Project Delivery
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Project Delivery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Delivery over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 72 85
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Delivery 3,760 4,292 6,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.77% 4.32% 4.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 4.52% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,637 2,673 3,766
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £38,386
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,413 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Delivery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Project Delivery
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Delivery.

Salary trend for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Delivery over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Delivery in the UK

Project Delivery
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Delivery within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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 +13 3,390 £55,000 -11.29% 1,201
UK excluding London +11 2,668 £52,500 -12.50% 926
Work from Home +6 1,464 £60,000 - 474
London +16 922 £70,000 - 367
South East -2 649 £51,750 -10.00% 244
North of England +29 625 £50,000 -16.67% 212
Midlands +10 494 £54,000 -1.82% 164
South West +41 416 £55,000 -5.98% 129
North West +10 343 £50,000 -16.67% 116
West Midlands +2 297 £57,500 +4.55% 91
East of England +25 251 £55,000 -21.43% 84
East Midlands +36 192 £54,000 -6.09% 73
Yorkshire +35 190 £51,500 -13.48% 64
Scotland -43 154 £50,000 -16.67% 76
North East +26 92 £51,500 -6.36% 37
Wales -13 67 £60,500 -0.57% 34
Northern Ireland +22 13 - - 14
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Project Delivery
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
1 152 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 87 (2.31%) CMS
3 74 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 55 (1.46%) Confluence
5 41 (1.09%) Kentico
5 41 (1.09%) Umbraco
6 40 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
7 37 (0.98%) Apache Spark
7 37 (0.98%) IIS
8 36 (0.96%) Headless CMS
9 14 (0.37%) WordPress
10 13 (0.35%) SAS
11 11 (0.29%) Apache
12 9 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.24%) Drupal
12 9 (0.24%) MS Project Server
13 7 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 7 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 5 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 5 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 194 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 190 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 147 (3.91%) Microsoft Project
4 106 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 46 (1.22%) MS Visio
6 31 (0.82%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 16 (0.43%) Revit
8 10 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.24%) Trello
10 7 (0.19%) Simulink
11 6 (0.16%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.080%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.027%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 39 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
3 16 (0.43%) SAP SCM
4 13 (0.35%) SAP PP
5 12 (0.32%) SAP WM
6 11 (0.29%) Primavera
7 10 (0.27%) SAP HR
7 10 (0.27%) SAP SD
8 9 (0.24%) Shopify
8 9 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
9 8 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (0.21%) Elite 3E
9 8 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
9 8 (0.21%) Teamcenter
10 7 (0.19%) SAP ERP
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
11 6 (0.16%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 6 (0.16%) SAP MM
11 6 (0.16%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 650 (17.29%) Azure
2 359 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
3 245 (6.52%) AWS
4 220 (5.85%) Power Platform
5 136 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
6 116 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
7 101 (2.69%) SaaS
8 92 (2.45%) Entra ID
9 81 (2.15%) GCP
10 62 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 58 (1.54%) IaaS
12 53 (1.41%) PaaS
13 50 (1.33%) Serverless
14 43 (1.14%) Power Automate
15 41 (1.09%) Kontent
16 27 (0.72%) AWS Lambda
17 25 (0.66%) Amazon S3
18 24 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
19 23 (0.61%) Nutanix
19 23 (0.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 189 (5.03%) Firewall
2 159 (4.23%) WAN
3 108 (2.87%) LAN
4 104 (2.77%) SD-WAN
5 93 (2.47%) VPN
6 75 (1.99%) Wireless
7 71 (1.89%) DNS
8 61 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (1.60%) SAN
10 59 (1.57%) Network Security
11 55 (1.46%) DHCP
12 51 (1.36%) BGP
13 43 (1.14%) VLAN
14 34 (0.90%) 5G
14 34 (0.90%) Internet
15 32 (0.85%) TCP/IP
16 31 (0.82%) MPLS
17 27 (0.72%) VoIP
18 24 (0.64%) Cisco Firepower
19 21 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (3.80%) Power BI
2 131 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 43 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 42 (1.12%) Tableau
5 34 (0.90%) Data Lake
6 32 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 28 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
9 26 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
9 26 (0.69%) Big Data
9 26 (0.69%) Data Mining
10 25 (0.66%) SAP BW
11 23 (0.61%) Apache Ignite
11 23 (0.61%) Hadoop
12 19 (0.51%) MySQL
13 16 (0.43%) DynamoDB
14 15 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 14 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
15 14 (0.37%) Metadata
16 13 (0.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 154 (4.10%) JIRA
2 50 (1.33%) Git
3 18 (0.48%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.37%) Selenium
5 13 (0.35%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.35%) Balsamiq
5 13 (0.35%) GitLab
6 10 (0.27%) Cucumber
6 10 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (0.24%) Postman
7 9 (0.24%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.16%) Visual Studio Team System
10 5 (0.13%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.13%) Maven
11 4 (0.11%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.080%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.080%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.080%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.053%) Ant
General
1 1,336 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 917 (24.39%) Finance
3 444 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (7.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 253 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 250 (6.65%) Presentation Skills
7 226 (6.01%) Retail
8 199 (5.29%) Marketing
9 159 (4.23%) Legal
10 149 (3.96%) Telecoms
11 139 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
12 134 (3.56%) Manufacturing
13 119 (3.16%) Law
14 110 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
15 67 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
16 64 (1.70%) Banking
17 63 (1.68%) Local Government
18 43 (1.14%) Billing
19 41 (1.09%) Electronics
20 36 (0.96%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1,121 (29.81%) Project Manager
2 555 (14.76%) Senior
3 377 (10.03%) Lead
4 258 (6.86%) Analyst
5 221 (5.88%) IT Manager
6 214 (5.69%) Architect
7 203 (5.40%) Senior Manager
8 200 (5.32%) Consultant
9 170 (4.52%) Developer
10 165 (4.39%) Delivery Manager
11 159 (4.23%) Presales Manager
12 152 (4.04%) IT Project Manager
13 124 (3.30%) Senior Project Manager
14 111 (2.95%) Business Analyst
15 98 (2.61%) IT Engineer
16 95 (2.53%) IT Support
17 89 (2.37%) Network Engineer
18 81 (2.15%) Technical Manager
19 78 (2.07%) Solutions Architect
20 76 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (4.26%) .NET
2 81 (2.15%) HTML
3 77 (2.05%) React
4 76 (2.02%) RESTful
5 72 (1.91%) CSS
6 64 (1.70%) ASP.NET
7 59 (1.57%) .NET Framework
8 53 (1.41%) .NET Core
9 47 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
10 40 (1.06%) Next.js
11 37 (0.98%) JSON
12 35 (0.93%) SOAP
13 33 (0.88%) Middleware
13 33 (0.88%) REST
14 31 (0.82%) Web Services
15 28 (0.74%) AngularJS
15 28 (0.74%) Kafka
16 27 (0.72%) XML
17 24 (0.64%) EDI
18 21 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 239 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
2 216 (5.74%) Management Information System
3 142 (3.78%) Data Centre
3 142 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 105 (2.79%) Driving Licence
5 66 (1.76%) PMI
6 63 (1.68%) Public Cloud
7 61 (1.62%) Onboarding
7 61 (1.62%) Virtual Team
8 43 (1.14%) Replication
9 39 (1.04%) NHS
10 38 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (0.96%) FMCG
12 32 (0.85%) Low-Code
12 32 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
13 28 (0.74%) Mobile App
14 26 (0.69%) Operational Technology
15 24 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
16 23 (0.61%) IoT
17 22 (0.59%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 290 (7.71%) Windows
2 187 (4.97%) Windows Server
3 115 (3.06%) Linux
4 65 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 34 (0.90%) Android
6 30 (0.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 20 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 18 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (0.37%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.29%) SUSE
12 11 (0.29%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (0.13%) VMS
14 5 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.080%) Unix
17 1 (0.027%) CentOS
17 1 (0.027%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,679 (44.65%) Project Management
2 1,294 (34.41%) Agile
3 630 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
4 504 (13.40%) Mentoring
5 503 (13.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 438 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 412 (10.96%) PRINCE2
8 347 (9.23%) Presales
9 315 (8.38%) Roadmaps
10 308 (8.19%) Customer Service
11 301 (8.01%) DevOps
12 296 (7.87%) Waterfall
13 294 (7.82%) Coaching
14 287 (7.63%) Change Management
15 283 (7.53%) Risk Management
16 280 (7.45%) SDLC
17 277 (7.37%) Scrum
18 231 (6.14%) Collaborative Working
19 229 (6.09%) Line Management
20 226 (6.01%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 258 (6.86%) SQL
2 171 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 167 (4.44%) C#
4 158 (4.20%) Python
5 77 (2.05%) Java
5 77 (2.05%) PowerShell
6 37 (0.98%) TypeScript
7 33 (0.88%) Kotlin
8 29 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 28 (0.74%) C++
10 24 (0.64%) R
11 20 (0.53%) PHP
12 17 (0.45%) C
13 16 (0.43%) Go
14 15 (0.40%) Bash
15 14 (0.37%) Scala
15 14 (0.37%) VBA
16 13 (0.35%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 858 (22.82%) Degree
2 388 (10.32%) Security Cleared
3 203 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 181 (4.81%) PMI Certification
5 160 (4.26%) PMP
6 142 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 110 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 103 (2.74%) Master's Degree
9 99 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 95 (2.53%) DBS Check
11 89 (2.37%) CCNP
12 73 (1.94%) CCNA
13 54 (1.44%) DV Cleared
14 52 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 49 (1.30%) AWS Certification
16 48 (1.28%) Azure Certification
17 46 (1.22%) APMP
17 46 (1.22%) Chartered Engineer
18 45 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 45 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (6.68%) PMO
2 205 (5.45%) QA
3 71 (1.89%) GDPR
4 50 (1.33%) SLA
5 45 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 42 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 40 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.61%) ISO 9001
9 20 (0.53%) NIST
10 17 (0.45%) NCSC
10 17 (0.45%) NEBOSH
11 16 (0.43%) GMP
11 16 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.35%) WCAG
13 12 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.24%) AUTOSAR
14 9 (0.24%) GAAP
14 9 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
15 8 (0.21%) IFRS
System Software
1 233 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 124 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 48 (1.28%) Docker
5 26 (0.69%) vSphere
6 20 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 19 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
7 19 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 13 (0.35%) Firmware
9 13 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 11 (0.29%) vCloud
11 4 (0.11%) pfSense
11 4 (0.11%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.053%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.027%) Lustre
13 1 (0.027%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.027%) NFS
Systems Management
1 79 (2.10%) Terraform
2 76 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 55 (1.46%) Kubernetes
4 27 (0.72%) Functional Safety
5 25 (0.66%) SCCM
6 22 (0.59%) Ansible
7 21 (0.56%) FortiGate
8 15 (0.40%) WSUS
9 12 (0.32%) vCenter Server
10 9 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 8 (0.21%) SCOM
12 7 (0.19%) Grafana
13 6 (0.16%) SmoothWall
13 6 (0.16%) vRealize
14 5 (0.13%) AirWatch
15 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Clustering
16 3 (0.080%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.080%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 859 (22.85%) Microsoft
2 207 (5.51%) Cisco
3 173 (4.60%) SAP
4 166 (4.41%) VMware
5 80 (2.13%) Oracle
6 70 (1.86%) Google
7 69 (1.84%) Salesforce
8 63 (1.68%) Juniper
9 60 (1.60%) Veeam
10 58 (1.54%) ServiceNow
11 45 (1.20%) HP
12 42 (1.12%) EMC
12 42 (1.12%) Sitecore
13 41 (1.09%) Meraki
14 37 (0.98%) Adobe
14 37 (0.98%) Optimizely
15 30 (0.80%) Dell
16 24 (0.64%) Aruba
16 24 (0.64%) Remedy
17 21 (0.56%) Databricks