Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for APMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 738 845
Rank change year-on-year +76 +107 +192
Permanent jobs citing APMP 30 158 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.58% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 23 124 65
10th Percentile £55,250 £38,750 £47,500
25th Percentile - £42,147 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £66,875 £69,914 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,750 - £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% -20.83% +8.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

APMP 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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing APMP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing APMP.

Salary trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +55 30 £65,000 +23.81% 34
UK excluding London +113 26 £65,000 +36.84% 20
North of England +27 17 £65,000 +47.41% 5
North West +13 16 £65,000 +27.45% 2
South East +101 6 £66,500 +40.00% 9
London +83 3 £57,500 +9.52% 13
Work from Home +93 2 £77,500 +47.62% 16
Midlands +63 2 £58,750 +30.56% 3
West Midlands +31 2 £58,750 +30.56% 3
South West +103 1 £60,000 - 2
Yorkshire +60 1 £70,000 +58.75% 3

APMP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 2 (6.67%) Automotive
4 2 (6.67%) Military
4 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Local Government
5 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 16 (53.33%) Delivery Project Manager
3 3 (10.00%) Bid Manager
4 2 (6.67%) Bid Writer
4 2 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Applications Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Applications Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Head of Delivery
5 1 (3.33%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.33%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Migration Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Professional Services Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Resource Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (6.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.33%) IoT
2 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.33%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (86.67%) Project Management
2 20 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 19 (63.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (60.00%) Risk Management
5 16 (53.33%) Change Control
6 8 (26.67%) PRINCE2
7 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (10.00%) Agile
9 3 (10.00%) Business Development
9 3 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
10 2 (6.67%) Change Management
10 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (6.67%) Data Science
10 2 (6.67%) Digital Forensics
10 2 (6.67%) Information Management
10 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (6.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.33%) MBA
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (3.33%) Netcool
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Cramer
2 1 (3.33%) Hitachi
2 1 (3.33%) Siemens
2 1 (3.33%) SolarWinds