CAPM Job Trends

PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CAPM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 698 716
Rank change year-on-year +58 +18 +280
Permanent jobs citing CAPM 13 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.002% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.068% 0.005% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £62,625 - -
25th Percentile £66,563 - £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £48,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.26%
75th Percentile £81,375 - £50,375
90th Percentile £90,600 - £50,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - £48,500
% change year-on-year - - -7.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CAPM 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 19,162 19,568 16,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.94% 36.57% 29.20%
Number of salaries quoted 7,764 7,644 10,980
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,976 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%

CAPM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAPM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CAPM job vacancy trend in the UK

CAPM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CAPM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CAPM

CAPM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAPM over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAPM within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
England +73 12 £72,500 - 1
London - 7 £94,500 -
Work from Home +70 4 £94,500 - 1
UK excluding London +60 4 £60,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 £60,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

CAPM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (23.08%) AutoCAD
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Asana
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
3 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Advertising
4 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Public Speaking
5 1 (7.69%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Manager
2 3 (23.08%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Business Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Head of IT
4 1 (7.69%) IT Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Software Development Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Software Development Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Digital Signage
1 3 (23.08%) PMI
1 3 (23.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
1 3 (23.08%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Mixed Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) PRINCE2
3 5 (38.46%) ERP
4 4 (30.77%) Logistics
4 4 (30.77%) Project Planning
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (23.08%) Bill of Materials
5 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Scrum
5 3 (23.08%) Time Management
5 3 (23.08%) User Experience
6 2 (15.38%) Business Transformation
6 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (15.38%) Dependency Management
6 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
6 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (15.38%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 12 (92.31%) PMP
3 7 (53.85%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) CBAP
4 1 (7.69%) MAPM
4 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) MBA
4 1 (7.69%) PgMP
4 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) PMO
2 1 (7.69%) Basel III
2 1 (7.69%) EMIR
2 1 (7.69%) MiFID
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
3 1 (7.69%) SAP