Project Management Job Trends

Project Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 18 24
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,981 5,307 4,116
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.59% 7.87% 7.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.54% 9.41% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,644 2,290 2,887
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,783 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,116 £57,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% -4.58% +3.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,950 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,175 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.71% -1.50% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,592 56,393 48,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.45% 83.65% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,617 29,299 37,445
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Project Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Project Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 21 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 21 November 2025. 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 -17 2,541 £55,000 -4.35% 2,682
UK excluding London -19 1,901 £50,000 -7.71% 2,007
London -15 833 £70,000 - 966
Work from Home -18 833 £60,000 - 869
South East -12 512 £57,772 +5.04% 596
North of England -24 465 £42,500 -21.19% 437
Midlands -28 301 £47,750 -13.18% 395
South West +6 218 £52,846 -3.92% 206
North West -26 213 £45,000 -16.56% 243
West Midlands -14 201 £45,000 -21.40% 246
Scotland -16 174 £54,855 -0.26% 94
East of England -34 167 £55,000 +7.84% 220
Yorkshire -13 165 £45,000 -18.18% 124
East Midlands -38 101 £51,385 +0.75% 148
North East +22 87 £32,500 -31.07% 77
Wales -21 34 £60,000 +16.38% 55
Northern Ireland -2 32 £65,000 -3.70% 34

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 160 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 68 (2.28%) Confluence
3 50 (1.68%) CMS
4 40 (1.34%) WordPress
5 25 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (0.70%) Kinematics
7 12 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.30%) Apache
9 7 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.23%) Drupal
10 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
12 4 (0.13%) Moodle
12 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.10%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.067%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.067%) TPMS
15 1 (0.034%) ArcGIS
15 1 (0.034%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 402 (13.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 298 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 189 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 126 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 30 (1.01%) Maya
7 27 (0.91%) AutoCAD
8 22 (0.74%) Trello
9 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
11 13 (0.44%) Revit
12 12 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe XD
15 6 (0.20%) Navisworks
15 6 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
16 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
16 5 (0.17%) Civil 3D
16 5 (0.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 115 (3.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.18%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 28 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
6 21 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 21 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (0.67%) SAP IBP
8 19 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
9 15 (0.50%) Shopify
10 14 (0.47%) NetSuite
11 13 (0.44%) Sprinklr
12 12 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
12 12 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
13 11 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
13 11 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
13 11 (0.37%) SAP FSCM
13 11 (0.37%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 244 (8.19%) Azure
2 205 (6.88%) Power Platform
3 148 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
4 117 (3.92%) AWS
5 104 (3.49%) SaaS
6 58 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
7 57 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (1.34%) Power Automate
9 39 (1.31%) GCP
10 36 (1.21%) Smartsheet
11 34 (1.14%) Snowflake
12 33 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 28 (0.94%) Google Analytics
14 26 (0.87%) Entra ID
15 22 (0.74%) Google Workspace
15 22 (0.74%) IaaS
16 21 (0.70%) PaaS
16 21 (0.70%) PowerApps
17 20 (0.67%) Asana
18 19 (0.64%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.68%) Firewall
2 38 (1.27%) WAN
3 34 (1.14%) VPN
4 31 (1.04%) LAN
5 30 (1.01%) Wireless
6 28 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
7 21 (0.70%) Internet
7 21 (0.70%) SD-WAN
7 21 (0.70%) VLAN
8 20 (0.67%) DNS
9 19 (0.64%) Unified Communications
10 16 (0.54%) TCP/IP
11 15 (0.50%) MPLS
11 15 (0.50%) Network Security
12 14 (0.47%) DHCP
12 14 (0.47%) Intranet
13 13 (0.44%) VoIP
14 12 (0.40%) Broadband
15 10 (0.34%) BGP
16 8 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (5.80%) Power BI
2 123 (4.13%) Tableau
3 88 (2.95%) Data Mining
4 69 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 29 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.67%) Looker
8 17 (0.57%) Metadata
9 16 (0.54%) Big Data
10 15 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.50%) Power Query
11 13 (0.44%) SAP HANA
12 11 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
13 10 (0.34%) MySQL
14 9 (0.30%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.27%) MS Access
16 7 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
16 7 (0.23%) GIS
Development Applications
1 187 (6.27%) JIRA
2 21 (0.70%) Git
3 10 (0.34%) GitLab
4 8 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.13%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.13%) Subversion
5 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.10%) ERwin
6 3 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.067%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.067%) Maven
7 2 (0.067%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.034%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.034%) gulp
8 1 (0.034%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.034%) Redmine
8 1 (0.034%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.034%) webpack
General
1 1,359 (45.59%) Social Skills
2 1,253 (42.03%) Finance
3 860 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
4 333 (11.17%) Marketing
5 254 (8.52%) Law
6 224 (7.51%) Retail
7 222 (7.45%) Legal
8 211 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 211 (7.08%) Manufacturing
9 192 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
10 176 (5.90%) Public Sector
11 160 (5.37%) Presentation Skills
12 124 (4.16%) Banking
13 92 (3.09%) Telecoms
14 84 (2.82%) Electronics
14 84 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
15 73 (2.45%) Local Government
16 67 (2.25%) Advertising
17 63 (2.11%) Games
18 61 (2.05%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 476 (15.97%) Senior
2 452 (15.16%) Project Manager
3 374 (12.55%) Analyst
4 295 (9.90%) Lead
5 227 (7.61%) Senior Manager
6 189 (6.34%) IT Manager
7 172 (5.77%) Business Analyst
8 170 (5.70%) Trainee
9 161 (5.40%) Trainee Analyst
10 135 (4.53%) Architect
11 113 (3.79%) Consultant
12 112 (3.76%) Business Manager
13 109 (3.66%) Development Manager
14 103 (3.46%) Data Analyst
15 98 (3.29%) IT Project Manager
15 98 (3.29%) Product Manager
16 95 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
17 91 (3.05%) Coordinator
18 85 (2.85%) Senior Project Manager
19 83 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.68%) CSS
2 44 (1.48%) HTML
3 39 (1.31%) Middleware
4 22 (0.74%) .NET
5 18 (0.60%) React
6 12 (0.40%) EDI
6 12 (0.40%) Node.js
6 12 (0.40%) Web Services
7 10 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.27%) FHIR
8 8 (0.27%) Kafka
9 6 (0.20%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.20%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.20%) Spring
9 6 (0.20%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.17%) Flutter
10 5 (0.17%) Hugging Face
11 4 (0.13%) Apache Beam
11 4 (0.13%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 227 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 132 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
3 131 (4.39%) Onboarding
4 108 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 103 (3.46%) FMCG
6 92 (3.09%) Data Centre
7 86 (2.88%) Robotics
8 83 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 79 (2.65%) Driving Licence
10 66 (2.21%) Social Media
11 60 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
12 56 (1.88%) NHS
13 48 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 45 (1.51%) Algorithms
15 34 (1.14%) IoT
16 27 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
17 26 (0.87%) Blog
18 24 (0.81%) Life Science
18 24 (0.81%) SCADA
19 22 (0.74%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 63 (2.11%) Windows
2 26 (0.87%) Linux
3 24 (0.81%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.30%) VMS
6 7 (0.23%) Android
6 7 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.10%) zOS
9 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.034%) Unix
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
2 716 (24.02%) Agile
3 698 (23.41%) Project Delivery
4 634 (21.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 533 (17.88%) Stakeholder Management
6 446 (14.96%) Analytics
7 412 (13.82%) Change Management
8 407 (13.65%) Risk Management
9 391 (13.12%) Decision-Making
10 339 (11.37%) PRINCE2
11 309 (10.37%) ERP
12 302 (10.13%) Business Analysis
13 298 (10.00%) AI
14 276 (9.26%) Process Improvement
15 265 (8.89%) Business Strategy
16 264 (8.86%) Roadmaps
17 257 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 245 (8.22%) Mentoring
19 242 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
20 241 (8.08%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 289 (9.69%) SQL
2 213 (7.15%) Python
3 60 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 51 (1.71%) C#
5 39 (1.31%) Java
6 38 (1.27%) C
7 31 (1.04%) C++
8 25 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 17 (0.57%) R
10 15 (0.50%) PHP
10 15 (0.50%) VBA
11 13 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.34%) Perl
14 7 (0.23%) Bash
14 7 (0.23%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.20%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.17%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.13%) COBOL
17 4 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 932 (31.26%) Degree
2 208 (6.98%) PMP
3 204 (6.84%) PMI Certification
4 200 (6.71%) Security Cleared
5 154 (5.17%) SC Cleared
6 133 (4.46%) Master's Degree
7 73 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 64 (2.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 59 (1.98%) DBS Check
10 58 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 43 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 41 (1.38%) CISSP
13 33 (1.11%) PhD
14 29 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 25 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.84%) CFA
16 24 (0.81%) CCNP
17 22 (0.74%) DV Cleared
18 21 (0.70%) APMP
18 21 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (8.15%) QA
2 197 (6.61%) PMO
3 107 (3.59%) GDPR
4 97 (3.25%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 41 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (1.07%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.84%) NIST
10 20 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (0.67%) SLA
11 19 (0.64%) MiFID
12 13 (0.44%) IFRS
13 12 (0.40%) COBIT
13 12 (0.40%) GxP
13 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.37%) Solvency II
15 10 (0.34%) IEC 61131
16 9 (0.30%) GRC
16 9 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.67%) Docker
3 15 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.34%) Firmware
4 10 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.034%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 27 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.44%) Terraform
3 9 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.17%) Ansible
5 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.13%) SCCM
5 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.067%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.067%) Grafana
6 2 (0.067%) Nagios
7 1 (0.034%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.034%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 670 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 255 (8.55%) SAP
3 103 (3.46%) Salesforce
4 88 (2.95%) Google
5 75 (2.52%) Oracle
6 66 (2.21%) Adobe
7 59 (1.98%) Cisco
8 37 (1.24%) OpenText
9 35 (1.17%) Ariba
9 35 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.87%) Databricks
11 25 (0.84%) HubSpot
12 20 (0.67%) Sage
13 19 (0.64%) Atlassian
14 18 (0.60%) TikTok
14 18 (0.60%) VMware
15 16 (0.54%) NEC
16 15 (0.50%) Murex
16 15 (0.50%) Siemens
17 14 (0.47%) Autodesk