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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -37 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,625 4,302 6,772
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.57% 9.85% 8.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 10.52% 9.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,526 2,050 4,955
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,752 £73,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,282 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.67% +10.00% -9.09%

All Process & 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 57,440 40,902 73,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.10% 93.61% 87.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34,676 22,163 55,834
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 12 March 2026.

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 12 March 2026. 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 -38 2,201 £52,500 -8.70% 1,203
UK excluding London -41 1,745 £45,282 -17.67% 1,012
Work from Home -28 755 £57,500 -4.17% 429
London -27 662 £70,000 - 385
North of England -30 536 £40,000 -27.27% 223
South East -39 407 £52,500 -8.70% 301
Midlands -55 264 £45,000 -16.67% 169
North West -33 244 £42,500 -22.44% 111
West Midlands -41 195 £45,000 -18.18% 104
South West -30 191 £45,564 -15.62% 106
Yorkshire -29 185 £40,000 -33.33% 92
Scotland -16 140 £40,000 -30.43% 53
East of England -40 111 £55,000 +10.00% 133
North East -8 107 £40,000 -33.33% 25
East Midlands -78 68 £52,500 +10.53% 65
Northern Ireland -8 66 £47,500 - 19
Wales -41 37 £42,934 -18.36% 38

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
1 143 (5.45%) SharePoint
2 53 (2.02%) Confluence
3 47 (1.79%) CMS
4 35 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.15%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
10 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.076%) Drupal
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.038%) IIS
12 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 425 (16.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 192 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
3 127 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 112 (4.27%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 18 (0.69%) AutoCAD
6 17 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.57%) Trello
8 10 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.27%) Maya
11 4 (0.15%) Revit
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.11%) CATIA
12 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 2 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.076%) Weka
Business Applications
1 38 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
2 19 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
3 18 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
3 18 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (0.61%) SAP MDG
5 15 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
6 13 (0.50%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
10 7 (0.27%) SAP CO
10 7 (0.27%) SAP FI
10 7 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
11 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
11 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
12 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
12 5 (0.19%) Primavera
12 5 (0.19%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 229 (8.72%) Azure
2 217 (8.27%) Power Platform
3 154 (5.87%) SaaS
4 150 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (3.96%) AWS
6 49 (1.87%) PowerApps
7 42 (1.60%) Asana
8 31 (1.18%) GCP
9 30 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (1.10%) Entra ID
11 28 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.95%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.91%) Google Analytics
14 22 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (0.84%) Power Automate
15 18 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (0.61%) Canva
16 16 (0.61%) Miro
16 16 (0.61%) OneDrive
17 15 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.64%) Firewall
2 40 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
3 39 (1.49%) Broadband
4 27 (1.03%) WAN
5 24 (0.91%) CHAP
6 23 (0.88%) Internet
7 21 (0.80%) DNS
7 21 (0.80%) LAN
8 19 (0.72%) DHCP
8 19 (0.72%) Network Security
8 19 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
8 19 (0.72%) TCP/IP
8 19 (0.72%) VPN
9 17 (0.65%) Wireless
10 15 (0.57%) VLAN
11 12 (0.46%) Intranet
11 12 (0.46%) SD-WAN
12 10 (0.38%) Multicast
13 7 (0.27%) BGP
13 7 (0.27%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (8.15%) Tableau
2 182 (6.93%) Data Mining
2 182 (6.93%) Power BI
3 41 (1.56%) SQL Server
4 26 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (0.84%) GIS
6 20 (0.76%) Data Lake
6 20 (0.76%) QGIS
6 20 (0.76%) Spatial Data
7 16 (0.61%) Power Query
8 15 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
9 13 (0.50%) Metadata
10 11 (0.42%) Big Data
11 7 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.27%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.23%) DB2
12 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.19%) MySQL
13 5 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (4.30%) JIRA
2 16 (0.61%) Git
3 11 (0.42%) GitLab
3 11 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.11%) ERwin
4 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.076%) Checkstyle
5 2 (0.076%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.076%) ESLint
5 2 (0.076%) Gradle
5 2 (0.076%) JIRA Agile
5 2 (0.076%) JMeter
5 2 (0.076%) JUnit
5 2 (0.076%) Maven
5 2 (0.076%) Mockito
5 2 (0.076%) Selenium
5 2 (0.076%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.076%) TestNG
5 2 (0.076%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.076%) Zephyr
General
1 1,107 (42.17%) Social Skills
2 1,066 (40.61%) Finance
3 679 (25.87%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (10.40%) Marketing
5 197 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 194 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 160 (6.10%) Manufacturing
8 157 (5.98%) Legal
9 142 (5.41%) Public Sector
10 126 (4.80%) Retail
11 124 (4.72%) Presentation Skills
12 123 (4.69%) Law
13 114 (4.34%) Banking
14 73 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
15 68 (2.59%) Games
16 53 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
16 53 (2.02%) Telecoms
17 49 (1.87%) Financial Institution
18 43 (1.64%) Electronics
19 40 (1.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 498 (18.97%) Analyst
2 390 (14.86%) Project Manager
3 355 (13.52%) Senior
4 299 (11.39%) Trainee
5 290 (11.05%) Trainee Analyst
6 224 (8.53%) Business Analyst
7 219 (8.34%) Senior Manager
8 192 (7.31%) Lead
9 190 (7.24%) Data Analyst
10 173 (6.59%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 155 (5.90%) IT Manager
12 118 (4.50%) Consultant
13 117 (4.46%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 114 (4.34%) Development Manager
15 96 (3.66%) Senior Project Manager
16 90 (3.43%) Architect
16 90 (3.43%) Product Manager
17 84 (3.20%) Business Manager
18 81 (3.09%) Systems Manager
19 78 (2.97%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.95%) EDI
2 24 (0.91%) HTML
3 23 (0.88%) PyTorch
4 22 (0.84%) .NET
5 16 (0.61%) CSS
6 11 (0.42%) Middleware
7 9 (0.34%) React
8 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.27%) REST
9 6 (0.23%) OAuth
10 4 (0.15%) .NET Core
10 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.15%) FIDO
10 4 (0.15%) JSON
10 4 (0.15%) Node.js
10 4 (0.15%) OpenID
10 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.15%) SAML
10 4 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 206 (7.85%) Management Information System
2 115 (4.38%) Onboarding
2 115 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
3 83 (3.16%) Product Ownership
4 66 (2.51%) Driving Licence
5 63 (2.40%) FMCG
6 62 (2.36%) Social Media
7 57 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 45 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 45 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 43 (1.64%) Robotics
10 41 (1.56%) Algorithms
11 40 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.30%) Blog
13 30 (1.14%) IoT
14 29 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 28 (1.07%) Low-Code
16 25 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
17 23 (0.88%) Security Posture
18 20 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.44%) Windows
2 31 (1.18%) Apple iOS
3 26 (0.99%) Android
4 20 (0.76%) Linux
5 16 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) AIX
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.038%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (24.61%) Agile
2 634 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 533 (20.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 517 (19.70%) Project Delivery
5 474 (18.06%) Analytics
6 459 (17.49%) Stakeholder Management
7 404 (15.39%) Business Analysis
8 397 (15.12%) Decision-Making
9 363 (13.83%) Change Management
10 353 (13.45%) PRINCE2
11 351 (13.37%) AI
12 329 (12.53%) Data Analysis
13 276 (10.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 269 (10.25%) Risk Management
15 251 (9.56%) Coaching
16 247 (9.41%) Data Analytics
17 226 (8.61%) Process Improvement
18 220 (8.38%) Roadmaps
19 210 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
20 203 (7.73%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 304 (11.58%) SQL
2 302 (11.50%) Python
3 35 (1.33%) VBA
4 30 (1.14%) C#
5 26 (0.99%) JavaScript
6 17 (0.65%) Java
7 15 (0.57%) C
7 15 (0.57%) C++
7 15 (0.57%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.46%) TypeScript
9 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.27%) PHP
11 6 (0.23%) Bash
11 6 (0.23%) R
12 4 (0.15%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
13 3 (0.11%) VB
14 2 (0.076%) ANSI SQL
14 2 (0.076%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.076%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 707 (26.93%) Degree
2 226 (8.61%) PMP
3 213 (8.11%) PMI Certification
4 157 (5.98%) Security Cleared
5 112 (4.27%) SC Cleared
6 89 (3.39%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.44%) CISSP
7 64 (2.44%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 61 (2.32%) DBS Check
9 47 (1.79%) CISM
10 44 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (1.30%) HNC
12 33 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
13 28 (1.07%) SANS
14 27 (1.03%) CISA
14 27 (1.03%) MBA
15 26 (0.99%) ACCA
15 26 (0.99%) FFIEC
16 24 (0.91%) CGEIT
17 23 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 202 (7.70%) QA
2 121 (4.61%) PMO
3 97 (3.70%) GDPR
4 92 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 61 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 56 (2.13%) NIST
7 38 (1.45%) Data Quality
8 25 (0.95%) COBIT
9 24 (0.91%) GRC
10 23 (0.88%) ISO 9001
11 18 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.42%) SLA
14 9 (0.34%) IFRS
14 9 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
15 8 (0.30%) GAAP
16 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 60 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 24 (0.91%) Docker
3 13 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.27%) Firmware
6 5 (0.19%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (0.80%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.46%) Ansible
3 12 (0.46%) Terraform
4 8 (0.30%) SCCM
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
6 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.076%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.038%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.038%) MOM
8 1 (0.038%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 641 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 126 (4.80%) SAP
3 77 (2.93%) Salesforce
4 67 (2.55%) Google
4 67 (2.55%) Oracle
5 48 (1.83%) Adobe
6 42 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.49%) Cisco
8 28 (1.07%) Anaplan
9 26 (0.99%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.76%) Genesys
10 20 (0.76%) Verint
11 18 (0.69%) Ariba
12 15 (0.57%) Instagram
12 15 (0.57%) Pardot
13 14 (0.53%) Databricks
13 14 (0.53%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.53%) VMware
14 13 (0.50%) Apple
14 13 (0.50%) Fortinet