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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -36 -5 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,513 3,485 7,351
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.58% 7.24% 7.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 7.97% 8.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,450 1,795 5,159
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 July 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 July 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 -29 2,201 £55,000 -8.33% 1,309
UK excluding London -38 1,600 £52,500 -4.55% 1,026
Work from Home -11 1,029 £55,000 -4.35% 724
London -25 744 £69,750 -3.79% 466
North of England -5 472 £55,000 +0.38% 257
South East -26 411 £46,750 -16.20% 317
Midlands -50 229 £55,000 - 144
North West +3 215 £55,000 +5.77% 143
South West -44 169 £47,500 -25.34% 105
Yorkshire -25 156 £60,000 +9.09% 87
East of England -44 153 £60,000 +9.09% 104
West Midlands -42 142 £55,000 - 84
North East -23 101 £60,000 +17.65% 29
East Midlands -39 86 £52,500 +9.38% 59
Northern Ireland -27 71 £47,500 -17.39% 44
Scotland -53 60 £47,500 -5.84% 49
Wales -64 39 £57,515 -5.33% 24

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 91 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.03%) Confluence
3 39 (1.55%) CMS
4 33 (1.31%) WordPress
5 20 (0.80%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.32%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.080%) Totara
12 1 (0.040%) Drupal
12 1 (0.040%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 236 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 216 (8.60%) Microsoft Project
3 183 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.76%) Trello
7 16 (0.64%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.36%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 3 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.080%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.040%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.040%) Houdini
13 1 (0.040%) InDesign
13 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 44 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.52%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.40%) NetSuite
7 9 (0.36%) Primavera
7 9 (0.36%) Shopify
8 8 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.24%) iTrent
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 234 (9.31%) Azure
2 219 (8.71%) Power Platform
3 148 (5.89%) SaaS
4 136 (5.41%) AWS
5 134 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (3.26%) PowerApps
7 62 (2.47%) Power Automate
8 51 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
9 46 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
10 36 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (1.35%) Smartsheet
12 32 (1.27%) Asana
13 29 (1.15%) OneDrive
14 28 (1.11%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.11%) GCP
15 25 (0.99%) Canva
16 23 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
17 22 (0.88%) Microsoft Copilot
18 21 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
18 21 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.79%) Firewall
2 44 (1.75%) Broadband
3 29 (1.15%) WAN
4 26 (1.03%) LAN
4 26 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (0.92%) DNS
6 17 (0.68%) CHAP
7 15 (0.60%) DHCP
8 14 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 14 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.56%) VPN
9 12 (0.48%) Network Security
10 10 (0.40%) BGP
10 10 (0.40%) Internet
10 10 (0.40%) NGN
11 9 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
11 9 (0.36%) Wireless
12 7 (0.28%) VoIP
13 6 (0.24%) Intranet
13 6 (0.24%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (7.04%) Power BI
2 83 (3.30%) Tableau
3 70 (2.79%) Data Mining
4 40 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.11%) GIS
6 22 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.80%) QGIS
7 20 (0.80%) Spatial Data
8 17 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 12 (0.48%) Big Data
9 12 (0.48%) Metadata
9 12 (0.48%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.44%) Power Query
11 10 (0.40%) Hadoop
11 10 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 9 (0.36%) Db2
13 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 161 (6.41%) JIRA
2 24 (0.96%) Git
3 11 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
6 2 (0.080%) Gatling
6 2 (0.080%) JMeter
6 2 (0.080%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.080%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.080%) Postman
6 2 (0.080%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.080%) Taiga
6 2 (0.080%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.080%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.080%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.040%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.040%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1,048 (41.70%) Social Skills
2 804 (31.99%) Finance
3 465 (18.50%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (11.02%) Marketing
5 240 (9.55%) Organisational Skills
6 146 (5.81%) Retail
7 142 (5.65%) Manufacturing
8 140 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 138 (5.49%) Legal
10 130 (5.17%) Public Sector
11 110 (4.38%) Law
12 93 (3.70%) Banking
13 71 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 65 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
15 58 (2.31%) Local Government
16 56 (2.23%) Telecoms
17 52 (2.07%) Advertising
18 47 (1.87%) Financial Institution
19 44 (1.75%) Aerospace
20 41 (1.63%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 522 (20.77%) Project Manager
2 369 (14.68%) Senior
3 277 (11.02%) Analyst
4 189 (7.52%) Senior Manager
5 184 (7.32%) Lead
6 179 (7.12%) IT Manager
7 175 (6.96%) Consultant
8 156 (6.21%) Senior Project Manager
9 129 (5.13%) Business Analyst
10 125 (4.97%) Development Manager
11 106 (4.22%) IT Project Manager
12 78 (3.10%) Product Manager
13 77 (3.06%) Data Analyst
14 69 (2.75%) Trainee
14 69 (2.75%) Trainee Analyst
15 66 (2.63%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 65 (2.59%) IT Support
17 64 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
18 60 (2.39%) Coordinator
18 60 (2.39%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.71%) .NET
1 43 (1.71%) HTML
1 43 (1.71%) PyTorch
2 37 (1.47%) CSS
3 24 (0.96%) HTML5 Canvas
3 24 (0.96%) JSON
4 23 (0.92%) Hugging Face
4 23 (0.92%) TensorFlow
5 21 (0.84%) .NET Core
5 21 (0.84%) Flash
6 19 (0.76%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (0.76%) SPFx
7 16 (0.64%) EDI
7 16 (0.64%) LangChain
7 16 (0.64%) LlamaIndex
7 16 (0.64%) Model Context Protocol
8 15 (0.60%) Middleware
9 12 (0.48%) Kafka
9 12 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (0.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 174 (6.92%) Management Information System
2 169 (6.73%) Onboarding
3 109 (4.34%) Data Centre
4 87 (3.46%) Driving Licence
5 78 (3.10%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.27%) Social Media
7 53 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
8 52 (2.07%) FMCG
9 47 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 45 (1.79%) Security Posture
11 39 (1.55%) Cloud Native
12 35 (1.39%) Mobile App
13 33 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
14 32 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
14 32 (1.27%) PMI
15 31 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
16 29 (1.15%) Algorithms
17 27 (1.07%) Blog
18 26 (1.03%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 91 (3.62%) Windows
2 38 (1.51%) Linux
3 28 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 23 (0.92%) Android
5 17 (0.68%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.080%) Debian
9 2 (0.080%) zOS
10 1 (0.040%) CentOS
10 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.040%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 728 (28.97%) Agile
2 652 (25.95%) Project Delivery
3 548 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
4 543 (21.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 480 (19.10%) PRINCE2
6 410 (16.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 348 (13.85%) Decision-Making
8 304 (12.10%) Analytics
9 286 (11.38%) Mentoring
10 274 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 265 (10.55%) AI
12 258 (10.27%) Roadmaps
13 234 (9.31%) Coaching
14 232 (9.23%) Risk Management
15 222 (8.83%) Logistics
16 221 (8.79%) Change Management
17 217 (8.64%) Business Analysis
18 210 (8.36%) Budget Management
19 198 (7.88%) ERP
20 186 (7.40%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 227 (9.03%) SQL
2 211 (8.40%) Python
3 50 (1.99%) JavaScript
4 49 (1.95%) C#
5 33 (1.31%) PowerShell
5 33 (1.31%) TypeScript
6 27 (1.07%) VBA
7 18 (0.72%) Java
8 11 (0.44%) C
8 11 (0.44%) PHP
9 7 (0.28%) C++
10 4 (0.16%) ABAP
10 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
10 4 (0.16%) Ruby
10 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.12%) Bash
11 3 (0.12%) COBOL
11 3 (0.12%) Dart
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 584 (23.24%) Degree
2 222 (8.83%) PMI Certification
3 219 (8.71%) PMP
4 136 (5.41%) Security Cleared
5 135 (5.37%) DBS Check
6 99 (3.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 83 (3.30%) CISSP
8 61 (2.43%) SC Cleared
9 59 (2.35%) CISM
10 55 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 43 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 41 (1.63%) DV Cleared
13 30 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
14 29 (1.15%) CRISC
15 24 (0.96%) CISA
15 24 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
16 23 (0.92%) HNC
17 22 (0.88%) SANS
18 21 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
19 19 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (7.76%) QA
2 167 (6.65%) PMO
3 114 (4.54%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 88 (3.50%) NIST
6 84 (3.34%) GDPR
7 43 (1.71%) Data Quality
7 43 (1.71%) GRC
8 40 (1.59%) ISO 9001
9 35 (1.39%) SLA
10 32 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 23 (0.92%) NIST 800
12 21 (0.84%) COBIT
13 19 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.68%) ISO 14001
15 13 (0.52%) GAAP
16 11 (0.44%) IFRS
17 10 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
17 10 (0.40%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 43 (1.71%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.84%) Docker
3 8 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.080%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.080%) Firmware
6 2 (0.080%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.040%) IAG
7 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (0.96%) SCCM
2 23 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.52%) Puppet
5 12 (0.48%) Ansible
5 12 (0.48%) Terraform
6 9 (0.36%) Grafana
6 9 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (0.16%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.080%) Argo
9 2 (0.080%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.080%) Salt
10 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.040%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.040%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.040%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 510 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 108 (4.30%) SAP
3 102 (4.06%) Oracle
4 69 (2.75%) Adobe
5 61 (2.43%) Salesforce
5 61 (2.43%) ServiceNow
6 53 (2.11%) Google
7 26 (1.03%) HubSpot
8 21 (0.84%) Cisco
9 20 (0.80%) Pardot
10 19 (0.76%) Fortinet
11 17 (0.68%) JD Edwards
11 17 (0.68%) SonicWALL
12 15 (0.60%) Remedy
13 14 (0.56%) Apple
13 14 (0.56%) Instagram
14 13 (0.52%) HP
14 13 (0.52%) VMware
15 11 (0.44%) Sage
15 11 (0.44%) Wrike