Project Management Jobs in the South East

Project Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Project Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Project Management over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +7
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 1,372 1,328 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.16% 9.18% 8.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.65% 9.71% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 919 738 1,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,285 £67,750
90th Percentile £70,250 £76,625 £78,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £59,526 £56,620
% change year-on-year -11.80% +5.13% +2.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Project Management 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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,216 13,675 18,679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.52% 94.51% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,913 7,963 11,906
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,200 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the South East.

Salary trend for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the South East

Project Management
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +6 552 £45,000 -16.67% 188
Hampshire +20 271 £46,000 -8.00% 98
Berkshire +9 257 £50,000 -2.63% 88
Surrey -13 214 £50,500 -15.83% 59
Kent +11 178 £45,000 -18.18% 54
Buckinghamshire +1 161 £45,000 -18.18% 47
Oxfordshire +11 135 £45,000 -16.67% 53
West Sussex -6 63 £64,000 +6.67% 29
East Sussex -3 46 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Sussex - 15 £61,500 - 1
Middlesex -9 6 £65,000 -3.70%
Isle of Wight -2 4 £42,500 - 2
Project Management
England

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 88 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 25 (1.82%) CMS
4 15 (1.09%) Confluence
5 14 (1.02%) IIS
6 11 (0.80%) Apache
6 11 (0.80%) SAS
7 10 (0.73%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 5 (0.36%) Drupal
9 5 (0.36%) JBoss
9 5 (0.36%) Joomla!
9 5 (0.36%) Kinematics
9 5 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.36%) WordPress
10 4 (0.29%) ColdFusion
10 4 (0.29%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.22%) nginx
12 2 (0.15%) Kentico
13 1 (0.073%) Moodle
Applications
1 144 (10.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 110 (8.02%) Microsoft Project
3 98 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
4 40 (2.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.60%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.66%) Photoshop
7 7 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.36%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.36%) Trello
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 4 (0.29%) Solid Edge
9 4 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (0.15%) CATIA
10 2 (0.15%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 2 (0.15%) Notion
Business Applications
1 13 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 10 (0.73%) Primavera
3 9 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.44%) Sage X3
6 5 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.36%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.29%) NEC Housing
7 4 (0.29%) SAP WM
7 4 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.22%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.073%) Dynamics AX
10 1 (0.073%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.073%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 168 (12.24%) Azure
2 103 (7.51%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (4.66%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.45%) AWS
5 48 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (3.35%) SaaS
7 35 (2.55%) GCP
8 14 (1.02%) IBM Cloud
8 14 (1.02%) PowerApps
9 12 (0.87%) iTunes
9 12 (0.87%) OCI
10 11 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.66%) OneDrive
13 7 (0.51%) Asana
14 6 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.44%) Google Analytics
14 6 (0.44%) Smartsheet
15 5 (0.36%) Amazon S3
15 5 (0.36%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (5.03%) Firewall
2 46 (3.35%) Intranet
3 29 (2.11%) DNS
3 29 (2.11%) VPN
4 27 (1.97%) Network Security
5 24 (1.75%) SSL
6 22 (1.60%) DHCP
7 21 (1.53%) WAN
8 20 (1.46%) SAN
8 20 (1.46%) TCP/IP
9 19 (1.38%) Wireless
10 13 (0.95%) 5G
11 12 (0.87%) LAN
12 11 (0.80%) 4G
12 11 (0.80%) Internet
13 10 (0.73%) BGP
13 10 (0.73%) IPsec
14 9 (0.66%) Bluetooth
14 9 (0.66%) MPLS
15 7 (0.51%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.21%) Power BI
2 27 (1.97%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (1.75%) BigQuery
3 24 (1.75%) Looker
3 24 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 18 (1.31%) Big Data
5 15 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.73%) MySQL
7 9 (0.66%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.58%) GIS
9 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.51%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.44%) Tableau
11 5 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.36%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.22%) Metadata
13 3 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 69 (5.03%) JIRA
2 29 (2.11%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.73%) GitLab
4 7 (0.51%) Git
5 4 (0.29%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.29%) InstallShield
5 4 (0.29%) MSI
6 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.073%) GDB
7 1 (0.073%) Maven
7 1 (0.073%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.073%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.073%) TestRail
7 1 (0.073%) Vite
General
1 641 (46.72%) Social Skills
2 258 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
3 245 (17.86%) Finance
4 98 (7.14%) Retail
5 96 (7.00%) Manufacturing
6 89 (6.49%) Marketing
7 85 (6.20%) Legal
8 71 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
9 69 (5.03%) Organisational Skills
10 57 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 57 (4.15%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.33%) Billing
12 31 (2.26%) Public Sector
13 26 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
14 24 (1.75%) Aerospace
15 23 (1.68%) Local Government
16 22 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (1.31%) Military
18 15 (1.09%) Electronics
19 14 (1.02%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 399 (29.08%) Project Manager
2 128 (9.33%) Senior
3 116 (8.45%) Analyst
4 108 (7.87%) Lead
5 95 (6.92%) IT Manager
6 60 (4.37%) Senior Manager
7 59 (4.30%) IT Project Manager
8 51 (3.72%) Administrator
8 51 (3.72%) Consultant
8 51 (3.72%) Senior Project Manager
9 47 (3.43%) Engineering Manager
10 37 (2.70%) Business Analyst
10 37 (2.70%) IT Administrator
11 35 (2.55%) Architect
12 32 (2.33%) Developer
13 31 (2.26%) IT Engineer
14 30 (2.19%) Data Manager
14 30 (2.19%) Team Leader
15 28 (2.04%) Coordinator
15 28 (2.04%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.94%) EDI
2 53 (3.86%) .NET
3 31 (2.26%) XML
4 30 (2.19%) HTML
5 28 (2.04%) CSS
6 16 (1.17%) RabbitMQ
7 15 (1.09%) Web Services
8 14 (1.02%) .NET Framework
8 14 (1.02%) JSON
9 12 (0.87%) ASP.NET
10 11 (0.80%) HTML5
11 10 (0.73%) React
12 7 (0.51%) .NET Core
12 7 (0.51%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 7 (0.51%) Flash
12 7 (0.51%) jQuery
13 6 (0.44%) LAMP
13 6 (0.44%) Laravel
14 5 (0.36%) CSS3
14 5 (0.36%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 138 (10.06%) Management Information System
2 133 (9.69%) Self-Motivation
3 58 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 55 (4.01%) Onboarding
5 49 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 48 (3.50%) Driving Licence
7 24 (1.75%) PMI
8 23 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 20 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (1.46%) IoT
10 19 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
11 18 (1.31%) Social Media
12 17 (1.24%) Biopharmaceutical
12 17 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.17%) Mobile App
14 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.02%) Blockchain
16 12 (0.87%) Blog
16 12 (0.87%) FMCG
16 12 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (7.58%) Windows
2 56 (4.08%) Linux
3 35 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 28 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (0.87%) Windows XP
9 10 (0.73%) Android
10 9 (0.66%) Apple iOS
10 9 (0.66%) VMS
11 5 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.36%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (29.52%) Agile
2 386 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 306 (22.30%) Project Delivery
4 191 (13.92%) PRINCE2
5 164 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 161 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 155 (11.30%) Mentoring
8 141 (10.28%) Decision-Making
9 138 (10.06%) Collaborative Working
10 129 (9.40%) Customer Service
11 124 (9.04%) DevOps
12 116 (8.45%) Actionable Insight
13 103 (7.51%) Coaching
14 101 (7.36%) ITIL
15 97 (7.07%) Change Management
15 97 (7.07%) Customer Requirements
16 91 (6.63%) Agile Project Management
17 90 (6.56%) Waterfall
18 88 (6.41%) Scrum
19 85 (6.20%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.53%) SQL
2 48 (3.50%) PowerShell
3 43 (3.13%) C#
3 43 (3.13%) Python
4 32 (2.33%) Java
5 31 (2.26%) C
6 30 (2.19%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.46%) C++
8 10 (0.73%) PHP
9 9 (0.66%) VBA
10 8 (0.58%) VB
11 6 (0.44%) R
11 6 (0.44%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.36%) XAML
13 4 (0.29%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.29%) ActionScript 2.0
13 4 (0.29%) CFML
13 4 (0.29%) VBScript
14 3 (0.22%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.15%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 357 (26.02%) Degree
2 125 (9.11%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 56 (4.08%) PMI Certification
5 47 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (3.06%) DBS Check
7 40 (2.92%) CCNP
8 39 (2.84%) PMP
9 31 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 27 (1.97%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 22 (1.60%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.60%) HNC
14 21 (1.53%) CCNA
15 20 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 19 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 17 (1.24%) HND
18 15 (1.09%) APMP
19 14 (1.02%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (8.38%) PMO
2 111 (8.09%) QA
3 48 (3.50%) GDPR
4 29 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (1.38%) SLA
7 14 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.87%) Data Quality
9 10 (0.73%) GRC
9 10 (0.73%) ISO 9001
10 9 (0.66%) COSHH
10 9 (0.66%) NEBOSH
11 7 (0.51%) NCSC
11 7 (0.51%) NIST
11 7 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.44%) GxP
12 6 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 5 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.29%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.92%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (1.09%) Docker
6 9 (0.66%) Firmware
7 5 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.36%) VMware Server
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.22%) vSphere
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 45 (3.28%) Ansible
2 28 (2.04%) SCCM
3 20 (1.46%) vCenter Server
4 16 (1.17%) SCOM
4 16 (1.17%) WSUS
5 15 (1.09%) Kubernetes
5 15 (1.09%) ZABBIX
6 13 (0.95%) Puppet
7 12 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (0.87%) NetBackup
8 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (0.66%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.36%) Prometheus
11 4 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.22%) Backup Exec
12 3 (0.22%) Netcool
13 2 (0.15%) Nagios
14 1 (0.073%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 328 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 57 (4.15%) Cisco
2 57 (4.15%) VMware
3 48 (3.50%) SAP
4 43 (3.13%) Google
5 37 (2.70%) Oracle
6 35 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 30 (2.19%) NEC
8 29 (2.11%) HP
9 24 (1.75%) Palo Alto
9 24 (1.75%) Sage
10 19 (1.38%) Dell
10 19 (1.38%) Juniper
11 18 (1.31%) Veeam
12 16 (1.17%) IBM
13 15 (1.09%) Adobe
14 13 (0.95%) EMC
15 12 (0.87%) 3PAR
15 12 (0.87%) Sun
15 12 (0.87%) Symantec