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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 419 384
Rank change year-on-year -86 -35 +61
Permanent jobs citing PMP 179 101 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.29% 0.81% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 91 69 121
10th Percentile £44,447 £42,500 £39,876
25th Percentile £48,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £87,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £66,750 £72,348 £59,500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +21.59% -8.46%

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 13,927 12,468 14,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.02% 36.25% 28.34%
Number of salaries quoted 8,213 4,900 5,797
10th Percentile £30,375 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,999 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,683 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -12.11% +3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £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 15 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 15 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 56 £60,000 -27.27% 52
North of England -57 40 £50,000 - 34
Midlands -26 30 £58,514 +18.24% 10
North West -26 22 £53,500 +7.00% 17
East of England -32 20 £60,000 -33.33% 20
South West -58 17 £77,500 +34.78% 13
East Midlands -14 16 £52,500 +33.08% 4
West Midlands -41 14 £59,527 - 6
Wales -56 11 £66,822 +2.80% 8
Yorkshire -29 9 £44,447 -31.62% 17
North East -59 9 £41,500 +27.69%
Northern Ireland -76 3 - - 5
Scotland +13 2 - - 13
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 (2.23%) Confluence
1 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) Mendix
Applications
1 36 (20.11%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (5.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (2.23%) Trello
5 4 (2.23%) Windchill
6 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.91%) Infor M3
3 5 (2.79%) SAP Business One
4 4 (2.23%) Sage 200
5 3 (1.68%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.56%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.97%) Azure
2 23 (12.85%) Power Platform
3 19 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.15%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (5.59%) Smartsheet
6 8 (4.47%) Power Automate
7 7 (3.91%) PowerApps
7 7 (3.91%) SaaS
8 6 (3.35%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (2.79%) Asana
10 4 (2.23%) GitHub
11 3 (1.68%) AWS
12 1 (0.56%) Dataform
12 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.35%) Network Security
2 5 (2.79%) LAN
2 5 (2.79%) WAN
3 1 (0.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (12.85%) Power BI
2 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.56%) DTS
3 1 (0.56%) GIS
3 1 (0.56%) Looker
3 1 (0.56%) Metadata
3 1 (0.56%) Power Query
3 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (21.23%) JIRA
General
1 83 (46.37%) Finance
2 81 (45.25%) Social Skills
3 37 (20.67%) Manufacturing
4 24 (13.41%) Influencing Skills
5 18 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (10.06%) Pharmaceutical
6 16 (8.94%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (7.82%) Public Sector
8 12 (6.70%) Law
8 12 (6.70%) Telecoms
9 10 (5.59%) Legal
10 9 (5.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.23%) Environmental Health
12 4 (2.23%) Military
12 4 (2.23%) Retail
13 3 (1.68%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.68%) Marketing
14 2 (1.12%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (41.34%) Project Manager
2 30 (16.76%) Senior
3 27 (15.08%) Senior Manager
4 24 (13.41%) Programme Manager
5 22 (12.29%) Lead
6 21 (11.73%) IT Manager
7 20 (11.17%) IT Project Manager
8 17 (9.50%) Senior Project Manager
9 16 (8.94%) Technical Manager
10 12 (6.70%) Technical Project Manager
11 10 (5.59%) ERP Manager
11 10 (5.59%) ERP Project Manager
12 9 (5.03%) Portfolio Manager
13 8 (4.47%) Telecoms Manager
14 7 (3.91%) Business Systems Manager
14 7 (3.91%) Senior Service Manager
15 6 (3.35%) Delivery Manager
16 5 (2.79%) Analyst
16 5 (2.79%) Development Manager
16 5 (2.79%) Development Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) Pandas
1 1 (0.56%) PySpark
1 1 (0.56%) REST
1 1 (0.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.38%) PMI
2 12 (6.70%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.03%) Operational Technology
4 8 (4.47%) FMCG
4 8 (4.47%) LIMS
4 8 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.91%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.91%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.23%) Life Science
8 3 (1.68%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
9 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.12%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.56%) EPoS
10 1 (0.56%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.12%) Windows
2 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (85.47%) PRINCE2
2 131 (73.18%) Project Management
3 123 (68.72%) Agile
4 103 (57.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 76 (42.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 74 (41.34%) Project Delivery
7 54 (30.17%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (28.49%) ITIL
9 48 (26.82%) ERP
10 37 (20.67%) Waterfall
11 35 (19.55%) Decision-Making
11 35 (19.55%) Scrum
12 33 (18.44%) Change Control
13 30 (16.76%) Change Management
14 28 (15.64%) Budget Management
14 28 (15.64%) Risk Management
15 25 (13.97%) Business Intelligence
15 25 (13.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 25 (13.97%) Validation
16 24 (13.41%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.59%) SQL
2 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 157 (87.71%) PMI Certification
2 62 (34.64%) Degree
3 26 (14.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 17 (9.50%) Security Cleared
5 13 (7.26%) DBS Check
6 12 (6.70%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.03%) CAPM
8 8 (4.47%) APMP
9 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (3.35%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.35%) PgMP
11 5 (2.79%) CCNA
11 5 (2.79%) CCNP
11 5 (2.79%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (2.23%) ISEB
13 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (12.29%) QA
2 15 (8.38%) PMO
3 12 (6.70%) Data Quality
4 9 (5.03%) Accessibility
4 9 (5.03%) GxP
5 5 (2.79%) GDPR
6 4 (2.23%) Def Stans
6 4 (2.23%) ISO 9000
6 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (2.23%) SLA
7 2 (1.12%) GMP
7 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.12%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) SAP
3 9 (5.03%) Pega
3 9 (5.03%) Sage
4 8 (4.47%) Infor
5 7 (3.91%) Cisco
6 6 (3.35%) Oracle
7 3 (1.68%) Planview
7 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.68%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.68%) UiPath
8 2 (1.12%) IFS
8 2 (1.12%) Minitab
8 2 (1.12%) VMware
9 1 (0.56%) Dell
9 1 (0.56%) Epicor
9 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.56%) Google
9 1 (0.56%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.56%) Juniper