To gain your AgilePM Foundation certification, the typical learning path is

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PRINCE2 PractitionerLatvia

certification requires that you first hold the PRINCE2 Foundation certificate. The Practitioner certification tests you on your ability to apply PRINCE2 to life-like project scenarios. More particularly, it tests whether you can apply the PRINCE2 principles, practices, and processes to a fictional project scenario.Lithuania
After PRINCE2 Foundation, the PRINCE2 Practitioner certification is probably the top project management certification in the UK.Luxemburg
To gain your PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate, the typical learning path is Malta
PRINCE2 Practitioner trainingNetherlands
which takes 2 days, or 15 hours if studying online. Training can also be combined with the Foundation certification. In this case, training takes 4 days, or 35 hours if studying online.Poland

AgilePM Practitioner training

which takes 1 day, or 15 hours if studying online. Training can also be combined with the AgilePM Foundation in which case, it takes 4 days, or 35 hours if studying online.

CompTIA Project+

CompTIA offers some of the leading IT qualifications in the world. CompTIA Project+® focuses on managing smaller, less complex projects within the IT industry. This certification tests student’s knowledge of the specific industry tools used for documentation and requirements analysis.

This certification has no prerequisites, but without the recommended 135 hours of IT project development experience, you might find yourself a bit lost.

PMI PMPPMI’s

Project Management Professional

(PMP)

® certification is the most challenging one on this list. To be eligible for this certification you must have 3 years of project management experience and a 4-year college/university degree. Without a degree you require 5 years of project management experience. In both cases you also need at least 35 hours of project management education completed before the exam.The PMI PMP

®

exam covers every aspect of project management from your ability to plan projects to monitoring and controlling project tasks.

Maintaining your PMI PMP

qualification requires you continuously accumulate Professional Development Units (PDUs), which are one-hour blocks of time that you spend learning, teaching others, or volunteering.If you want to gain your PMP certificate, a typical learning path is to take PMP training

which takes 35 hours of online study.

Choose from these project management certifications

Self-paced

APM PFQ blended online

£749 +vat

Self-pacedPRINCE2 Agile Practitioner (with Foundation) self-paced online £1,399 +vat

Self-pacedAgilePM Practitioner (with Foundation) self-paced online

£1,299 +vatExpert project management certifications

There aren’t a lot of certifications more difficult than those already mentioned. If you want to work as a project manager or are already employed in a project manager, an intermediate certificate will be all you’ll ever need.

The following certification tests your in-depth knowledge of project management but is really only valuable if you are already an expert with many years’ experience.

APM ChPP

The board will be looking to see that you’ve not only encountered several setbacks in your project management career, but that you’ve also overcome these challenges with a little ingenuity and out-the-box thinking.Conclusion

This list of the top project management certifications is by no means complete. There are other project management accreditations out there, these just happen to be the most widely recognized certifications in the UK and EU.

No matter how much experience you have, or what you’re looking for a project management certification, there’s likely a certificate out there.If you you’d like to gain any of the certifications listed in this article, why not look at some of the

project management certification courses

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BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis self-paced online

£2,199 +vat

Project management KPIs

Knowledge TrainSelf-paced19 Feb 2026BCS Business Analysis Practice self-paced online Discover the most important KPIs in project management. Check out our project management KPIs guide and learn how to use them.£749 +vat

Conclusion

If you gained one of the ISEB Business Analysis qualifications before 2012, you don’t need to re-sit your exam. This is just as true for the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis as it is for the ISEB Business Analysis Diploma. However, business analysis

moves on, and the body of knowledge and best practices that successful business analysts use today can be useful for any practicing or aspiring BAs. Therefore, to keep your ISEB certification up to date it’s a good idea to look at completing a modern BCS Business Analysis certification to give your career a boost.Developing your project management career

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