PMP Job Trends in the West Midlands

PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for PMP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 173 194
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 +82
Permanent jobs citing PMP 16 20 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.24% 0.56% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.73% 1.32% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 29
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,025 £42,147
25th Percentile £49,688 £51,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +20.53% -24.00%
75th Percentile £65,780 £68,063 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,125 £72,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £65,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +18.18% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,195 1,520 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.92% 42.78% 26.10%
Number of salaries quoted 548 546 1,242
10th Percentile £27,425 £32,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,925 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,772 £53,844 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.71% +11.02% -4.90%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £62,088
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,625 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +8.05% -4.35%

PMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

PMP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

PMP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PMP

PMP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PMP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for PMP in the West Midlands

PMP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
Birmingham +12 8 £56,250 -13.79% 3
Warwickshire +8 2 £42,500 - 2
Solihull +9 1 £75,000 -
Staffordshire -13 1 £82,500 +51.38% 1
PMP
England

PMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (12.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (6.25%) Asana
5 1 (6.25%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) Google Docs
5 1 (6.25%) Google Drive
5 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Billing
5 1 (6.25%) Games
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Change Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Manager
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
5 2 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Project Change Manager
5 2 (12.50%) SAP Manager
5 2 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Head of Business Transformation
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Programme Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Technical Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) PMI
1 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) AI Agents
2 1 (6.25%) Low-Code
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) PRINCE2
2 11 (68.75%) Project Management
3 10 (62.50%) Agile
3 10 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (56.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (37.50%) Project Delivery
7 5 (31.25%) Change Management
7 5 (31.25%) Migration
8 4 (25.00%) Data Migration
8 4 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
9 3 (18.75%) Business Strategy
9 3 (18.75%) Business Transformation
9 3 (18.75%) DevOps
9 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (18.75%) Translating Business Requirements
9 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (31.25%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (12.50%) CAPM
5 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.25%) CBAP
5 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Anaplan
3 1 (6.25%) Genesys
3 1 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.25%) Verint