Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for APMP 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 747 850 1063
Rank change year-on-year +103 +213 -214
Permanent jobs citing APMP 157 143 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.42% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 124 65 111
10th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,147 £51,000 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,914 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £55,168
% change year-on-year -20.83% +8.76% +0.30%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

APMP 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% -

APMP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for APMP in the UK

APMP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing APMP over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for APMP in the UK

APMP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APMP 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 +103 148 £52,500 -12.50% 35
UK excluding London +26 121 £47,500 -20.83% 30
Work from Home +159 104 £52,500 -27.88% 18
North of England +109 74 £44,094 -34.27% 8
North West +33 34 £51,000 -26.35% 7
London +129 30 £52,500 -14.29% 5
North East - 23 £41,250 - 1
West Midlands +28 21 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Midlands +24 21 £45,000 -10.00% 4
Yorkshire +88 17 £44,094 -34.27%
South East -45 14 £47,500 -36.67% 7
South West -29 5 £60,000 +10.09% 6
East of England +16 4 - - 2
Wales +7 3 £51,997 +26.05%

APMP
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 17 (10.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (10.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Project
2 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.91%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Primavera
1 1 (0.64%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.64%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.83%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.64%) Azure
2 1 (0.64%) Google Workspace
2 1 (0.64%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.19%) DHCP
1 16 (10.19%) DNS
1 16 (10.19%) Firewall
1 16 (10.19%) LAN
1 16 (10.19%) MPLS
1 16 (10.19%) Remote Desktop
1 16 (10.19%) VLAN
1 16 (10.19%) VPN
1 16 (10.19%) WAN
1 16 (10.19%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.64%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 57 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 50 (31.85%) Finance
3 24 (15.29%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (10.83%) Public Sector
5 15 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.01%) Legal
7 10 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (5.73%) Retail
9 6 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.82%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.18%) Police
11 4 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.27%) Law
12 2 (1.27%) Marketing
13 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.64%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 59 (37.58%) Portfolio Manager
2 38 (24.20%) Project Manager
2 38 (24.20%) Senior
3 36 (22.93%) Senior Manager
4 31 (19.75%) Senior Portfolio Manager
5 20 (12.74%) Bid Manager
6 12 (7.64%) Data Centre Manager
6 12 (7.64%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 9 (5.73%) Professional Services Manager
7 9 (5.73%) Resource Manager
7 9 (5.73%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.46%) Analyst
8 7 (4.46%) Business Change Specialist
8 7 (4.46%) Business Process Specialist
9 5 (3.18%) Business Process Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.18%) Process Analyst
9 5 (3.18%) Senior Project Manager
10 4 (2.55%) Infrastructure Manager
10 4 (2.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 59 (37.58%) PMI
2 19 (12.10%) Management Information System
3 16 (10.19%) Data Centre
3 16 (10.19%) Public Cloud
4 7 (4.46%) Driving Licence
5 6 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.27%) CCTV
8 1 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (85.35%) PRINCE2
2 116 (73.89%) Project Management
3 67 (42.68%) Agile
4 66 (42.04%) Mentoring
5 65 (41.40%) Coaching
6 62 (39.49%) Portfolio Management
7 46 (29.30%) Project Delivery
8 37 (23.57%) Decision-Making
9 31 (19.75%) Digital Strategy
10 29 (18.47%) Line Management
10 29 (18.47%) Roadmaps
11 22 (14.01%) People Management
11 22 (14.01%) Process Improvement
12 17 (10.83%) Time Management
13 16 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (8.92%) CRM
14 14 (8.92%) Workshop Facilitation
15 13 (8.28%) Information Management
15 13 (8.28%) Lean Six Sigma
15 13 (8.28%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 61 (38.85%) PMI Certification
2 33 (21.02%) PMP
3 30 (19.11%) Degree
4 28 (17.83%) CAPM
4 28 (17.83%) PgMP
5 12 (7.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 10 (6.37%) Security Cleared
7 6 (3.82%) ISEB
8 4 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.55%) HNC
9 2 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.64%) CISSP
10 1 (0.64%) MRICS
10 1 (0.64%) RIBA
10 1 (0.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.19%) PMO
2 9 (5.73%) SLA
3 5 (3.18%) QA
4 4 (2.55%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.64%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (10.19%) Active Directory
1 16 (10.19%) Hyper-V
1 16 (10.19%) VMware ESXi
1 16 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (10.19%) WSUS
2 1 (0.64%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 37 (23.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.19%) Cisco
2 16 (10.19%) Ruckus Wireless
2 16 (10.19%) VMware
3 6 (3.82%) SAP
4 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.64%) NEC
5 1 (0.64%) Planview