0.75%) NGFW
5 1 (0.75%) SAN
5 1 (0.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.52%) Power BI
2 2 (1.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (13.53%) JIRA
General
1 88 (66.17%) Social Skills
2 51 (38.35%) Finance
3 46 (34.59%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.53%) Law
5 7 (5.26%) Legal
6 6 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.51%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.76%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.76%) Retail
8 4 (3.01%) Marketing
9 3 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.26%) Aviation
9 3 (2.26%) Games
9 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.50%) Automotive
10 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 30 (22.56%) Project Manager
2 23 (17.29%) Lead
3 18 (13.53%) Analyst
4 17 (12.78%) Programme Manager
5 10 (7.52%) IT Manager
6 9 (6.77%) Head of Operations
7 7 (5.26%) Head of IT
7 7 (5.26%) Workstream Lead
8 6 (4.51%) Coordinator
8 6 (4.51%) Head of IT Operations
9 5 (3.76%) Applications Support
9 5 (3.76%) ERP Manager
9 5 (3.76%) Head of Support
9 5 (3.76%) Security Manager
10 4 (3.01%) Contracts Manager
10 4 (3.01%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 4 (3.01%) ERP Project Manager
10 4 (3.01%) IT Project Manager
10 4 (3.01%) PMO Coordinator
10 4 (3.01%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) EDI
2 2 (1.50%) .NET
2 2 (1.50%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.50%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.50%) MSMQ
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.79%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 10 (7.52%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.77%) Operational Technology
5 8 (6.02%) Social Media
6 7 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.76%) Virtual Team
8 4 (3.01%) Data Centre
8 4 (3.01%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.26%) IoT
9 3 (2.26%) SCADA
10 2 (1.50%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 2 (1.50%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.50%) PMI
11 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.75%) SCORM
11 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (81.20%) Project Management
2 81 (60.90%) PRINCE2
3 65 (48.87%) Agile
4 62 (46.62%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (41.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 41 (30.83%) Project Delivery
7 39 (29.32%) Process Improvement
7 39 (29.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 37 (27.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (23.31%) Change Management
10 29 (21.80%) ITIL
11 24 (18.05%) Budget Management
11 24 (18.05%) Business Analysis
11 24 (18.05%) ERP
12 23 (17.29%) Waterfall
13 22 (16.54%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 19 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (14.29%) Programme Management
14 19 (14.29%) Resource Management
14 19 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.50%) VB.NET
2 1 (0.75%) Bash
2 1 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.75%) Python
2 1 (0.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (91.73%) PMI Certification
2 89 (66.92%) Degree
3 31 (23.31%) Master's Degree
4 17 (12.78%) CBAP
5 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (6.02%) DBS Check
7 7 (5.26%) AWS Certification
7 7 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 7 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (4.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.51%) CCNP
9 3 (2.26%) CISSP
9 3 (2.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.50%) CISM
10 2 (1.50%) HND
10 2 (1.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.50%) Security Cleared
11 1 (0.75%) CCSP
11 1 (0.75%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.29%) QA
2 9 (6.77%) SLA
3 8 (6.02%) PMO
4 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.51%) NIST
5 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.75%) Basel III
5 1 (0.75%) EMIR
5 1 (0.75%) MiFID
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) CASB
1 1 (0.75%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (19.55%) SAP
2 23 (17.29%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.03%) YouTube
4 15 (11.28%) Concur
4 15 (11.28%) Workday
5 8 (6.02%) Cisco
6 2 (1.50%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.50%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.50%) VMware
7 1 (0.75%) Aruba
7 1 (0.75%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.75%) Dell
7 1 (0.75%) EMC
7 1 (0.75%) IBM
7 1 (0.75%) Juniper
7 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle
7 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.75%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.75%) Salesforce