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 20 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 491 582 654
Rank change year-on-year +91 +72 +12
Permanent jobs citing PMP 457 456 640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.43% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.69% 1.31% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 370 375 414
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,817 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,250 £78,743
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,600 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +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 27,040 34,764 41,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.85% 32.74% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 17,181 15,446 19,008
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,825
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,506 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +5.11% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 +143 412 £55,000 - 165
UK excluding London +56 310 £52,500 -3.85% 108
Work from Home +51 187 £50,000 - 62
North of England +138 130 £52,500 +5.00% 31
London +132 115 £75,000 +25.42% 59
North West +63 72 £62,500 -3.85% 22
Midlands +38 54 £47,501 -17.39% 16
South East -13 51 £62,500 +4.17% 35
West Midlands +64 44 £47,501 -9.52% 7
South West -10 36 £55,000 +26.44% 8
Yorkshire +107 34 £46,250 +15.63% 7
North East +14 24 £52,500 +5.00% 4
East of England +15 18 £65,000 +57.58% 11
Scotland -63 18 £45,543 -17.19% 7
East Midlands -15 10 £49,990 -14.91% 9
Wales +1 4 £45,000 +12.50% 5

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 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.94%) Confluence
3 12 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 60 (13.13%) Microsoft Project
2 38 (8.32%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (2.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.44%) Gliffy
6 2 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 16 (3.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.97%) SAP CX
3 7 (1.53%) Primavera
4 5 (1.09%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.66%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.66%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.22%) CA PPM
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.22%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.22%) SAP SM
6 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 44 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (9.19%) Azure
3 21 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (1.09%) AWS
8 4 (0.88%) SaaS
9 3 (0.66%) GCP
9 3 (0.66%) IaaS
9 3 (0.66%) PaaS
10 2 (0.44%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.44%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.22%) Azure API Management
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.22%) OCI
11 1 (0.22%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.19%) WAN
2 8 (1.75%) LAN
3 6 (1.31%) Wireless
4 5 (1.09%) DNS
4 5 (1.09%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.88%) Firewall
5 4 (0.88%) NaaS
5 4 (0.88%) SSL
6 3 (0.66%) Broadband
6 3 (0.66%) VPN
7 2 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.22%) 5G
8 1 (0.22%) Extranet
8 1 (0.22%) MPLS
8 1 (0.22%) SAN
8 1 (0.22%) VLAN
8 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.66%) Power BI
1 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.44%) Big Data
2 2 (0.44%) GIS
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (11.60%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) JIRA Agile
General
1 224 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 149 (32.60%) Finance
3 61 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
5 26 (5.69%) Presentation Skills
6 24 (5.25%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.03%) Marketing
8 18 (3.94%) Retail
9 17 (3.72%) Legal
10 15 (3.28%) Banking
11 12 (2.63%) Law
11 12 (2.63%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.41%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.19%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.75%) Back Office
14 8 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.31%) Automotive
15 6 (1.31%) Games
Job Titles
1 250 (54.70%) Project Manager
2 86 (18.82%) IT Manager
3 63 (13.79%) IT Project Manager
4 40 (8.75%) Senior
5 34 (7.44%) Senior Manager
6 28 (6.13%) Lead
6 28 (6.13%) Portfolio Manager
7 27 (5.91%) Programme Manager
8 25 (5.47%) Senior Project Manager
8 25 (5.47%) Software Project Manager
9 24 (5.25%) Software Manager
10 19 (4.16%) SAP Manager
11 18 (3.94%) Business Manager
12 15 (3.28%) Business Change Manager
12 15 (3.28%) Transformation Manager
13 14 (3.06%) Business Systems Manager
13 14 (3.06%) Systems Manager
14 13 (2.84%) Analyst
15 12 (2.63%) SAP Programme Manager
16 11 (2.41%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.75%) LDAP
2 4 (0.88%) REST
3 3 (0.66%) Kafka
3 3 (0.66%) ODBC
3 3 (0.66%) SOAP
4 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.75%) PMI
2 37 (8.10%) Management Information System
3 7 (1.53%) FMCG
4 6 (1.31%) Data Centre
4 6 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.09%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.09%) NHS
5 5 (1.09%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
6 4 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
6 4 (0.88%) IoT
6 4 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.66%) CMDB
7 3 (0.66%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.66%) Operational Technology
7 3 (0.66%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.66%) TM Forum
8 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.72%) Windows
2 16 (3.50%) Linux
3 6 (1.31%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.88%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (84.90%) Project Management
2 338 (73.96%) PRINCE2
3 226 (49.45%) Agile
4 158 (34.57%) Project Delivery
5 101 (22.10%) Change Management
6 88 (19.26%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (18.82%) ITIL
8 79 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 66 (14.44%) Scrum
9 66 (14.44%) Waterfall
10 62 (13.57%) Computer Science
11 58 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 52 (11.38%) Line Management
12 52 (11.38%) Mentoring
13 50 (10.94%) Budget Management
14 43 (9.41%) Roadmaps
15 40 (8.75%) Coaching
15 40 (8.75%) ERP
16 39 (8.53%) Risk Management
17 35 (7.66%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.16%) SQL
2 8 (1.75%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.88%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.44%) VBA
5 1 (0.22%) C#
5 1 (0.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 384 (84.03%) PMI Certification
2 186 (40.70%) Degree
3 50 (10.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 48 (10.50%) CAPM
5 33 (7.22%) APMP
6 28 (6.13%) PgMP
7 26 (5.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 25 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.94%) Security Cleared
10 17 (3.72%) CISSP
11 16 (3.50%) Master's Degree
12 15 (3.28%) Azure Certification
13 13 (2.84%) APMG
14 11 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (2.41%) SC Cleared
15 8 (1.75%) MBA
15 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (1.53%) DBS Check
17 5 (1.09%) ISTQB
17 5 (1.09%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (16.63%) PMO
2 23 (5.03%) QA
3 9 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.31%) GDPR
4 6 (1.31%) GRC
5 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.66%) SLA
7 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.44%) NIST
8 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.22%) GAMP
8 1 (0.22%) GMP
8 1 (0.22%) GxP
8 1 (0.22%) NCSC
8 1 (0.22%) P3O
8 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.09%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.09%) Rancher
3 2 (0.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.44%) Terraform
4 1 (0.22%) CASB
4 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 99 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 35 (7.66%) SAP
3 16 (3.50%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.06%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.97%) Oracle
6 5 (1.09%) HP
7 4 (0.88%) Cisco
8 3 (0.66%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.66%) NEC
9 2 (0.44%) Adobe
9 2 (0.44%) Aruba
9 2 (0.44%) CA
9 2 (0.44%) Northgate
9 2 (0.44%) VMware
10 1 (0.22%) BT
10 1 (0.22%) Genesys
10 1 (0.22%) Juniper
10 1 (0.22%) Marketo
10 1 (0.22%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.22%) Temenos