PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 438 408 468
Rank change year-on-year -30 +60 +131
Permanent jobs citing PMP 321 278 473
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.63% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 1.58% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 147 161 376
10th Percentile £44,447 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £84,375 £80,000 £70,063
90th Percentile £92,900 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +19.05% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PMP 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 21,135 17,582 26,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.91% 40.04% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,169 7,539 17,165
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,215 £41,000 £38,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,315 £71,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -4.18%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the UK

PMP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PMP

PMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in the UK

PMP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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 -35 278 £70,000 +7.69% 123
UK excluding London -21 201 £55,000 -12.00% 89
Work from Home +18 90 £62,500 -3.85% 54
London -42 90 £77,500 +14.81% 65
North of England -17 61 £55,000 -13.73% 13
South East -11 57 £81,250 +45.83% 36
North West +10 34 £60,000 -17.24% 5
Midlands -12 33 £55,000 -15.38% 8
West Midlands -36 17 £55,000 -15.38% 5
East Midlands -12 15 £70,000 +1.82% 3
Scotland +3 14 £68,750 +5.77% 4
North East -26 14 £42,974 - 2
Yorkshire -39 13 £67,500 +8.00% 6
Northern Ireland -28 11 - - 6
East of England -31 11 £61,000 -28.24% 14
South West -57 9 £61,250 +2.08% 5
Wales -28 5 £55,000 -2.22% 4

PMP
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 7 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.87%) Confluence
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.31%) Mendix
Applications
1 59 (18.38%) Microsoft Project
2 16 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (3.12%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.25%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.93%) Windchill
6 2 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.93%) SAP QM
3 2 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.62%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.31%) Endur
4 1 (0.31%) Misys Equation
4 1 (0.31%) Misys Midas
4 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.31%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP PLM
4 1 (0.31%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 55 (17.13%) Power Platform
2 44 (13.71%) Azure
3 25 (7.79%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.30%) SaaS
4 17 (5.30%) Smartsheet
5 12 (3.74%) Microsoft Copilot
6 9 (2.80%) AWS
6 9 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (2.49%) ChatGPT
7 8 (2.49%) PaaS
8 7 (2.18%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (1.87%) GCP
10 5 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.25%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.93%) GitHub
12 3 (0.93%) Google Docs
12 3 (0.93%) Google Drive
12 3 (0.93%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.49%) LAN
1 8 (2.49%) WAN
2 5 (1.56%) SD-WAN
3 3 (0.93%) Network Security
4 1 (0.31%) Firewall
4 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.33%) Power BI
2 20 (6.23%) Tableau
3 6 (1.87%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.31%) Big Data
4 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.31%) GIS
4 1 (0.31%) Looker
Development Applications
1 30 (9.35%) JIRA
General
1 164 (51.09%) Social Skills
2 140 (43.61%) Finance
3 83 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (14.02%) Influencing Skills
5 34 (10.59%) Pharmaceutical
5 34 (10.59%) Presentation Skills
6 31 (9.66%) Legal
7 25 (7.79%) Retail
8 24 (7.48%) Law
9 23 (7.17%) Games
10 20 (6.23%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (4.36%) Banking
13 13 (4.05%) Marketing
14 11 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (3.12%) Advertising
15 10 (3.12%) Public Sector
16 6 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
17 5 (1.56%) Electronics
17 5 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (43.61%) Project Manager
2 88 (27.41%) Senior
3 76 (23.68%) Senior Manager
4 47 (14.64%) IT Manager
5 40 (12.46%) Senior Project Manager
6 29 (9.03%) Development Manager
6 29 (9.03%) Programme Manager
7 27 (8.41%) Change Manager
7 27 (8.41%) Development Project Manager
7 27 (8.41%) Senior Development Manager
8 24 (7.48%) IT Project Manager
8 24 (7.48%) Project Change Manager
9 22 (6.85%) Analyst
9 22 (6.85%) Architect
10 21 (6.54%) Business Analyst
11 20 (6.23%) Senior Architect
12 16 (4.98%) Technical Manager
13 14 (4.36%) Portfolio Manager
13 14 (4.36%) Technical Project Manager
14 13 (4.05%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.62%) EDI
1 2 (0.62%) Middleware
1 2 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.31%) .NET
2 1 (0.31%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.17%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.85%) PMI
3 14 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.74%) AI Agents
5 11 (3.43%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.12%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.80%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.49%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (2.18%) EPoS
9 7 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.56%) FMCG
11 3 (0.93%) Blog
11 3 (0.93%) CMDB
11 3 (0.93%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.62%) AS400
12 2 (0.62%) iSeries
12 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.62%) Life Science
12 2 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (73.83%) Project Management
2 213 (66.36%) Agile
3 209 (65.11%) PRINCE2
4 149 (46.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 107 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 104 (32.40%) Project Delivery
7 91 (28.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 75 (23.36%) Change Management
9 74 (23.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 72 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
11 71 (22.12%) ITIL
12 68 (21.18%) Risk Management
13 53 (16.51%) Migration
14 51 (15.89%) Business Intelligence
15 45 (14.02%) Waterfall
16 40 (12.46%) Scrum
17 39 (12.15%) Service Management
18 38 (11.84%) Coaching
18 38 (11.84%) Matrix Organization
19 37 (11.53%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.62%) RPG
1 2 (0.62%) SQL
1 2 (0.62%) VBA
2 1 (0.31%) C
2 1 (0.31%) COBOL
2 1 (0.31%) Java
Qualifications
1 291 (90.65%) PMI Certification
2 153 (47.66%) Degree
3 18 (5.61%) CAPM
4 16 (4.98%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 16 (4.98%) Security Cleared
5 15 (4.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 13 (4.05%) PgMP
7 12 (3.74%) CISSP
7 12 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.74%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.12%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.80%) APMP
10 8 (2.49%) DBS Check
10 8 (2.49%) IIBA
11 5 (1.56%) ISEB
12 4 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.25%) CBAP
12 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.25%) RIBA
13 3 (0.93%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.95%) PMO
2 24 (7.48%) QA
3 23 (7.17%) GDPR
4 11 (3.43%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (2.18%) GRC
7 6 (1.87%) GMP
7 6 (1.87%) NEBOSH
8 5 (1.56%) SLA
9 3 (0.93%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.93%) ISO 9000
9 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.62%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.31%) EMIR
11 1 (0.31%) P3O
11 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (2.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 77 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.59%) ServiceNow
3 29 (9.03%) SAP
4 26 (8.10%) Anaplan
5 20 (6.23%) Genesys
5 20 (6.23%) Verint
6 6 (1.87%) Alteryx
6 6 (1.87%) Oracle
7 5 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.25%) Google
8 4 (1.25%) Planview
9 3 (0.93%) Cisco
9 3 (0.93%) QAD
10 2 (0.62%) Ariba
10 2 (0.62%) Cognizant
10 2 (0.62%) Gigya
10 2 (0.62%) IBM
10 2 (0.62%) Informatica
10 2 (0.62%) Remedy
11 1 (0.31%) Atlassian