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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +12
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 5,758 5,031 6,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.04% 8.51% 8.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 8.90% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,890 2,651 3,565
10th Percentile £31,345 £36,250 £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 £55,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +3.60% +0.91%

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 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 20 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 20 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 1,467 £50,000 -9.09% 532
South East +1 1,369 £47,500 -13.64% 599
Midlands +2 1,141 £51,997 -5.46% 445
North West +17 823 £50,000 -9.09% 319
South West +8 753 £49,250 -10.45% 283
West Midlands +1 634 £55,000 - 290
Yorkshire +15 487 £50,000 -8.99% 156
East Midlands +5 467 £47,500 -13.64% 154
East of England +12 438 £50,000 -9.09% 255
Scotland -19 362 £50,000 -9.09% 166
Wales +2 161 £42,500 -22.56% 66
North East +5 157 £52,500 -4.55% 65
Northern Ireland +52 68 £42,500 -10.53% 24
Isle of Man -8 8 £37,500 -48.28% 3
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
1 261 (4.53%) SharePoint
2 110 (1.91%) Confluence
3 89 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 87 (1.51%) 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 7 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 7 (0.12%) MS Project Server
14 6 (0.10%) WebSphere
15 5 (0.087%) JBoss
15 5 (0.087%) Joomla!
15 5 (0.087%) Kentico
15 5 (0.087%) Kinematics
15 5 (0.087%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 396 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 363 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
3 295 (5.12%) Microsoft Project
4 167 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 65 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 55 (0.96%) AutoCAD
7 41 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
8 30 (0.52%) Trello
9 17 (0.30%) 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 37 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (0.64%) Primavera
3 26 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 23 (0.40%) Magento
5 22 (0.38%) Shopify
5 22 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
6 17 (0.30%) NEC Housing
6 17 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 17 (0.30%) Teamcenter
7 10 (0.17%) SAP WM
8 9 (0.16%) Sage 200
8 9 (0.16%) SAP MM
9 8 (0.14%) BPCS
10 7 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
10 7 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
10 7 (0.12%) SAP ERP
10 7 (0.12%) SAP GTS
11 5 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
11 5 (0.087%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 674 (11.71%) Azure
2 422 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
3 388 (6.74%) AWS
4 263 (4.57%) Power Platform
5 219 (3.80%) SaaS
6 193 (3.35%) GCP
7 160 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
8 75 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
9 73 (1.27%) Amazon S3
10 54 (0.94%) Entra ID
11 53 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
11 53 (0.92%) PowerApps
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 23 (0.40%) GitHub
18 22 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
19 20 (0.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 186 (3.23%) Firewall
2 124 (2.15%) DNS
3 120 (2.08%) WAN
4 96 (1.67%) VPN
5 90 (1.56%) Intranet
6 87 (1.51%) Internet
7 74 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 73 (1.27%) Network Security
9 66 (1.15%) LAN
10 62 (1.08%) DHCP
10 62 (1.08%) SSL
11 56 (0.97%) SNMP
12 55 (0.96%) IPsec
12 55 (0.96%) SAN
13 52 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
14 51 (0.89%) SD-WAN
15 46 (0.80%) BGP
16 45 (0.78%) Wireless
17 39 (0.68%) 5G
18 27 (0.47%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (3.54%) Power BI
2 123 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 97 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 72 (1.25%) BigQuery
5 72 (1.25%) Looker
6 70 (1.22%) MySQL
7 69 (1.20%) RDBMS
8 64 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
9 52 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
9 52 (0.90%) MongoDB
10 49 (0.85%) Big Data
11 46 (0.80%) Tableau
12 45 (0.78%) Oracle Database
13 25 (0.43%) Data Lake
14 23 (0.40%) NoSQL
15 21 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
15 21 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
16 20 (0.35%) GIS
17 18 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 297 (5.16%) JIRA
2 78 (1.35%) Git
3 47 (0.82%) Jenkins
4 24 (0.42%) Postman
5 23 (0.40%) GitLab
6 22 (0.38%) Visual Studio
7 13 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.17%) Subversion
9 9 (0.16%) Selenium
9 9 (0.16%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.14%) CircleCI
10 8 (0.14%) JUnit
11 7 (0.12%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.087%) AdminStudio
12 5 (0.087%) gulp
12 5 (0.087%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.087%) MSI
13 4 (0.069%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.069%) Maven
General
1 2,465 (42.81%) Social Skills
2 1,325 (23.01%) Finance
3 902 (15.67%) Analytical Skills
4 414 (7.19%) Marketing
5 382 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
6 370 (6.43%) Retail
7 360 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 359 (6.23%) Manufacturing
9 357 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
10 267 (4.64%) Public Sector
11 242 (4.20%) Legal
12 202 (3.51%) Telecoms
13 188 (3.27%) Law
14 145 (2.52%) Aerospace
15 129 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
16 112 (1.95%) Billing
17 109 (1.89%) Banking
18 94 (1.63%) Local Government
19 91 (1.58%) Electronics
20 84 (1.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 2,036 (35.36%) Project Manager
2 682 (11.84%) Senior
3 490 (8.51%) Lead
4 428 (7.43%) IT Manager
5 378 (6.56%) Analyst
6 375 (6.51%) Senior Manager
7 290 (5.04%) Senior Project Manager
8 262 (4.55%) Architect
9 239 (4.15%) IT Project Manager
10 210 (3.65%) Consultant
11 155 (2.69%) Digital Project Manager
12 151 (2.62%) Delivery Manager
13 146 (2.54%) Developer
14 133 (2.31%) Coordinator
15 130 (2.26%) Presales Manager
16 125 (2.17%) Business Analyst
17 119 (2.07%) Engineering Manager
18 108 (1.88%) Technical Manager
19 106 (1.84%) Data Manager
20 100 (1.74%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (2.26%) .NET
2 102 (1.77%) RabbitMQ
3 99 (1.72%) HTML
4 90 (1.56%) CSS
5 76 (1.32%) EDI
6 65 (1.13%) Spring Boot
7 50 (0.87%) YAML
8 46 (0.80%) React
9 45 (0.78%) XML
10 43 (0.75%) JSON
11 35 (0.61%) Spring
12 32 (0.56%) jQuery
12 32 (0.56%) RESTful
12 32 (0.56%) Web Services
13 30 (0.52%) SOAP
14 29 (0.50%) Laravel
15 28 (0.49%) AngularJS
16 23 (0.40%) Vue
17 22 (0.38%) HTML5
18 21 (0.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 494 (8.58%) Management Information System
2 377 (6.55%) Self-Motivation
3 242 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 190 (3.30%) Data Centre
5 178 (3.09%) Driving Licence
6 159 (2.76%) Onboarding
7 143 (2.48%) PMI
8 120 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 82 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 78 (1.35%) FMCG
10 78 (1.35%) NHS
11 76 (1.32%) PKI
12 75 (1.30%) Mobile App
13 66 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
14 61 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
14 61 (1.06%) Virtual Team
15 50 (0.87%) IoT
16 45 (0.78%) Social Media
17 42 (0.73%) Algorithms
18 36 (0.63%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 356 (6.18%) Windows
2 259 (4.50%) Linux
3 136 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 75 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 49 (0.85%) Data ONTAP
6 43 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 42 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
8 37 (0.64%) Android
9 36 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 26 (0.45%) Apple iOS
10 26 (0.45%) Unix
11 16 (0.28%) Mac OS
11 16 (0.28%) VMS
12 14 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
13 12 (0.21%) Windows XP
14 10 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.14%) AIX
15 8 (0.14%) Solaris
15 8 (0.14%) Windows 7
16 7 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,788 (31.05%) Agile
2 1,344 (23.34%) Problem-Solving
3 1,235 (21.45%) Project Delivery
4 832 (14.45%) PRINCE2
5 653 (11.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 647 (11.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 628 (10.91%) Mentoring
8 567 (9.85%) Change Management
9 526 (9.14%) Actionable Insight
10 520 (9.03%) Decision-Making
11 486 (8.44%) Risk Management
12 430 (7.47%) Coaching
13 426 (7.40%) Customer Service
14 403 (7.00%) ITIL
15 396 (6.88%) SDLC
16 387 (6.72%) Agile Project Management
17 385 (6.69%) Scrum
18 379 (6.58%) Collaborative Working
19 368 (6.39%) DevOps
20 359 (6.23%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 331 (5.75%) SQL
2 214 (3.72%) Python
3 149 (2.59%) JavaScript
4 133 (2.31%) C#
5 105 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 99 (1.72%) Java
7 78 (1.35%) C
8 74 (1.29%) PHP
9 56 (0.97%) C++
10 38 (0.66%) T-SQL
10 38 (0.66%) VB
11 28 (0.49%) TypeScript
12 26 (0.45%) R
13 24 (0.42%) Bash
13 24 (0.42%) VBA
14 18 (0.31%) MATLAB
15 16 (0.28%) Perl
16 14 (0.24%) VB.NET
17 10 (0.17%) VBScript
18 9 (0.16%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1,402 (24.35%) Degree
2 578 (10.04%) Security Cleared
3 345 (5.99%) SC Cleared
4 319 (5.54%) PMI Certification
5 270 (4.69%) PMP
6 138 (2.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 133 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 107 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 97 (1.68%) DBS Check
10 89 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 87 (1.51%) APMP
11 87 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
11 87 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
12 79 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
13 69 (1.20%) Azure Certification
14 65 (1.13%) HNC
15 55 (0.96%) HND
16 54 (0.94%) CCNA
17 51 (0.89%) DV Cleared
18 49 (0.85%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 460 (7.99%) PMO
2 333 (5.78%) QA
3 131 (2.28%) GDPR
4 109 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 79 (1.37%) SLA
6 61 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 56 (0.97%) ISO 9001
8 49 (0.85%) Data Quality
9 43 (0.75%) NIST
10 31 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (0.47%) NCSC
11 27 (0.47%) NEBOSH
12 16 (0.28%) GMP
12 16 (0.28%) Good Clinical Practice
12 16 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 15 (0.26%) GRC
14 14 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 13 (0.23%) GxP
15 13 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 12 (0.21%) COSHH
System Software
1 214 (3.72%) Active Directory
2 170 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 100 (1.74%) Hyper-V
4 89 (1.55%) Docker
5 35 (0.61%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
11 5 (0.087%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.069%) Embedded Firmware
12 4 (0.069%) pfSense
12 4 (0.069%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.035%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.017%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.017%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.017%) Lustre
14 1 (0.017%) NFS
Systems Management
1 128 (2.22%) Ansible
2 88 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 68 (1.18%) vCenter Server
4 59 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 43 (0.75%) SCCM
7 42 (0.73%) Terraform
8 27 (0.47%) ZABBIX
9 22 (0.38%) 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%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 1,073 (18.63%) Microsoft
2 223 (3.87%) Google
3 205 (3.56%) VMware
4 180 (3.13%) SAP
5 160 (2.78%) Oracle
6 132 (2.29%) Cisco
7 100 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 82 (1.42%) Palo Alto
9 61 (1.06%) NetApp
10 59 (1.02%) Red Hat
11 54 (0.94%) IFS
11 54 (0.94%) NEC
12 52 (0.90%) Dell
13 51 (0.89%) Adobe
14 49 (0.85%) SolidFire
15 48 (0.83%) ServiceNow
16 43 (0.75%) Sage
17 42 (0.73%) Veeam
18 41 (0.71%) Sparx
19 35 (0.61%) Fortinet