Project Management Institute (PMI)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PMI over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 799 590
Rank change year-on-year +282 -209 +177
Permanent jobs citing PMI 428 194 829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.19% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.22% 0.44% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 264 170 268
10th Percentile £41,250 - £41,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,778 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.21% -15.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £72,813 £65,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,750 £78,125 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +10.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

PMI is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,988 44,314 74,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.70% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,940 34,254
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PMI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PMI in the UK

PMI
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for PMI in the UK

PMI
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PMI 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 +284 402 £59,556 +19.11% 99
UK excluding London +157 300 £57,500 +27.78% 67
Work from Home +181 225 £64,080 +42.40% 57
London +184 114 £70,000 - 44
North of England +119 102 £64,080 +60.20% 16
South East +70 96 £47,500 -17.39% 20
Midlands +50 55 £59,556 +13.44% 9
North West +45 52 £67,000 +67.50% 12
West Midlands +47 40 £55,000 +4.76% 2
Yorkshire +97 35 £52,500 -5.83% 3
South West -13 29 £37,500 -14.29% 13
North East +8 15 £55,000 +37.50% 1
East Midlands +1 15 £69,250 +23.11% 7
Scotland -61 9 £46,250 +15.63% 7
East of England +13 6 £77,500 +108.43% 2
Northern Ireland +30 2 £57,500 +9.52%
Wales -4 1 £60,500 -11.67% 2

PMI
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 18 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (2.80%) IIS
3 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (7.94%) Microsoft Project
2 29 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (3.04%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.17%) AutoCAD
6 5 (1.17%) SPSS
7 4 (0.93%) Simulink
8 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Primavera
1 3 (0.70%) Sage 200
1 3 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.47%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.23%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.23%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 43 (10.05%) Azure
2 23 (5.37%) AWS
3 22 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.67%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.80%) GCP
6 11 (2.57%) Power Automate
7 10 (2.34%) SaaS
8 8 (1.87%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.40%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.17%) Azure Machine Learning
10 5 (1.17%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.93%) GitHub
11 4 (0.93%) Slack
12 3 (0.70%) AWS CodePipeline
12 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.70%) Intacct
12 3 (0.70%) Smartsheet
13 1 (0.23%) Amazon SQS
13 1 (0.23%) Google Analytics
13 1 (0.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.61%) Firewall
1 24 (5.61%) WAN
2 17 (3.97%) SAN
3 12 (2.80%) DHCP
3 12 (2.80%) DNS
3 12 (2.80%) iSCSI
3 12 (2.80%) LAN
3 12 (2.80%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.57%) Unified Communications
5 7 (1.64%) VPN
5 7 (1.64%) WLAN
6 5 (1.17%) NAS
6 5 (1.17%) VLAN
7 4 (0.93%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.67%) Power BI
2 10 (2.34%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (1.87%) NoSQL
4 7 (1.64%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.17%) MySQL
7 4 (0.93%) DB2
7 4 (0.93%) Power Query
8 1 (0.23%) Big Data
8 1 (0.23%) GIS
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (4.67%) JIRA
2 11 (2.57%) Git
3 7 (1.64%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.93%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.70%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.70%) NetBeans
5 3 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.47%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.23%) MSTest
7 1 (0.23%) NUnit
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.23%) Subversion
7 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 203 (47.43%) Finance
2 156 (36.45%) Social Skills
3 99 (23.13%) Retail
4 67 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (6.31%) Manufacturing
7 21 (4.91%) Banking
8 20 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.67%) Public Sector
9 15 (3.50%) Automotive
10 14 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (3.04%) Aerospace
12 12 (2.80%) Retail Banking
13 8 (1.87%) Marketing
14 7 (1.64%) Legal
15 5 (1.17%) Advertising
16 4 (0.93%) French Language
16 4 (0.93%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 111 (25.93%) Senior
2 87 (20.33%) Project Manager
3 63 (14.72%) Architect
4 59 (13.79%) Portfolio Manager
5 55 (12.85%) Senior Manager
6 36 (8.41%) Analyst
7 35 (8.18%) Solutions Architect
8 31 (7.24%) Senior Portfolio Manager
9 23 (5.37%) IT Manager
9 23 (5.37%) Lead
10 22 (5.14%) Pensions Analyst
10 22 (5.14%) Senior Analyst
10 22 (5.14%) Technical Analyst
11 21 (4.91%) Senior Project Manager
12 20 (4.67%) Pensions Project Manager
12 20 (4.67%) Senior Technical Analyst
13 18 (4.21%) Senior Architect
14 17 (3.97%) IT Project Manager
15 16 (3.74%) Performance Manager
16 15 (3.50%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.17%) .NET
1 5 (1.17%) HTML
2 4 (0.93%) CSS
3 3 (0.70%) .NET Framework
3 3 (0.70%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.70%) JavaFX
4 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.47%) React
4 2 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.23%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.23%) JSON
5 1 (0.23%) JSP
5 1 (0.23%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.07%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.61%) Cloud Native
3 22 (5.14%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.04%) FMCG
4 13 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.80%) Algorithms
5 12 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.57%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.57%) Replication
7 6 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (1.40%) Clustering
7 6 (1.40%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 6 (1.40%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.40%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.40%) NHS
7 6 (1.40%) SCADA
7 6 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
8 4 (0.93%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.21%) Windows
2 15 (3.50%) Linux
3 10 (2.34%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.17%) Android
4 5 (1.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (49.07%) Project Management
2 158 (36.92%) PRINCE2
3 140 (32.71%) Agile
4 82 (19.16%) Coaching
4 82 (19.16%) Mentoring
5 64 (14.95%) Project Delivery
6 63 (14.72%) Roadmaps
7 62 (14.49%) Portfolio Management
8 55 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (10.98%) Information Security
10 46 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (10.51%) Business Intelligence
12 44 (10.28%) Decision-Making
12 44 (10.28%) Line Management
13 42 (9.81%) Change Management
14 35 (8.18%) Digital Strategy
15 33 (7.71%) Artificial Intelligence
16 32 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (7.24%) Scrum
18 28 (6.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.71%) SQL
2 14 (3.27%) Python
3 9 (2.10%) Java
4 7 (1.64%) C
4 7 (1.64%) C++
4 7 (1.64%) MATLAB
5 4 (0.93%) C#
5 4 (0.93%) RPG
5 4 (0.93%) VBA
6 3 (0.70%) Fortran
6 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 427 (99.77%) PMI Certification
2 75 (17.52%) Degree
3 70 (16.36%) PMP
4 59 (13.79%) APMP
5 33 (7.71%) CAPM
6 29 (6.78%) PgMP
7 14 (3.27%) Security Cleared
8 11 (2.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 10 (2.34%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (1.64%) CISSP
12 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.70%) CISA
14 2 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
15 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
15 1 (0.23%) CBAP
15 1 (0.23%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.31%) PMO
2 14 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.10%) QA
4 8 (1.87%) SLA
5 7 (1.64%) NIST
6 6 (1.40%) GRC
7 4 (0.93%) COBIT
7 4 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.93%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.93%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.93%) TickIT
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (0.70%) ITGC
8 3 (0.70%) P3O
8 3 (0.70%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.23%) AQAP
9 1 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (5.61%) Active Directory
2 22 (5.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (2.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 12 (2.80%) Opsgenie
1 12 (2.80%) VxRail
1 12 (2.80%) ZABBIX
2 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 88 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.48%) VMware
3 24 (5.61%) Fortinet
4 17 (3.97%) Cisco
5 12 (2.80%) Dell
5 12 (2.80%) NetApp
5 12 (2.80%) SolarWinds
6 11 (2.57%) BT
6 11 (2.57%) Mitel
7 6 (1.40%) SAP
8 5 (1.17%) Juniper
8 5 (1.17%) NEC
8 5 (1.17%) Veeam
9 4 (0.93%) Avaya
9 4 (0.93%) Cognos
9 4 (0.93%) Databricks
10 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.70%) Sage
10 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.47%) Northgate