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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 621 658
Rank change year-on-year +141 +37 0
Permanent jobs citing PMP 476 385 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.39% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.73% 1.18% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 378 323 449
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,600 £85,000 £78,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +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 18 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 18 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 +171 432 £55,000 -0.90% 154
UK excluding London +47 327 £52,500 - 102
Work from Home +54 210 £52,500 +5.00% 48
North of England +142 145 £52,500 +5.00% 21
London +126 119 £70,000 - 61
North West +59 85 £62,500 -3.85% 10
Midlands +19 55 £48,745 -18.76% 21
South East -29 51 £52,500 -4.55% 35
West Midlands +41 45 £47,501 -9.52% 11
South West -28 35 £55,000 +26.44% 8
Yorkshire +105 34 £46,250 +15.63% 7
North East +12 26 £52,500 +5.00% 5
East of England +8 19 £65,000 +62.50% 9
Scotland -63 19 £45,543 -22.48% 9
East Midlands -9 10 £49,990 -21.58% 10
Wales +6 4 £45,000 +9.09% 1

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 31 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.99%) Confluence
3 12 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 59 (12.39%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (7.98%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.10%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.42%) 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 (3.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.89%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.47%) Primavera
4 5 (1.05%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.42%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.42%) 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 51 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (8.19%) Azure
3 24 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.31%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.84%) AWS
7 4 (0.84%) PaaS
7 4 (0.84%) SaaS
8 3 (0.63%) GCP
8 3 (0.63%) IaaS
9 2 (0.42%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.42%) OCI
9 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.31%) LAN
2 8 (1.68%) WAN
3 5 (1.05%) DNS
3 5 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.05%) Wireless
4 3 (0.63%) Broadband
4 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) NaaS
4 3 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.63%) SSL
4 3 (0.63%) VPN
5 1 (0.21%) Extranet
5 1 (0.21%) SAN
5 1 (0.21%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.63%) GIS
1 3 (0.63%) Power BI
1 3 (0.63%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.42%) Big Data
2 2 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.42%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (11.55%) JIRA
2 2 (0.42%) JIRA Agile
General
1 238 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 156 (32.77%) Finance
3 61 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 25 (5.25%) Marketing
6 24 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
7 23 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
8 22 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.62%) Retail
9 19 (3.99%) Banking
10 17 (3.57%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.94%) Legal
12 13 (2.73%) Law
13 10 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.68%) Back Office
15 8 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.26%) Automotive
16 6 (1.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 265 (55.67%) Project Manager
2 84 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 61 (12.82%) IT Project Manager
4 41 (8.61%) Senior
5 34 (7.14%) Senior Manager
6 28 (5.88%) Portfolio Manager
7 27 (5.67%) Programme Manager
8 26 (5.46%) Lead
9 25 (5.25%) Senior Project Manager
9 25 (5.25%) Software Project Manager
10 24 (5.04%) Software Manager
11 21 (4.41%) Business Manager
12 17 (3.57%) Business Change Manager
12 17 (3.57%) SAP Manager
13 15 (3.15%) Business Systems Manager
13 15 (3.15%) Systems Manager
13 15 (3.15%) Transformation Manager
14 14 (2.94%) Analyst
15 12 (2.52%) Delivery Manager
16 11 (2.31%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.68%) LDAP
2 4 (0.84%) REST
3 3 (0.63%) Kafka
3 3 (0.63%) ODBC
3 3 (0.63%) SOAP
4 1 (0.21%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 69 (14.50%) PMI
2 40 (8.40%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.31%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.10%) Freedom of Information
5 6 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.26%) FMCG
5 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.05%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.05%) NHS
6 5 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.84%) Data Centre
7 4 (0.84%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.84%) IoT
7 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.63%) CMDB
8 3 (0.63%) Life Science
8 3 (0.63%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.63%) Operational Technology
8 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.63%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.15%) Linux
1 15 (3.15%) Windows
2 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.84%) Windows Vista
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 391 (82.14%) Project Management
2 345 (72.48%) PRINCE2
3 227 (47.69%) Agile
4 160 (33.61%) Project Delivery
5 104 (21.85%) Change Management
6 91 (19.12%) ITIL
7 90 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
8 86 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 70 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (14.50%) Waterfall
11 62 (13.03%) Scrum
12 61 (12.82%) Computer Science
13 56 (11.76%) Mentoring
14 52 (10.92%) Risk Management
15 51 (10.71%) Line Management
16 50 (10.50%) Budget Management
17 45 (9.45%) Roadmaps
18 42 (8.82%) Coaching
18 42 (8.82%) ERP
19 36 (7.56%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.20%) SQL
2 9 (1.89%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.84%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.42%) VBA
5 1 (0.21%) C#
5 1 (0.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 404 (84.87%) PMI Certification
2 200 (42.02%) Degree
3 50 (10.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 47 (9.87%) CAPM
5 36 (7.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 34 (7.14%) APMP
7 28 (5.88%) PgMP
8 27 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (5.25%) CISSP
10 19 (3.99%) Security Cleared
11 17 (3.57%) Master's Degree
12 14 (2.94%) APMG
12 14 (2.94%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
13 12 (2.52%) SC Cleared
14 8 (1.68%) DBS Check
14 8 (1.68%) MBA
14 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (1.26%) CISM
16 5 (1.05%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (14.92%) PMO
2 28 (5.88%) QA
3 12 (2.52%) GDPR
4 11 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.26%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.26%) GRC
7 3 (0.63%) SLA
8 2 (0.42%) 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 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.05%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.05%) Rancher
3 2 (0.42%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) CASB
4 1 (0.21%) FTK
Vendors
1 110 (23.11%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.51%) SAP
3 16 (3.36%) ServiceNow
4 15 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.89%) Oracle
6 7 (1.47%) Cisco
7 5 (1.05%) HP
8 4 (0.84%) Aruba
8 4 (0.84%) Juniper
8 4 (0.84%) NEC
9 3 (0.63%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.42%) Adobe
10 2 (0.42%) CA
10 2 (0.42%) Northgate
11 1 (0.21%) Autodesk
11 1 (0.21%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.21%) IFS
11 1 (0.21%) Marketo
11 1 (0.21%) Temenos
11 1 (0.21%) VMware