PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PMP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 494 594 678
Rank change year-on-year +100 +84 -19
Permanent jobs citing PMP 464 431 648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.42% 0.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 1.28% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 369 359 423
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,750 £78,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,550 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

PMP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,433 33,803 42,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.82% 32.57% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,326 15,201 19,033
10th Percentile £28,290 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 +137 420 £55,000 - 168
UK excluding London +60 315 £52,500 -1.96% 113
Work from Home +48 196 £50,000 - 58
North of England +131 136 £52,500 +5.00% 30
London +110 118 £71,250 +18.75% 60
North West +53 77 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands +39 55 £48,745 -17.03% 20
South East -27 49 £55,000 -7.56% 35
West Midlands +44 45 £47,501 -9.52% 13
South West -24 35 £55,000 +26.44% 11
Yorkshire +97 34 £46,250 +15.63% 9
North East +13 25 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England +11 19 £65,000 +57.58% 10
Scotland -64 18 £45,543 -17.19% 6
East Midlands -7 10 £49,990 -16.68% 7
Wales +6 4 £45,000 +12.50% 3

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 30 (6.47%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.09%) Confluence
3 12 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 59 (12.72%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (8.19%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.94%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.51%) Primavera
4 5 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.22%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 46 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (8.41%) Azure
3 24 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.37%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.08%) SaaS
8 4 (0.86%) AWS
9 3 (0.65%) GCP
9 3 (0.65%) IaaS
9 3 (0.65%) PaaS
9 3 (0.65%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.43%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.43%) OCI
11 1 (0.22%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.94%) LAN
2 8 (1.72%) WAN
3 5 (1.08%) DNS
3 5 (1.08%) Wireless
4 4 (0.86%) Firewall
4 4 (0.86%) SSL
5 3 (0.65%) Broadband
5 3 (0.65%) NaaS
5 3 (0.65%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.65%) VPN
5 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.22%) Extranet
6 1 (0.22%) SAN
6 1 (0.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.65%) Power BI
1 3 (0.65%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.43%) Big Data
2 2 (0.43%) GIS
2 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (11.64%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA Agile
General
1 235 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 155 (33.41%) Finance
3 62 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (5.82%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (4.96%) Marketing
8 21 (4.53%) Public Sector
9 19 (4.09%) Banking
10 18 (3.88%) Retail
11 15 (3.23%) Legal
12 13 (2.80%) Law
13 12 (2.59%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.16%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.94%) Telecoms
17 8 (1.72%) Back Office
17 8 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.29%) Automotive
18 6 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 254 (54.74%) Project Manager
2 85 (18.32%) IT Manager
3 62 (13.36%) IT Project Manager
4 41 (8.84%) Senior
5 34 (7.33%) Senior Manager
6 28 (6.03%) Portfolio Manager
7 27 (5.82%) Programme Manager
8 26 (5.60%) Lead
9 25 (5.39%) Senior Project Manager
9 25 (5.39%) Software Project Manager
10 24 (5.17%) Software Manager
11 20 (4.31%) Business Manager
12 17 (3.66%) SAP Manager
13 16 (3.45%) Business Change Manager
14 15 (3.23%) Business Systems Manager
14 15 (3.23%) Systems Manager
14 15 (3.23%) Transformation Manager
15 14 (3.02%) Analyst
16 12 (2.59%) Infrastructure Manager
17 11 (2.37%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.72%) LDAP
2 4 (0.86%) REST
3 3 (0.65%) Kafka
3 3 (0.65%) ODBC
3 3 (0.65%) SOAP
4 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 70 (15.09%) PMI
2 40 (8.62%) Management Information System
3 7 (1.51%) Virtual Team
4 6 (1.29%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.29%) FMCG
4 6 (1.29%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.08%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.08%) NHS
5 5 (1.08%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.86%) IoT
6 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.65%) CMDB
7 3 (0.65%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.65%) Life Science
7 3 (0.65%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.65%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.65%) TM Forum
8 2 (0.43%) Biopharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.23%) Linux
1 15 (3.23%) Windows
2 5 (1.08%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.86%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (84.05%) Project Management
2 342 (73.71%) PRINCE2
3 228 (49.14%) Agile
4 157 (33.84%) Project Delivery
5 103 (22.20%) Change Management
6 90 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
7 89 (19.18%) ITIL
8 84 (18.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 66 (14.22%) Waterfall
10 64 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (13.36%) Scrum
12 60 (12.93%) Computer Science
13 56 (12.07%) Mentoring
14 51 (10.99%) Line Management
15 50 (10.78%) Budget Management
16 46 (9.91%) Risk Management
17 43 (9.27%) Roadmaps
18 42 (9.05%) Coaching
19 40 (8.62%) ERP
20 35 (7.54%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.09%) SQL
2 8 (1.72%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.86%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.43%) VBA
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 391 (84.27%) PMI Certification
2 190 (40.95%) Degree
3 47 (10.13%) CAPM
3 47 (10.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 33 (7.11%) APMP
5 32 (6.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 28 (6.03%) PgMP
7 26 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (4.31%) CISSP
9 18 (3.88%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.66%) Master's Degree
11 14 (3.02%) APMG
11 14 (3.02%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (2.37%) SC Cleared
14 8 (1.72%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.72%) MBA
14 8 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.08%) ISEB
15 5 (1.08%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (15.73%) PMO
2 28 (6.03%) QA
3 10 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.72%) GDPR
5 6 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.29%) GRC
6 5 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.43%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.22%) GAMP
9 1 (0.22%) GMP
9 1 (0.22%) GxP
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.08%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.08%) Rancher
3 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) CASB
Vendors
1 104 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.90%) SAP
3 17 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.94%) Oracle
6 5 (1.08%) Cisco
6 5 (1.08%) HP
7 3 (0.65%) JD Edwards
7 3 (0.65%) NEC
8 2 (0.43%) Adobe
8 2 (0.43%) Aruba
8 2 (0.43%) CA
8 2 (0.43%) Juniper
8 2 (0.43%) Northgate
9 1 (0.22%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.22%) BT
9 1 (0.22%) Marketo
9 1 (0.22%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.22%) Temenos
9 1 (0.22%) VMware