Project Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Project Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 5,767 5,097 6,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.12% 8.47% 8.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.67% 8.86% 9.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,901 2,682 3,479
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,252 £34,990
25th Percentile £39,750 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,200 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% +1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,619 57,513 66,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.96% 95.60% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,236 29,661 40,975
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK excluding London

Project Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +14 1,468 £50,000 -9.09% 513
South East +1 1,373 £47,500 -13.64% 547
Midlands +3 1,143 £52,124 -5.23% 429
North West +16 823 £50,000 -9.09% 312
South West +9 751 £48,500 -11.82% 310
West Midlands 0 637 £55,000 - 271
Yorkshire +19 489 £50,500 -8.18% 152
East Midlands +2 466 £47,500 -13.64% 157
East of England +12 443 £50,000 -9.09% 242
Scotland -20 362 £50,000 -9.09% 164
Wales +8 161 £42,500 -22.56% 56
North East +6 156 £52,500 -4.55% 56
Northern Ireland +45 67 £42,500 -10.53% 26
Isle of Man - 8 £37,500 - 1
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 265 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 111 (1.92%) Confluence
3 90 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 86 (1.49%) CMS
5 58 (1.01%) Apache
6 43 (0.75%) IIS
7 40 (0.69%) WebLogic
8 29 (0.50%) WordPress
9 18 (0.31%) OpenStack
10 15 (0.26%) SAS
11 14 (0.24%) ArcGIS
12 9 (0.16%) Drupal
13 8 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 7 (0.12%) MS Project Server
15 6 (0.10%) WebSphere
16 5 (0.087%) JBoss
16 5 (0.087%) Joomla!
16 5 (0.087%) Kentico
16 5 (0.087%) Kinematics
16 5 (0.087%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 391 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 357 (6.19%) Microsoft Office
3 294 (5.10%) Microsoft Project
4 167 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 63 (1.09%) MS Visio
6 55 (0.95%) AutoCAD
7 41 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 30 (0.52%) Trello
9 17 (0.29%) Windchill
10 11 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 10 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
11 10 (0.17%) Simulink
12 9 (0.16%) Sketch
13 7 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 7 (0.12%) InDesign
14 5 (0.087%) Adobe XD
14 5 (0.087%) SOLIDWORKS
15 4 (0.069%) InVision
15 4 (0.069%) Solid Edge
15 4 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 41 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 38 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 37 (0.64%) Primavera
4 27 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 23 (0.40%) Magento
6 22 (0.38%) Shopify
6 22 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
7 17 (0.29%) NetSuite
7 17 (0.29%) Teamcenter
8 15 (0.26%) NEC Housing
9 10 (0.17%) SAP WM
10 9 (0.16%) Sage 200
10 9 (0.16%) SAP MM
11 8 (0.14%) BPCS
11 8 (0.14%) SAP ERP
12 7 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
12 7 (0.12%) Maximo
12 7 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.12%) SAP GTS
13 6 (0.10%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 675 (11.70%) Azure
2 422 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
3 388 (6.73%) AWS
4 267 (4.63%) Power Platform
5 218 (3.78%) SaaS
6 193 (3.35%) GCP
7 162 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 53 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
10 53 (0.92%) PowerApps
11 52 (0.90%) Entra ID
12 43 (0.75%) Power Automate
13 41 (0.71%) Amazon SQS
14 40 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
15 27 (0.47%) Smartsheet
16 24 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
17 22 (0.38%) GitHub
18 20 (0.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 187 (3.24%) Firewall
2 124 (2.15%) DNS
3 122 (2.12%) WAN
4 96 (1.66%) VPN
5 91 (1.58%) Intranet
6 88 (1.53%) Internet
7 74 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 73 (1.27%) Network Security
9 67 (1.16%) LAN
10 62 (1.08%) DHCP
10 62 (1.08%) SSL
11 56 (0.97%) SAN
11 56 (0.97%) SNMP
12 55 (0.95%) IPsec
12 55 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
13 51 (0.88%) SD-WAN
14 46 (0.80%) BGP
14 46 (0.80%) Wireless
15 39 (0.68%) 5G
16 27 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (3.54%) Power BI
2 124 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
3 105 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 97 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 72 (1.25%) BigQuery
5 72 (1.25%) Looker
5 72 (1.25%) MySQL
6 69 (1.20%) RDBMS
7 64 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
8 53 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 52 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
10 49 (0.85%) Big Data
11 46 (0.80%) Tableau
12 45 (0.78%) Oracle Database
13 25 (0.43%) NoSQL
14 24 (0.42%) Data Lake
15 22 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
15 22 (0.38%) GIS
16 21 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
17 18 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 298 (5.17%) JIRA
2 78 (1.35%) Git
3 47 (0.81%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.42%) Postman
5 23 (0.40%) GitLab
6 21 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 15 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.17%) Subversion
9 9 (0.16%) Selenium
10 8 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.14%) JUnit
10 8 (0.14%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.10%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.087%) gulp
13 4 (0.069%) AdminStudio
13 4 (0.069%) InstallShield
13 4 (0.069%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.069%) Maven
13 4 (0.069%) MSI
General
1 2,467 (42.78%) Social Skills
2 1,326 (22.99%) Finance
3 920 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
4 407 (7.06%) Marketing
5 378 (6.55%) Presentation Skills
6 370 (6.42%) Retail
7 368 (6.38%) Manufacturing
8 361 (6.26%) Organisational Skills
9 359 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 266 (4.61%) Public Sector
11 238 (4.13%) Legal
12 202 (3.50%) Telecoms
13 189 (3.28%) Law
14 141 (2.44%) Aerospace
15 130 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
16 112 (1.94%) Billing
17 107 (1.86%) Banking
18 94 (1.63%) Local Government
19 91 (1.58%) Electronics
20 84 (1.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 2,059 (35.70%) Project Manager
2 676 (11.72%) Senior
3 481 (8.34%) Lead
4 440 (7.63%) IT Manager
5 380 (6.59%) Analyst
6 378 (6.55%) Senior Manager
7 291 (5.05%) Senior Project Manager
8 259 (4.49%) Architect
9 250 (4.34%) IT Project Manager
10 215 (3.73%) Consultant
11 155 (2.69%) Digital Project Manager
12 152 (2.64%) Delivery Manager
13 150 (2.60%) Developer
14 134 (2.32%) Coordinator
15 130 (2.25%) Presales Manager
16 126 (2.18%) Business Analyst
17 121 (2.10%) Engineering Manager
18 108 (1.87%) Technical Manager
19 107 (1.86%) Data Manager
20 100 (1.73%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (2.29%) .NET
2 102 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
3 101 (1.75%) HTML
4 91 (1.58%) CSS
5 77 (1.34%) EDI
6 66 (1.14%) Spring Boot
7 50 (0.87%) YAML
8 48 (0.83%) React
9 45 (0.78%) XML
10 43 (0.75%) JSON
11 36 (0.62%) Spring
12 33 (0.57%) RESTful
13 32 (0.55%) jQuery
13 32 (0.55%) Web Services
14 31 (0.54%) SOAP
15 30 (0.52%) AngularJS
16 29 (0.50%) Laravel
17 23 (0.40%) Vue
18 22 (0.38%) Node.js
18 22 (0.38%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 490 (8.50%) Management Information System
2 378 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
3 243 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 192 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 178 (3.09%) Driving Licence
6 156 (2.71%) Onboarding
7 144 (2.50%) PMI
8 120 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 82 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 79 (1.37%) NHS
11 78 (1.35%) FMCG
12 76 (1.32%) PKI
13 75 (1.30%) Mobile App
14 66 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
15 62 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
16 61 (1.06%) Virtual Team
17 51 (0.88%) IoT
18 44 (0.76%) Social Media
19 41 (0.71%) Algorithms
20 35 (0.61%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 354 (6.14%) Windows
2 259 (4.49%) Linux
3 134 (2.32%) Windows Server
4 74 (1.28%) Windows 10
5 49 (0.85%) Data ONTAP
6 44 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 42 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 38 (0.66%) Android
9 37 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 26 (0.45%) Unix
11 17 (0.29%) Mac OS
12 16 (0.28%) VMS
13 15 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
14 12 (0.21%) Windows XP
15 11 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.14%) AIX
16 8 (0.14%) Solaris
16 8 (0.14%) Ubuntu
17 7 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,794 (31.11%) Agile
2 1,358 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
3 1,251 (21.69%) Project Delivery
4 839 (14.55%) PRINCE2
5 661 (11.46%) Stakeholder Management
6 649 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 632 (10.96%) Mentoring
8 570 (9.88%) Change Management
9 526 (9.12%) Actionable Insight
10 522 (9.05%) Decision-Making
11 485 (8.41%) Risk Management
12 430 (7.46%) Coaching
13 426 (7.39%) Customer Service
14 404 (7.01%) ITIL
15 397 (6.88%) SDLC
16 387 (6.71%) Agile Project Management
16 387 (6.71%) Scrum
17 384 (6.66%) Collaborative Working
18 373 (6.47%) DevOps
19 363 (6.29%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 334 (5.79%) SQL
2 219 (3.80%) Python
3 153 (2.65%) JavaScript
4 135 (2.34%) C#
5 105 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 102 (1.77%) Java
7 76 (1.32%) C
8 75 (1.30%) PHP
9 54 (0.94%) C++
10 38 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 37 (0.64%) VB
12 30 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 26 (0.45%) R
14 24 (0.42%) Bash
14 24 (0.42%) VBA
15 18 (0.31%) MATLAB
16 15 (0.26%) Perl
17 14 (0.24%) VB.NET
18 10 (0.17%) VBScript
19 9 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1,398 (24.24%) Degree
2 577 (10.01%) Security Cleared
3 347 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 319 (5.53%) PMI Certification
5 269 (4.66%) PMP
6 137 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 132 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 108 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 95 (1.65%) DBS Check
10 91 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 89 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 87 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
13 86 (1.49%) APMP
14 79 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
15 68 (1.18%) Azure Certification
16 65 (1.13%) HNC
17 55 (0.95%) HND
18 54 (0.94%) CCNA
19 49 (0.85%) AWS Certification
19 49 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 468 (8.12%) PMO
2 333 (5.77%) QA
3 131 (2.27%) GDPR
4 109 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (1.37%) SLA
6 67 (1.16%) Accessibility
7 56 (0.97%) ISO 9001
8 50 (0.87%) Data Quality
9 43 (0.75%) NIST
10 30 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (0.47%) NEBOSH
12 26 (0.45%) NCSC
13 16 (0.28%) GMP
13 16 (0.28%) NIST 800
14 15 (0.26%) GRC
15 14 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 14 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 13 (0.23%) GxP
17 12 (0.21%) COSHH
18 11 (0.19%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 212 (3.68%) Active Directory
2 169 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (1.73%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.54%) Docker
5 33 (0.57%) Firmware
6 26 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.24%) vSphere
10 10 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.087%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (0.069%) pfSense
12 4 (0.069%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
13 2 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.017%) Lustre
14 1 (0.017%) NFS
14 1 (0.017%) RACF
14 1 (0.017%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 127 (2.20%) Ansible
2 88 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 60 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 43 (0.75%) SCCM
7 41 (0.71%) Terraform
8 27 (0.47%) ZABBIX
9 21 (0.36%) WSUS
10 20 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 20 (0.35%) SCOM
11 14 (0.24%) FortiGate
12 13 (0.23%) EMC NetWorker
12 13 (0.23%) Puppet
13 12 (0.21%) NetBackup
13 12 (0.21%) Opsgenie
13 12 (0.21%) VxRail
14 6 (0.10%) Nessus
15 4 (0.069%) Backup Exec
15 4 (0.069%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 1,069 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 222 (3.85%) Google
3 205 (3.55%) VMware
4 182 (3.16%) SAP
5 159 (2.76%) Oracle
6 131 (2.27%) Cisco
7 100 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 82 (1.42%) Palo Alto
9 61 (1.06%) NetApp
10 60 (1.04%) Red Hat
11 55 (0.95%) Dell
12 53 (0.92%) IFS
13 52 (0.90%) Adobe
13 52 (0.90%) NEC
14 49 (0.85%) SolidFire
15 47 (0.81%) ServiceNow
16 44 (0.76%) Sage
17 43 (0.75%) Veeam
18 41 (0.71%) Sparx
19 35 (0.61%) Citrix