PMI Certification Job Trends

PMI Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PMI Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 397 481
Rank change year-on-year +9 +84 +24
Permanent jobs citing PMI Certification 306 405 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.60% 0.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.77% 2.04% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 175 238 203
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,000 £46,539
25th Percentile £61,250 £51,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £90,625 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +2.68% +6.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PMI Certification 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 17,297 19,899 16,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.83% 29.35% 31.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,862 8,078 11,303
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +2.68%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%

PMI Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PMI Certification job vacancy trend in the UK

PMI Certification
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMI Certification

PMI Certification
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI Certification over the 6 months to 16 November 2025.

Salary histogram for PMI Certification in the UK

PMI Certification
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 16 November 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 +31 284 £75,000 +15.38% 319
London +106 165 £82,500 +26.92% 138
UK excluding London -35 128 £62,500 +8.70% 208
Work from Home +39 83 £90,000 +38.46% 174
South East +14 54 £75,000 +30.43% 81
North of England +5 27 £54,500 -5.22% 41
Midlands +23 19 £52,500 -17.65% 29
North West +16 18 £54,500 -5.22% 26
West Midlands +44 13 £59,527 -8.42% 16
Northern Ireland - 10 - - 3
South West +8 8 £57,500 - 18
North East +17 6 £32,500 -59.38% 4
East of England +5 6 £82,500 +34.69% 22
East Midlands +2 6 £45,750 -20.43% 13
Scotland -12 4 £45,000 -50.68% 15
Yorkshire 0 3 £65,000 - 11

PMI Certification
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 21 (6.86%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.29%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 48 (15.69%) Microsoft Project
2 34 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (8.17%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (8.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.94%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (2.94%) Photoshop
5 8 (2.61%) Maya
6 6 (1.96%) MS Visio
7 4 (1.31%) Trello
8 3 (0.98%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.33%) CATIA
9 1 (0.33%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.33%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 14 (4.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.94%) Adaptiv
3 8 (2.61%) SAP IBP
4 7 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (2.29%) Endur
4 7 (2.29%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.65%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.33%) Primavera
6 1 (0.33%) Sage X3
6 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.33%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.69%) Azure
2 33 (10.78%) AWS
3 24 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (7.52%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.90%) SaaS
6 11 (3.59%) Asana
6 11 (3.59%) GCP
7 10 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (2.94%) OneDrive
9 8 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.31%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.31%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.98%) Collibra
11 3 (0.98%) IaaS
11 3 (0.98%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.33%) ClickUp
13 1 (0.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (2.61%) Unified Communications
2 8 (2.61%) VPN
3 7 (2.29%) LAN
3 7 (2.29%) SD-WAN
3 7 (2.29%) VoIP
3 7 (2.29%) WAN
4 3 (0.98%) Firewall
4 3 (0.98%) WebEx
5 1 (0.33%) 5G
5 1 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.33%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) Junos
5 1 (0.33%) Network Security
5 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.21%) Power BI
2 12 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.59%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.98%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.98%) Metadata
4 3 (0.98%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.33%) Power Query
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 41 (13.40%) JIRA
2 3 (0.98%) ERwin
2 3 (0.98%) PowerDesigner
General
1 174 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 155 (50.65%) Finance
3 84 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.42%) Telecoms
5 37 (12.09%) Banking
6 36 (11.76%) Manufacturing
6 36 (11.76%) Marketing
7 30 (9.80%) Public Sector
8 24 (7.84%) Law
9 19 (6.21%) Electronics
9 19 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (5.88%) Legal
11 14 (4.58%) Games
11 14 (4.58%) German Language
11 14 (4.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 14 (4.58%) Retail
12 10 (3.27%) Automotive
12 10 (3.27%) Dutch Language
12 10 (3.27%) Financial Institution
12 10 (3.27%) French Language
Job Titles
1 85 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 62 (20.26%) IT Manager
3 39 (12.75%) Senior
4 28 (9.15%) IT Project Manager
5 26 (8.50%) Analyst
6 25 (8.17%) Lead
6 25 (8.17%) Senior Manager
7 21 (6.86%) Head of IT
8 20 (6.54%) Senior Project Manager
8 20 (6.54%) Support Manager
9 18 (5.88%) Business Analyst
9 18 (5.88%) IT Operations Manager
9 18 (5.88%) Operations Manager
9 18 (5.88%) Programme Manager
10 17 (5.56%) IT Support
10 17 (5.56%) IT Support Manager
11 13 (4.25%) Coordinator
12 10 (3.27%) Architect
12 10 (3.27%) Service Manager
13 9 (2.94%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.61%) Middleware
2 3 (0.98%) .NET
3 2 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.01%) PMI
2 32 (10.46%) Management Information System
3 20 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (5.23%) Credit Risk
5 13 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (3.92%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.59%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (3.27%) Reinsurance
9 9 (2.94%) Market Risk
10 8 (2.61%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.63%) Blog
12 5 (1.63%) IoT
12 5 (1.63%) Life Science
12 5 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.63%) Social Media
12 5 (1.63%) Web Conferencing
13 4 (1.31%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.29%) Windows
2 3 (0.98%) Linux
3 2 (0.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.33%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (66.34%) Project Management
2 157 (51.31%) Agile
3 149 (48.69%) PRINCE2
4 125 (40.85%) Project Delivery
5 106 (34.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 104 (33.99%) ITIL
7 91 (29.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 82 (26.80%) Risk Management
9 76 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
10 60 (19.61%) Cybersecurity
11 59 (19.28%) Change Management
12 52 (16.99%) Service Delivery
12 52 (16.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 52 (16.99%) Waterfall
13 51 (16.67%) Budget Management
14 46 (15.03%) ERP
15 45 (14.71%) Analytics
15 45 (14.71%) Programme Management
16 44 (14.38%) Computer Science
16 44 (14.38%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.54%) SQL
2 9 (2.94%) Java
2 9 (2.94%) Python
3 2 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (0.65%) VBA
4 1 (0.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 259 (84.64%) PMP
2 155 (50.65%) Degree
3 48 (15.69%) Master's Degree
4 22 (7.19%) CISSP
5 21 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (5.23%) CFA
8 15 (4.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 13 (4.25%) AWS Certification
9 13 (4.25%) CAPM
10 12 (3.92%) CBAP
11 11 (3.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.59%) CCNP
11 11 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (3.27%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (1.96%) APMP
14 6 (1.96%) DBS Check
14 6 (1.96%) SC Cleared
14 6 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (15.03%) QA
2 35 (11.44%) PMO
3 21 (6.86%) GDPR
4 18 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 10 (3.27%) EMIR
6 9 (2.94%) P3O
6 9 (2.94%) SLA
7 8 (2.61%) NIST
8 7 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.31%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.98%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.98%) MiFID
11 2 (0.65%) GRC
12 1 (0.33%) Basel III
12 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.65%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 70 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.67%) SAP
3 15 (4.90%) Cisco
3 15 (4.90%) Murex
4 11 (3.59%) Adobe
5 9 (2.94%) FIS
6 8 (2.61%) Ariba
7 7 (2.29%) OpenLink
8 6 (1.96%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.63%) Google
9 5 (1.63%) Oracle
10 3 (0.98%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.98%) Planview
10 3 (0.98%) VMware
11 2 (0.65%) Marketo
11 2 (0.65%) Pegasus
11 2 (0.65%) Yardi
12 1 (0.33%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.33%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.33%) Fortinet