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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 611 660
Rank change year-on-year +122 +49 +8
Permanent jobs citing PMP 467 400 686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.70% 1.21% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 374 339 433
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% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £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 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 9 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 9 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 +165 424 £55,000 -1.79% 160
UK excluding London +65 322 £52,500 -1.96% 110
Work from Home +48 202 £52,100 +4.20% 50
North of England +143 142 £52,500 +5.00% 28
London +105 115 £70,000 +12.00% 58
North West +65 83 £62,500 -3.85% 20
Midlands +17 55 £48,745 -18.76% 19
South East -32 49 £54,000 -5.26% 35
West Midlands +40 45 £47,501 -9.52% 12
South West -23 36 £55,000 +26.44% 9
Yorkshire +112 34 £46,250 +15.63% 6
North East +13 25 £52,500 +5.00% 3
East of England +20 19 £65,000 +57.58% 11
Scotland -66 18 £45,543 -17.19% 8
East Midlands -17 10 £49,990 -21.58% 7
Wales +4 4 £45,000 +10.77% 2

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 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.07%) Confluence
3 12 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 58 (12.42%) Microsoft Project
2 37 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.14%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) Gliffy
7 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) Revit
7 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.93%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.50%) Primavera
4 5 (1.07%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.21%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.21%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 49 (10.49%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (8.35%) Azure
3 24 (5.14%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.36%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.71%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.86%) AWS
7 4 (0.86%) SaaS
8 3 (0.64%) GCP
8 3 (0.64%) IaaS
8 3 (0.64%) PaaS
9 2 (0.43%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.43%) OCI
9 2 (0.43%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.93%) LAN
2 8 (1.71%) WAN
3 5 (1.07%) DNS
3 5 (1.07%) Wireless
4 3 (0.64%) Broadband
4 3 (0.64%) Firewall
4 3 (0.64%) NaaS
4 3 (0.64%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.64%) SSL
4 3 (0.64%) VPN
4 3 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Extranet
5 1 (0.21%) SAN
5 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.64%) Power BI
1 3 (0.64%) 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 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 54 (11.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA Agile
General
1 234 (50.11%) Social Skills
2 156 (33.40%) Finance
3 61 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
6 23 (4.93%) Marketing
6 23 (4.93%) Organisational Skills
7 21 (4.50%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.28%) Retail
9 18 (3.85%) Banking
10 14 (3.00%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.78%) Law
11 13 (2.78%) Legal
12 11 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.14%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.93%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.71%) Back Office
15 8 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.28%) Automotive
16 6 (1.28%) Games
Job Titles
1 258 (55.25%) Project Manager
2 84 (17.99%) IT Manager
3 61 (13.06%) IT Project Manager
4 41 (8.78%) Senior
5 34 (7.28%) Senior Manager
6 28 (6.00%) Portfolio Manager
7 26 (5.57%) Lead
7 26 (5.57%) Programme Manager
8 25 (5.35%) Senior Project Manager
8 25 (5.35%) Software Project Manager
9 24 (5.14%) Software Manager
10 20 (4.28%) Business Manager
11 17 (3.64%) SAP Manager
12 16 (3.43%) Business Change Manager
13 15 (3.21%) Business Systems Manager
13 15 (3.21%) Systems Manager
13 15 (3.21%) Transformation Manager
14 14 (3.00%) Analyst
15 12 (2.57%) Delivery Manager
15 12 (2.57%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.71%) LDAP
2 4 (0.86%) REST
3 3 (0.64%) Kafka
3 3 (0.64%) ODBC
3 3 (0.64%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 69 (14.78%) PMI
2 40 (8.57%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.14%) Virtual Team
4 9 (1.93%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.28%) FMCG
5 6 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.07%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.07%) NHS
6 5 (1.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.86%) IoT
7 4 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.64%) CMDB
8 3 (0.64%) Life Science
8 3 (0.64%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.64%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.64%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.64%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.21%) Linux
1 15 (3.21%) Windows
2 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.86%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (83.08%) Project Management
2 342 (73.23%) PRINCE2
3 227 (48.61%) Agile
4 156 (33.40%) Project Delivery
5 103 (22.06%) Change Management
6 91 (19.49%) ITIL
7 89 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (18.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 68 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (14.56%) Waterfall
10 62 (13.28%) Scrum
11 60 (12.85%) Computer Science
12 56 (11.99%) Mentoring
13 51 (10.92%) Line Management
14 49 (10.49%) Budget Management
15 47 (10.06%) Risk Management
16 43 (9.21%) Roadmaps
17 42 (8.99%) Coaching
18 41 (8.78%) ERP
19 36 (7.71%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.07%) SQL
2 8 (1.71%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.86%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.43%) VBA
5 1 (0.21%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 394 (84.37%) PMI Certification
2 192 (41.11%) Degree
3 48 (10.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 47 (10.06%) CAPM
5 35 (7.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 33 (7.07%) APMP
7 28 (6.00%) PgMP
8 26 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (4.93%) CISSP
10 19 (4.07%) Security Cleared
11 17 (3.64%) Master's Degree
12 14 (3.00%) APMG
12 14 (3.00%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (2.57%) SC Cleared
14 8 (1.71%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.71%) MBA
14 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.07%) CISM
15 5 (1.07%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (15.42%) PMO
2 28 (6.00%) QA
3 11 (2.36%) GDPR
4 10 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.28%) GRC
7 3 (0.64%) SLA
8 2 (0.43%) NIST
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) GAMP
9 1 (0.21%) GMP
9 1 (0.21%) GxP
9 1 (0.21%) NCSC
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.07%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.07%) Rancher
3 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
Vendors
1 107 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.64%) SAP
3 16 (3.43%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.21%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.93%) Oracle
6 5 (1.07%) Cisco
6 5 (1.07%) HP
7 4 (0.86%) NEC
8 3 (0.64%) JD Edwards
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe
9 2 (0.43%) Aruba
9 2 (0.43%) CA
9 2 (0.43%) Juniper
9 2 (0.43%) Northgate
10 1 (0.21%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.21%) BT
10 1 (0.21%) Marketo
10 1 (0.21%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.21%) Temenos
10 1 (0.21%) VMware