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 cited PMI over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 718 641
Rank change year-on-year +152 -77 +165
Permanent jobs citing PMI 292 169 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.21% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 0.51% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 185 144 299
10th Percentile £41,250 - £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,080 £49,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.11% -14.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,125 £82,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.11% -18.18% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

PMI falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 +132 260 £64,080 +34.91% 67
UK excluding London +63 228 £61,250 +36.11% 66
Work from Home +89 165 £64,080 +42.40% 37
South East +53 71 £50,000 -4.76% 22
North of England +47 70 £64,080 +60.20% 19
London +92 50 £64,080 -1.42% 8
Midlands +4 41 £59,540 +13.41% 10
North West +10 34 £67,000 +67.50% 15
West Midlands +19 30 £59,540 +48.85% 3
Yorkshire +72 27 £45,797 +14.49% 4
South West -14 24 £30,000 -33.33% 9
Scotland -33 14 £47,500 +18.75% 3
East Midlands -23 11 - - 7
North East -5 9 £64,080 +60.20%
East of England -4 4 £60,000 +50.00% 2
Northern Ireland +21 2 £57,500 +15.00% 3
Wales +18 2 £61,250 -10.58%

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 12 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.05%) IIS
3 3 (1.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 22 (7.53%) Microsoft Project
2 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.74%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.71%) AutoCAD
4 5 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.37%) Simulink
5 4 (1.37%) SPSS
6 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Primavera
2 3 (1.03%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.34%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.34%) Endur
3 1 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 45 (15.41%) Azure
2 21 (7.19%) Power Platform
3 14 (4.79%) AWS
3 14 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (3.08%) Power Automate
5 8 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.40%) SaaS
7 6 (2.05%) GCP
7 6 (2.05%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.71%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (1.71%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.03%) Intacct
9 3 (1.03%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (0.68%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.68%) Slack
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.34%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.16%) Firewall
1 18 (6.16%) WAN
2 12 (4.11%) LAN
3 8 (2.74%) SAN
3 8 (2.74%) Unified Communications
4 7 (2.40%) VPN
4 7 (2.40%) WLAN
5 6 (2.05%) DHCP
5 6 (2.05%) DNS
5 6 (2.05%) iSCSI
5 6 (2.05%) SD-WAN
6 5 (1.71%) VLAN
7 2 (0.68%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.85%) Power BI
2 6 (2.05%) Big Data
2 6 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.37%) MySQL
3 4 (1.37%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.37%) Power Query
3 4 (1.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.37%) Tableau
4 2 (0.68%) DB2
4 2 (0.68%) GIS
5 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.51%) JIRA
2 9 (3.08%) Git
2 9 (3.08%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.71%) NetBeans
3 5 (1.71%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.37%) Rational DOORS
5 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Maven
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
6 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 122 (41.78%) Finance
2 111 (38.01%) Social Skills
3 51 (17.47%) Retail
4 42 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.53%) Manufacturing
6 20 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 12 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.05%) Legal
10 5 (1.71%) Marketing
11 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.37%) Law
11 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.03%) Banking
13 2 (0.68%) Automotive
13 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.34%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 77 (26.37%) Senior
2 69 (23.63%) Project Manager
3 54 (18.49%) Portfolio Manager
4 51 (17.47%) Senior Manager
5 38 (13.01%) Architect
6 31 (10.62%) Senior Portfolio Manager
7 24 (8.22%) Analyst
7 24 (8.22%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (5.82%) Lead
8 17 (5.82%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (5.14%) Pensions Project Manager
9 15 (5.14%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.79%) IT Manager
11 13 (4.45%) Pensions Analyst
11 13 (4.45%) Senior Technical Analyst
11 13 (4.45%) Technical Analyst
12 9 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
13 8 (2.74%) Control Systems Engineer
13 8 (2.74%) Systems Engineer
14 7 (2.40%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.40%) .NET
2 5 (1.71%) .NET Framework
2 5 (1.71%) JavaFX
3 3 (1.03%) CSS
3 3 (1.03%) HTML
3 3 (1.03%) Node.js
4 2 (0.68%) React
4 2 (0.68%) REST
4 2 (0.68%) Spring
5 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.34%) JSON
5 1 (0.34%) JSP
5 1 (0.34%) NestJS
5 1 (0.34%) Next.js
5 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.34%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.19%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.82%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.08%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.05%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.05%) Augmented Reality
5 6 (2.05%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 6 (2.05%) Industry 4.0
5 6 (2.05%) SCADA
5 6 (2.05%) Virtual Reality
6 5 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.37%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.37%) Robotics
8 3 (1.03%) IoT
8 3 (1.03%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.03%) Replication
9 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.08%) Windows
2 6 (2.05%) Linux
3 4 (1.37%) Android
3 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (55.48%) Project Management
2 124 (42.47%) PRINCE2
3 95 (32.53%) Agile
4 70 (23.97%) Mentoring
5 69 (23.63%) Coaching
6 55 (18.84%) Project Delivery
7 54 (18.49%) Portfolio Management
8 52 (17.81%) Roadmaps
9 49 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (13.36%) Decision-Making
11 32 (10.96%) Digital Strategy
11 32 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (10.62%) Change Management
13 30 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
13 30 (10.27%) Line Management
14 29 (9.93%) Artificial Intelligence
15 27 (9.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (7.53%) Information Security
16 22 (7.53%) Waterfall
17 20 (6.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.90%) SQL
2 14 (4.79%) Python
3 11 (3.77%) Java
4 9 (3.08%) C
4 9 (3.08%) C++
4 9 (3.08%) MATLAB
5 5 (1.71%) Fortran
6 3 (1.03%) C#
6 3 (1.03%) VBA
7 2 (0.68%) DataWeave
7 2 (0.68%) RPG
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 292 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 58 (19.86%) Degree
3 54 (18.49%) APMP
4 49 (16.78%) PMP
5 27 (9.25%) CAPM
6 24 (8.22%) PgMP
7 15 (5.14%) Security Cleared
8 12 (4.11%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.71%) ACCA
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (1.03%) CISA
12 3 (1.03%) CISSP
12 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.68%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.79%) PMO
2 9 (3.08%) QA
3 8 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.74%) SLA
4 6 (2.05%) ISO 9001
4 6 (2.05%) TickIT
5 4 (1.37%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.37%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.37%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.03%) P3O
6 3 (1.03%) PMBOK
7 2 (0.68%) COBIT
7 2 (0.68%) GDPR
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.68%) ITGC
7 2 (0.68%) NIST
8 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) AQAP
8 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 15 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Docker
5 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 6 (2.05%) Opsgenie
1 6 (2.05%) VxRail
1 6 (2.05%) ZABBIX
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.53%) VMware
3 15 (5.14%) Fortinet
4 12 (4.11%) Cisco
5 9 (3.08%) SAP
6 8 (2.74%) BT
6 8 (2.74%) Mitel
7 6 (2.05%) Dell
7 6 (2.05%) Juniper
7 6 (2.05%) NetApp
7 6 (2.05%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.71%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.37%) NEC
9 4 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.03%) Adobe
10 3 (1.03%) Avaya
10 3 (1.03%) Cognos
10 3 (1.03%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.03%) Sage
11 2 (0.68%) Marketo