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 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 496 557 638
Rank change year-on-year +61 +81 +63
Permanent jobs citing PMP 378 359 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 1.32% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 283 296 504
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,125 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £84,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -4.76%

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 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PMP in the UK

PMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for PMP in the UK

PMP
Top 16 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 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 +61 337 £55,000 -8.03% 76
UK excluding London +4 266 £52,500 +2.44% 71
Work from Home +45 187 £53,150 +6.30% 37
North of England +54 104 £52,500 - 14
London +66 84 £70,000 -3.45% 21
North West +21 65 £55,000 -9.09% 8
South East -3 54 £48,750 -11.36% 19
Midlands -17 38 £53,319 -3.06% 14
West Midlands +10 34 £53,319 -3.06% 5
South West -6 29 £58,700 +42.30% 8
Yorkshire +65 25 £45,000 +12.50% 5
East of England +3 22 £50,000 +25.00% 8
Scotland -48 15 £45,543 -24.10% 3
North East -2 14 £52,500 +31.25% 1
Wales +29 5 £41,250 - 4
East Midlands -37 4 £46,250 -28.85% 9

PMP
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 20 (5.29%) Confluence
2 15 (3.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (12.17%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.85%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.53%) Gliffy
6 2 (0.53%) Revit
7 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.59%) Primavera
3 5 (1.32%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.06%) SAP CX
5 2 (0.53%) Odoo
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Endur
6 1 (0.26%) Maximo
6 1 (0.26%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.26%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.26%) SAP SM
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.26%) Azure
2 30 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (6.61%) Dynamics 365
4 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
5 7 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.59%) PaaS
7 4 (1.06%) Asana
7 4 (1.06%) GCP
7 4 (1.06%) iPaaS
7 4 (1.06%) OCI
7 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.06%) SaaS
8 3 (0.79%) AWS
9 2 (0.53%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.53%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.26%) Slack
10 1 (0.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.44%) LAN
2 9 (2.38%) WAN
3 5 (1.32%) DNS
3 5 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.06%) VPN
5 3 (0.79%) Broadband
5 3 (0.79%) Firewall
5 3 (0.79%) NaaS
5 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.79%) SSL
5 3 (0.79%) Wireless
6 2 (0.53%) SAN
7 1 (0.26%) NAS
7 1 (0.26%) Network Security
7 1 (0.26%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.65%) GIS
2 3 (0.79%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.53%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Big Data
4 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 45 (11.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 206 (54.50%) Social Skills
2 125 (33.07%) Finance
3 69 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (5.82%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.29%) Marketing
7 19 (5.03%) Retail
8 15 (3.97%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.65%) Aerospace
11 9 (2.38%) Banking
11 9 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.12%) Law
12 8 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.85%) Legal
14 6 (1.59%) Games
14 6 (1.59%) Local Government
14 6 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (51.06%) Project Manager
2 54 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 38 (10.05%) Senior
4 33 (8.73%) Senior Manager
5 32 (8.47%) Business Manager
5 32 (8.47%) IT Project Manager
6 28 (7.41%) Business Change Manager
7 25 (6.61%) Senior Project Manager
8 24 (6.35%) Programme Manager
9 23 (6.08%) Portfolio Manager
10 20 (5.29%) Change Manager
11 17 (4.50%) Lead
12 15 (3.97%) Business Systems Manager
12 15 (3.97%) Infrastructure Manager
12 15 (3.97%) Systems Manager
13 14 (3.70%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.17%) Business Change Project Manager
14 12 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (2.91%) Infrastructure Project Manager
16 10 (2.65%) Programme Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.38%) LDAP
2 4 (1.06%) REST
2 4 (1.06%) SOAP
3 3 (0.79%) Kafka
3 3 (0.79%) ODBC
4 1 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.26%) JDBC
4 1 (0.26%) Middleware
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.26%) RESTful
4 1 (0.26%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (12.96%) PMI
2 38 (10.05%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.44%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.65%) Freedom of Information
5 7 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.59%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.32%) Client/Server
7 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.06%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.79%) CMDB
9 3 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.79%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.79%) Life Science
9 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.79%) TM Forum
10 2 (0.53%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.23%) Windows
2 14 (3.70%) Linux
3 6 (1.59%) Windows Vista
4 3 (0.79%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (80.42%) Project Management
2 260 (68.78%) PRINCE2
3 151 (39.95%) Agile
4 138 (36.51%) Project Delivery
5 92 (24.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 84 (22.22%) Change Management
7 82 (21.69%) ITIL
8 75 (19.84%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (19.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 66 (17.46%) Risk Management
11 53 (14.02%) Waterfall
12 52 (13.76%) Computer Science
13 43 (11.38%) Mentoring
14 42 (11.11%) Roadmaps
15 41 (10.85%) Line Management
16 40 (10.58%) Scrum
17 38 (10.05%) Budget Management
18 31 (8.20%) Business Strategy
18 31 (8.20%) Portfolio Management
18 31 (8.20%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.44%) SQL
2 5 (1.32%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.53%) Python
3 2 (0.53%) VBA
4 1 (0.26%) Bash
4 1 (0.26%) Bicep
4 1 (0.26%) C#
4 1 (0.26%) Java
4 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 343 (90.74%) PMI Certification
2 159 (42.06%) Degree
3 37 (9.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 32 (8.47%) CAPM
5 31 (8.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 27 (7.14%) APMP
7 26 (6.88%) CISSP
7 26 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (6.88%) PgMP
8 20 (5.29%) Security Cleared
9 16 (4.23%) Master's Degree
10 14 (3.70%) APMG
11 12 (3.17%) SC Cleared
12 10 (2.65%) DBS Check
13 9 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.59%) CISM
15 5 (1.32%) RHCE
15 5 (1.32%) RHCSA
16 3 (0.79%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.26%) PMO
2 28 (7.41%) QA
3 13 (3.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (3.44%) GDPR
3 13 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.79%) GRC
5 3 (0.79%) SLA
6 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.53%) NIST
6 2 (0.53%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.26%) COBIT
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GAMP
7 1 (0.26%) GMP
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.32%) Rancher
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.53%) Terraform
4 1 (0.26%) Ansible
4 1 (0.26%) CASB
4 1 (0.26%) FTK
4 1 (0.26%) Grafana
4 1 (0.26%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (25.13%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 15 (3.97%) SAP
4 13 (3.44%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.12%) Computacenter
6 7 (1.85%) Oracle
7 6 (1.59%) Cisco
8 4 (1.06%) Aruba
8 4 (1.06%) Juniper
8 4 (1.06%) NEC
9 2 (0.53%) Adobe
9 2 (0.53%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.53%) HP
9 2 (0.53%) IFS
9 2 (0.53%) VMware
9 2 (0.53%) Workday
10 1 (0.26%) Cellebrite
10 1 (0.26%) Citrix
10 1 (0.26%) Cognos
10 1 (0.26%) Marketo