Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PQQ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PQQ over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 943 1190
Rank change year-on-year +64 +247 -283
Permanent jobs citing PQQ 22 16 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.016% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.017% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 9 9 22
10th Percentile £32,450 - £41,250
25th Percentile £47,450 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -29.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,225 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% -29.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PQQ is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

PQQ
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PQQ in the UK

PQQ
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PQQ in the UK

PQQ
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PQQ over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PQQ in the UK

PQQ
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PQQ within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +98 22 £70,000 +64.71% 33
UK excluding London +3 17 £41,225 -3.00% 24
South East - 7 £35,000 - 5
London +131 5 £70,000 +12.00% 8
Work from Home +77 4 - - 16
North of England +50 4 £22,500 -43.75% 6
Midlands -2 4 £47,450 -36.73% 3
West Midlands - 4 £47,450 -
North West +4 3 - - 5
South West - 2 - - 6
North East - 1 £22,500 -

PQQ
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:

Applications
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) PaaS
1 2 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) PBX
1 2 (9.09%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Legal
3 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
4 6 (27.27%) Public Sector
5 5 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (13.64%) Fire and Rescue
6 3 (13.64%) Local Government
7 2 (9.09%) Digital Economy
7 2 (9.09%) Marketing
7 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
8 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Senior
2 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Development Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Bid Manager
5 2 (9.09%) Buyer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Buyer
5 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Administrator
6 1 (4.55%) Bid Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Client/Server
1 5 (22.73%) PKI
2 4 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 3 (13.64%) Acoustics
4 2 (9.09%) Blackberry
4 2 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Business Development
2 7 (31.82%) Storyboarding
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
4 5 (22.73%) Commercial Awareness
4 5 (22.73%) High Availability
4 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (22.73%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (18.18%) Contract Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cost Reduction
5 4 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (18.18%) Information Security
5 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 4 (18.18%) Value Proposition
5 4 (18.18%) Visualisation
6 3 (13.64%) Agile
6 3 (13.64%) Customer Requirements
6 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) DV Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) HND
4 3 (13.64%) HNC
5 2 (9.09%) APMP
5 2 (9.09%) CCNP
5 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
5 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Avaya
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) Ericsson
2 2 (9.09%) Google
2 2 (9.09%) IBM
2 2 (9.09%) Juniper
2 2 (9.09%) Nokia
2 2 (9.09%) Ribbon
2 2 (9.09%) VMware