PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CAPM 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 857 983 1216
Rank change year-on-year +126 +233 -314
Permanent jobs citing CAPM 47 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.030% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 44 9 7
10th Percentile - £92,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,147 £98,750 £37,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,094 £102,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.98% +127.78% -32.08%
75th Percentile £49,125 £147,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,625 £148,500 £55,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,094 £102,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -56.98% +127.78% -37.93%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CAPM 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% -

CAPM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for CAPM in the UK

CAPM
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAPM 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 +124 47 £44,094 -56.98% 9
UK excluding London +60 44 £44,094 -56.98% 6
Work from Home +119 33 £44,094 -63.63% 8
North of England - 23 £44,094 - 2
West Midlands - 15 £45,000 -
Midlands - 15 £45,000 -
Yorkshire - 10 £44,094 -
North West - 8 £44,094 - 2
South West - 6 £48,500 -
North East - 5 £44,094 -
London +115 3 £44,094 -56.45% 3

CAPM
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 2 (4.26%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.26%) Gliffy
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
General
1 33 (70.21%) Finance
2 7 (14.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (10.64%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.51%) Marketing
5 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Retail
6 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.26%) Law
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (59.57%) Portfolio Manager
2 13 (27.66%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Programme Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Programme Test Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Test Manager
3 5 (10.64%) Test Programme Manager
4 4 (8.51%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.51%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Senior
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (4.26%) Strategic Project Manager
6 1 (2.13%) Analyst
6 1 (2.13%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.13%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (2.13%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 33 (70.21%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (85.11%) Project Management
2 39 (82.98%) PRINCE2
3 38 (80.85%) Agile
4 32 (68.09%) Coaching
4 32 (68.09%) Mentoring
5 28 (59.57%) Line Management
5 28 (59.57%) Portfolio Management
5 28 (59.57%) Project Delivery
5 28 (59.57%) Roadmaps
6 10 (21.28%) Waterfall
7 7 (14.89%) Change Management
8 6 (12.77%) Budget Management
9 5 (10.64%) Analytics
9 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.64%) Business Strategy
9 5 (10.64%) Conflict Resolution
9 5 (10.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.64%) Regression Testing
9 5 (10.64%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 47 (100.00%) PMP
2 28 (59.57%) APMP
2 28 (59.57%) PgMP
3 15 (31.91%) Degree
4 5 (10.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (10.64%) ISEB
4 5 (10.64%) ISTQB
4 5 (10.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) PMO
2 1 (2.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (10.64%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) HP
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft