Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PMI over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 631 737 779
Rank change year-on-year +106 +42 -130
Permanent jobs citing PMI 113 366 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.57% 0.67% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 93 208 217
10th Percentile £50,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,375 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.07% -2.71% -
75th Percentile £74,250 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

PMI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,807 54,441 57,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.89% 43.46% 44.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,539 30,144 33,842
10th Percentile £33,413 £34,990 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,956 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +6.59% -
75th Percentile £84,056 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,289 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMI over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the UK over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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 +135 102 £62,500 +8.70% 99
Work from Home +193 58 £59,556 +3.57% 54
UK excluding London +113 57 £60,000 +9.09% 54
London +200 49 £67,750 -3.21% 48
Midlands +130 16 £59,556 +13.44% 5
South East +99 16 £65,000 +36.84% 25
South West +74 11 £55,000 +22.22% 4
West Midlands +130 10 £59,556 +13.44% 5
North of England +126 10 £59,556 +4.48% 13
Yorkshire +86 6 £60,000 +21.21% 3
North West +107 4 £59,556 +3.57% 10
East Midlands +52 4 £70,000 +61.85%
Wales -5 2 £52,781 +1.50%
Scotland +25 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £50,000 -

PMI
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 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.77%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 16 (14.16%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (11.50%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (7.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (6.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.65%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.77%) Primavera
4 1 (0.88%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.88%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.85%) Azure
2 5 (4.42%) AWS
3 3 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.77%) GCP
4 2 (1.77%) Lucidchart
4 2 (1.77%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.77%) SaaS
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.88%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.88%) IaaS
5 1 (0.88%) PaaS
5 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) Power BI
1 2 (1.77%) Power Query
1 2 (1.77%) Tableau
2 1 (0.88%) Big Data
2 1 (0.88%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) JIRA
General
1 54 (47.79%) Finance
2 40 (35.40%) Social Skills
3 26 (23.01%) Retail
4 25 (22.12%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (15.93%) Presentation Skills
6 16 (14.16%) Banking
7 12 (10.62%) Retail Banking
8 10 (8.85%) Manufacturing
8 10 (8.85%) Public Sector
9 9 (7.96%) Aerospace
10 7 (6.19%) Publishing
11 6 (5.31%) Automotive
12 5 (4.42%) Legal
12 5 (4.42%) Marketing
13 4 (3.54%) Financial Institution
13 4 (3.54%) French Language
13 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (3.54%) Spanish Language
14 3 (2.65%) Back Office
14 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 42 (37.17%) Project Manager
2 15 (13.27%) Senior
3 14 (12.39%) IT Manager
3 14 (12.39%) IT Project Manager
4 13 (11.50%) Consultant
5 12 (10.62%) Insight Manager
5 12 (10.62%) Performance Manager
5 12 (10.62%) Senior Manager
5 12 (10.62%) Senior Project Manager
6 9 (7.96%) Analyst
7 8 (7.08%) Business Analyst
8 7 (6.19%) Lead
9 6 (5.31%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (5.31%) Management Consultant
9 6 (5.31%) Programme Manager
9 6 (5.31%) Senior IT Manager
9 6 (5.31%) Senior IT Project Manager
9 6 (5.31%) Transformation Consultant
10 5 (4.42%) SAP Manager
10 5 (4.42%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) .NET
2 3 (2.65%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.77%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.96%) FMCG
2 7 (6.19%) Management Information System
3 6 (5.31%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.42%) NHS
4 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
4 5 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Life Science
7 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.88%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Android
1 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
1 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
1 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (58.41%) Project Management
2 58 (51.33%) PRINCE2
3 53 (46.90%) Agile
4 38 (33.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (20.35%) Project Delivery
6 20 (17.70%) Programme Management
6 20 (17.70%) Project Governance
7 18 (15.93%) Data Analysis
8 17 (15.04%) Scrum
9 15 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (13.27%) Service Delivery
9 15 (13.27%) Strategic Thinking
10 14 (12.39%) Waterfall
11 12 (10.62%) Competitor Analysis
11 12 (10.62%) Principal Component Analysis
11 12 (10.62%) Product Strategy
12 11 (9.73%) Business Analysis
13 10 (8.85%) Change Management
13 10 (8.85%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.73%) SQL
2 2 (1.77%) C#
2 2 (1.77%) Python
2 2 (1.77%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.88%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 112 (99.12%) PMI Certification
2 30 (26.55%) Degree
3 14 (12.39%) PMP
4 7 (6.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (4.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.65%) APMG
7 3 (2.65%) CITP
7 3 (2.65%) MBCS
8 2 (1.77%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.77%) MBA
8 2 (1.77%) PhD
8 2 (1.77%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.88%) CISA
9 1 (0.88%) CISM
9 1 (0.88%) CISSP
9 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.88%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (15.04%) PMO
2 4 (3.54%) GRC
3 3 (2.65%) SLA
4 1 (0.88%) COBIT
4 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.88%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) NIST
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.62%) SAP
3 3 (2.65%) iManage
4 1 (0.88%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.88%) Concur
4 1 (0.88%) Micro Focus
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle
4 1 (0.88%) UiPath
4 1 (0.88%) Workday