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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 651 656 755
Rank change year-on-year +5 +99 +47
Permanent jobs citing PMI 139 105 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.18% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.56% 0.48% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 83 84 234
10th Percentile £53,750 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,928 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £79,375 £70,813 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £87,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +5.77%

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 24,624 21,675 62,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.41% 37.63% 45.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10,867 15,847 31,587
10th Percentile £33,200 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,289 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +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 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 14 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 31 October 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 -8 118 £65,000 +8.33% 37
UK excluding London +17 98 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Work from Home +17 47 £65,000 +18.18% 35
London +13 32 £87,500 +34.62% 11
South East -16 27 £65,000 - 6
Midlands -17 23 £65,000 +8.33% 10
South West -3 18 £57,500 +27.78% 4
North of England -13 18 £71,000 +18.33% 5
North West -29 14 £72,000 - 3
West Midlands -16 12 £65,000 +8.33% 3
East Midlands -32 11 £62,000 -11.43% 7
Scotland +3 10 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Yorkshire +22 4 £55,000 -8.33% 1
Wales +33 2 £48,500 -8.11%

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 5 (3.60%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 15 (10.79%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.44%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (1.44%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.72%) Endur
4 1 (0.72%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.58%) Azure
2 15 (10.79%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (9.35%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (8.63%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.19%) AWS
6 8 (5.76%) Power Automate
7 7 (5.04%) PowerApps
8 6 (4.32%) GitHub
9 5 (3.60%) GCP
10 2 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.44%) SaaS
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.72%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.72%) Asana
11 1 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.72%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.91%) Power BI
2 8 (5.76%) Big Data
3 6 (4.32%) Tableau
4 2 (1.44%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.72%) DTS
5 1 (0.72%) GIS
5 1 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.72%) Sisense
5 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (12.95%) JIRA
2 8 (5.76%) LabVIEW
2 8 (5.76%) NetBeans
2 8 (5.76%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.44%) Git
3 2 (1.44%) Maven
4 1 (0.72%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (32.37%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.22%) Finance
3 37 (26.62%) Manufacturing
4 26 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.32%) Aerospace
7 6 (4.32%) Retail
8 5 (3.60%) Electronics
8 5 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.88%) Law
9 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.16%) Banking
10 3 (2.16%) Legal
11 2 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.72%) Publishing
12 1 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (39.57%) Project Manager
2 18 (12.95%) Senior
3 17 (12.23%) Architect
4 16 (11.51%) Senior Manager
5 14 (10.07%) Business Manager
6 13 (9.35%) Programme Manager
6 13 (9.35%) Senior Project Manager
7 12 (8.63%) Business Development Manager
7 12 (8.63%) Development Manager
8 9 (6.47%) Software Engineer
9 8 (5.76%) IT Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Consultant
10 6 (4.32%) CRM Architect
10 6 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 6 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM Architect
10 6 (4.32%) Functional Consultant
10 6 (4.32%) IT Project Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Technical Architect
11 5 (3.60%) Developer
11 5 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.95%) .NET
2 8 (5.76%) JavaFX
3 6 (4.32%) React
4 5 (3.60%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.16%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.16%) Node.js
6 2 (1.44%) JSON
6 2 (1.44%) Spring
7 1 (0.72%) NestJS
7 1 (0.72%) Next.js
7 1 (0.72%) REST
7 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.63%) NHS
2 7 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.32%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.88%) Culture of Ownership
4 4 (2.88%) Driving Licence
4 4 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.16%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.44%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.72%) Digital Signage
7 1 (0.72%) Life Science
7 1 (0.72%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.72%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.72%) Windows
1 1 (0.72%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (49.64%) Project Management
2 53 (38.13%) PRINCE2
3 48 (34.53%) Agile
4 38 (27.34%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (18.71%) Project Delivery
5 26 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 23 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (15.83%) Scrum
8 19 (13.67%) Risk Management
9 16 (11.51%) SDLC
10 15 (10.79%) Software Engineering
11 14 (10.07%) PRINCE
12 13 (9.35%) Budget Management
12 13 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
12 13 (9.35%) CRM
12 13 (9.35%) Data Integration
12 13 (9.35%) Migration
12 13 (9.35%) Project Planning
13 12 (8.63%) Business Development
13 12 (8.63%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.35%) SQL
2 10 (7.19%) Java
2 10 (7.19%) Python
3 8 (5.76%) C
3 8 (5.76%) C#
3 8 (5.76%) C++
3 8 (5.76%) Fortran
3 8 (5.76%) JavaScript
3 8 (5.76%) MATLAB
4 2 (1.44%) DataWeave
5 1 (0.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 139 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 48 (34.53%) Degree
3 28 (20.14%) PMP
4 20 (14.39%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 5 (3.60%) ACCA
7 5 (3.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.88%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 4 (2.88%) SAP Certification
8 4 (2.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (2.16%) APMG
9 3 (2.16%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.44%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) ISO 9001
1 8 (5.76%) TickIT
2 5 (3.60%) QA
3 4 (2.88%) SLA
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) PMO
5 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.72%) PMBOK
System Software
1 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 26 (18.71%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.83%) SAP
3 8 (5.76%) Atlassian
4 6 (4.32%) Google
5 3 (2.16%) Ariba
5 3 (2.16%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.44%) HP
6 2 (1.44%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (1.44%) Remedy
6 2 (1.44%) Sage
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) Cisco
7 1 (0.72%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.72%) Juniper
7 1 (0.72%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.72%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.72%) VMware
7 1 (0.72%) Yardi