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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -46 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,437 3,786 7,447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.69% 8.72% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 9.34% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,450 1,938 5,395
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 67,484 40,549 82,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.46% 93.37% 85.36%
Number of salaries quoted 42,329 22,500 59,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -46 2,120 £55,000 -4.35% 1,185
UK excluding London -52 1,567 £50,000 -9.09% 957
Work from Home -14 844 £57,500 - 416
London -26 685 £70,000 - 398
North of England -35 518 £50,000 -9.09% 228
South East -43 368 £50,000 -13.04% 288
Midlands -62 247 £52,500 - 156
North West -10 237 £47,500 -13.31% 130
West Midlands -50 183 £52,500 -4.55% 94
Yorkshire -40 167 £55,000 - 71
South West -58 153 £47,500 -13.64% 105
East of England -37 128 £75,000 +38.89% 122
North East -14 114 £58,750 +6.82% 30
Northern Ireland -6 71 £55,000 +2.33% 22
East Midlands -66 62 £55,000 +22.22% 62
Scotland -65 54 £40,000 -27.27% 38
Wales -49 35 £42,934 -30.75% 29

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 89 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.97%) Confluence
3 40 (1.64%) CMS
4 32 (1.31%) WordPress
5 20 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.12%) govService
9 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 2 (0.082%) Apache
10 2 (0.082%) Drupal
11 1 (0.041%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.041%) IIS
11 1 (0.041%) Moodle
11 1 (0.041%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.041%) Umbraco
Applications
1 289 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 133 (5.46%) Microsoft Project
3 122 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
4 60 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (0.70%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.57%) Trello
8 11 (0.45%) AutoCAD
9 9 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
10 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
11 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.082%) Notion
13 2 (0.082%) Weka
14 1 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.041%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.33%) Shopify
8 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.25%) Primavera
8 6 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.21%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 245 (10.05%) Azure
2 239 (9.81%) Power Platform
3 163 (6.69%) SaaS
4 138 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (4.23%) AWS
6 71 (2.91%) PowerApps
7 52 (2.13%) Power Automate
8 39 (1.60%) GCP
9 35 (1.44%) Asana
9 35 (1.44%) Entra ID
10 33 (1.35%) Smartsheet
11 32 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (1.27%) OneDrive
13 24 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (0.98%) Google Analytics
14 22 (0.90%) Canva
15 21 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
17 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.68%) Broadband
2 34 (1.40%) Firewall
3 33 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
4 29 (1.19%) CHAP
5 24 (0.98%) WAN
6 18 (0.74%) DNS
6 18 (0.74%) LAN
7 16 (0.66%) DHCP
7 16 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
8 15 (0.62%) Network Security
9 12 (0.49%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.49%) VPN
10 11 (0.45%) Internet
10 11 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.41%) Wireless
12 9 (0.37%) Multicast
13 8 (0.33%) VLAN
13 8 (0.33%) VoIP
14 7 (0.29%) Intranet
15 4 (0.16%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (8.25%) Power BI
2 157 (6.44%) Tableau
3 124 (5.09%) Data Mining
4 34 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.11%) GIS
6 21 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.82%) Data Lake
7 20 (0.82%) QGIS
7 20 (0.82%) Spatial Data
8 19 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.62%) Power Query
10 10 (0.41%) DB2
11 8 (0.33%) Big Data
11 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.25%) Metadata
13 6 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
14 5 (0.21%) MySQL
14 5 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 118 (4.84%) JIRA
2 19 (0.78%) Git
3 11 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.41%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
6 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.12%) JUnit
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.082%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.082%) ESLint
8 2 (0.082%) Gradle
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) Maven
8 2 (0.082%) Mockito
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) Selenium
8 2 (0.082%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.082%) TestNG
8 2 (0.082%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.041%) Balsamiq
General
1 978 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 927 (38.04%) Finance
3 555 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
4 283 (11.61%) Marketing
5 222 (9.11%) Organisational Skills
6 172 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 155 (6.36%) Manufacturing
8 144 (5.91%) Retail
9 142 (5.83%) Legal
10 135 (5.54%) Public Sector
11 114 (4.68%) Banking
12 109 (4.47%) Law
13 95 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
14 73 (3.00%) Influencing Skills
15 62 (2.54%) Games
16 58 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
17 56 (2.30%) Telecoms
18 51 (2.09%) Financial Institution
19 44 (1.81%) Local Government
20 42 (1.72%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 407 (16.70%) Project Manager
2 391 (16.04%) Analyst
3 303 (12.43%) Senior
4 182 (7.47%) Trainee
5 180 (7.39%) Trainee Analyst
6 177 (7.26%) Business Analyst
7 166 (6.81%) Lead
8 157 (6.44%) Senior Manager
9 154 (6.32%) IT Manager
10 131 (5.38%) Data Analyst
11 124 (5.09%) Development Manager
12 123 (5.05%) Consultant
13 119 (4.88%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 99 (4.06%) Senior Project Manager
15 95 (3.90%) Architect
16 93 (3.82%) Product Manager
17 79 (3.24%) IT Project Manager
18 61 (2.50%) Systems Manager
18 61 (2.50%) Trainee Business Analyst
19 60 (2.46%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.72%) .NET
2 39 (1.60%) HTML
3 35 (1.44%) CSS
4 28 (1.15%) PyTorch
5 25 (1.03%) JSON
6 24 (0.98%) EDI
6 24 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (0.86%) .NET Core
8 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (0.78%) SPFx
10 8 (0.33%) Hugging Face
10 8 (0.33%) REST
10 8 (0.33%) TensorFlow
11 7 (0.29%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.29%) OAuth
11 7 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.29%) Seaborn
12 6 (0.25%) FIX Protocol
12 6 (0.25%) React
13 5 (0.21%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 189 (7.76%) Management Information System
2 108 (4.43%) Onboarding
3 86 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 75 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 69 (2.83%) Data Centre
6 66 (2.71%) Driving Licence
7 63 (2.59%) FMCG
8 59 (2.42%) Virtual Team
9 57 (2.34%) Social Media
10 41 (1.68%) Security Posture
11 40 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.40%) Mobile App
13 33 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.15%) Algorithms
15 27 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
17 24 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 23 (0.94%) Blog
18 23 (0.94%) Cloud Native
18 23 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 73 (3.00%) Windows
2 30 (1.23%) Apple iOS
3 25 (1.03%) Android
3 25 (1.03%) Linux
4 15 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.33%) Unix
6 6 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.12%) AIX
8 2 (0.082%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.082%) zOS
9 1 (0.041%) CentOS
9 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (26.51%) Agile
2 572 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
3 551 (22.61%) Project Delivery
4 478 (19.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 429 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
6 406 (16.66%) Analytics
7 383 (15.72%) PRINCE2
8 381 (15.63%) Decision-Making
9 292 (11.98%) Business Analysis
10 284 (11.65%) AI
11 271 (11.12%) Change Management
12 269 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 249 (10.22%) Risk Management
14 248 (10.18%) Data Analysis
15 222 (9.11%) Roadmaps
16 216 (8.86%) Mentoring
17 208 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
18 197 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
19 194 (7.96%) Data Analytics
20 192 (7.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 258 (10.59%) SQL
2 254 (10.42%) Python
3 49 (2.01%) C#
4 38 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 32 (1.31%) PowerShell
6 29 (1.19%) VBA
7 28 (1.15%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.57%) Java
9 9 (0.37%) Bash
10 7 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.25%) C++
11 6 (0.25%) PHP
12 4 (0.16%) C
12 4 (0.16%) COBOL
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.16%) R
12 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) Dart
14 2 (0.082%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.082%) Scala
Qualifications
1 617 (25.32%) Degree
2 234 (9.60%) PMP
3 225 (9.23%) PMI Certification
4 107 (4.39%) Security Cleared
5 98 (4.02%) DBS Check
6 94 (3.86%) CISSP
7 71 (2.91%) CISM
8 65 (2.67%) SC Cleared
9 64 (2.63%) Master's Degree
10 38 (1.56%) CISA
11 37 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 34 (1.40%) SANS
13 33 (1.35%) HNC
14 32 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 31 (1.27%) DV Cleared
16 30 (1.23%) FFIEC
17 29 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
17 29 (1.19%) CGEIT
17 29 (1.19%) CRISC
18 24 (0.98%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (6.28%) QA
2 128 (5.25%) PMO
3 100 (4.10%) Accessibility
4 99 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 98 (4.02%) GDPR
6 90 (3.69%) NIST
7 45 (1.85%) GRC
8 38 (1.56%) ISO 9001
9 37 (1.52%) Data Quality
10 32 (1.31%) COBIT
11 29 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 21 (0.86%) NIST 800
14 17 (0.70%) SLA
15 12 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.49%) GAAP
15 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 11 (0.45%) IFRS
17 9 (0.37%) ISO 14001
17 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 54 (2.22%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.86%) Docker
3 7 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.082%) Firmware
6 2 (0.082%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.082%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.041%) IAG
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (0.90%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.74%) SCCM
4 17 (0.70%) Ansible
5 15 (0.62%) Terraform
6 11 (0.45%) Grafana
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.082%) Argo
9 2 (0.082%) Puppet
9 2 (0.082%) Salt
10 1 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.041%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.041%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.041%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.041%) MOM
10 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 527 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 92 (3.78%) SAP
3 68 (2.79%) Oracle
4 67 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 65 (2.67%) Adobe
6 59 (2.42%) Google
7 54 (2.22%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.15%) Anaplan
9 26 (1.07%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.82%) Genesys
10 20 (0.82%) Pardot
10 20 (0.82%) Verint
11 17 (0.70%) Cisco
12 14 (0.57%) Apple
13 13 (0.53%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.49%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.49%) Instagram
15 11 (0.45%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.45%) Wrike
16 10 (0.41%) Workday