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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -48 +6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,552 3,875 7,330
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.99% 9.41% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.96% 10.13% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 1,979 5,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £84,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,592 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.47% +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 64,523 38,250 80,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.56% 92.93% 86.07%
Number of salaries quoted 39,734 22,522 59,066
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -8.26%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -48 2,179 £55,000 -5.17% 1,155
UK excluding London -49 1,679 £47,592 -13.47% 915
Work from Home -22 793 £57,500 -4.17% 385
London -28 660 £70,000 - 390
North of England -43 547 £44,500 -19.09% 229
South East -46 398 £50,001 -12.28% 257
Midlands -60 260 £52,500 - 154
North West -36 249 £45,000 -18.18% 116
West Midlands -44 197 £47,500 -13.64% 92
Yorkshire -36 187 £40,000 -27.27% 75
South West -48 168 £45,564 -17.16% 82
East of England -57 117 £55,000 - 121
North East -13 111 £42,417 -25.59% 43
Scotland -45 81 £40,000 -30.43% 50
Northern Ireland -9 79 £47,500 -11.63% 15
East Midlands -77 61 £55,000 +18.92% 61
Wales -44 36 £42,934 -28.44% 30

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 97 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.96%) Confluence
3 45 (1.76%) CMS
4 34 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 3 (0.12%) govService
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.078%) Drupal
11 2 (0.078%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
Applications
1 350 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
3 128 (5.02%) Microsoft Project
4 84 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 18 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.59%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.59%) Trello
8 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
10 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.078%) Elementor
11 2 (0.078%) Notion
11 2 (0.078%) Weka
12 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
3 20 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 16 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 15 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.27%) Shopify
10 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.24%) Primavera
10 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 235 (9.21%) Azure
2 225 (8.82%) Power Platform
3 168 (6.58%) SaaS
4 143 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
5 110 (4.31%) AWS
6 61 (2.39%) PowerApps
7 48 (1.88%) Asana
8 41 (1.61%) Power Automate
9 40 (1.57%) GCP
10 34 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.98%) OneDrive
12 25 (0.98%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (0.94%) Google Analytics
14 23 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (0.78%) Canva
16 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.67%) ChatGPT
17 17 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.65%) Broadband
2 36 (1.41%) Firewall
2 36 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 27 (1.06%) CHAP
4 26 (1.02%) WAN
5 22 (0.86%) DNS
6 20 (0.78%) DHCP
7 18 (0.71%) LAN
7 18 (0.71%) Network Security
8 17 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.59%) Wireless
10 14 (0.55%) VPN
11 13 (0.51%) Internet
12 12 (0.47%) Intranet
13 11 (0.43%) VLAN
14 10 (0.39%) Multicast
14 10 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.31%) VoIP
16 5 (0.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (7.41%) Power BI
2 186 (7.29%) Tableau
3 154 (6.03%) Data Mining
4 30 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.06%) GIS
6 22 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.78%) QGIS
7 20 (0.78%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.71%) Power Query
9 15 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
11 10 (0.39%) DB2
12 8 (0.31%) Big Data
13 6 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.20%) Metadata
14 5 (0.20%) MySQL
15 4 (0.16%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 121 (4.74%) JIRA
2 21 (0.82%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.078%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.078%) ESLint
8 2 (0.078%) Gradle
8 2 (0.078%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.078%) JMeter
8 2 (0.078%) JUnit
8 2 (0.078%) Maven
8 2 (0.078%) Mockito
8 2 (0.078%) Selenium
8 2 (0.078%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.078%) TestNG
8 2 (0.078%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
General
1 1,056 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 985 (38.60%) Finance
3 623 (24.41%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (11.72%) Marketing
5 223 (8.74%) Organisational Skills
6 186 (7.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 168 (6.58%) Manufacturing
8 158 (6.19%) Legal
9 139 (5.45%) Retail
10 135 (5.29%) Public Sector
11 114 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
12 112 (4.39%) Banking
13 106 (4.15%) Law
14 71 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (2.51%) Games
16 54 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 53 (2.08%) Telecoms
18 49 (1.92%) Financial Institution
19 39 (1.53%) Local Government
20 38 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 441 (17.28%) Analyst
2 402 (15.75%) Project Manager
3 312 (12.23%) Senior
4 244 (9.56%) Trainee
5 237 (9.29%) Trainee Analyst
6 199 (7.80%) Business Analyst
7 172 (6.74%) Senior Manager
8 162 (6.35%) Data Analyst
9 157 (6.15%) Lead
10 155 (6.07%) IT Manager
11 148 (5.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 125 (4.90%) Consultant
13 124 (4.86%) Development Manager
14 95 (3.72%) Senior Project Manager
15 91 (3.57%) Product Manager
16 89 (3.49%) Trainee Business Analyst
17 87 (3.41%) Architect
18 81 (3.17%) Systems Manager
19 76 (2.98%) IT Project Manager
20 71 (2.78%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.29%) .NET
2 32 (1.25%) HTML
3 26 (1.02%) CSS
3 26 (1.02%) EDI
4 23 (0.90%) PyTorch
5 15 (0.59%) JSON
6 14 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
7 13 (0.51%) .NET Core
7 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (0.43%) SPFx
9 10 (0.39%) React
10 9 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (0.35%) REST
11 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (0.27%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.27%) Middleware
11 7 (0.27%) OAuth
11 7 (0.27%) Seaborn
12 5 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 188 (7.37%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 99 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.63%) Social Media
6 64 (2.51%) FMCG
7 61 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 55 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 39 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 36 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 36 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (1.37%) Blog
12 35 (1.37%) Robotics
13 32 (1.25%) Mobile App
14 31 (1.21%) Security Posture
15 27 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
16 26 (1.02%) Low-Code
17 22 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
18 18 (0.71%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.82%) Windows
2 31 (1.21%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.02%) Android
4 25 (0.98%) Linux
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.31%) Unix
7 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.078%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.078%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (25.12%) Agile
2 605 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
3 569 (22.30%) Project Delivery
4 479 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 476 (18.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 449 (17.59%) Analytics
7 406 (15.91%) Decision-Making
8 387 (15.16%) PRINCE2
9 347 (13.60%) Business Analysis
10 316 (12.38%) AI
11 308 (12.07%) Change Management
12 301 (11.79%) Data Analysis
13 266 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 246 (9.64%) Risk Management
15 225 (8.82%) Data Analytics
16 214 (8.39%) Roadmaps
17 213 (8.35%) Mentoring
18 205 (8.03%) Business Intelligence
19 199 (7.80%) Process Improvement
20 187 (7.33%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 290 (11.36%) SQL
2 288 (11.29%) Python
3 43 (1.68%) C#
4 35 (1.37%) VBA
5 33 (1.29%) JavaScript
6 27 (1.06%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.86%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.67%) Java
9 12 (0.47%) C++
10 11 (0.43%) C
11 10 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.35%) Bash
13 6 (0.24%) R
14 5 (0.20%) PHP
15 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.12%) COBOL
16 3 (0.12%) Dart
16 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
16 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 654 (25.63%) Degree
2 246 (9.64%) PMP
3 227 (8.89%) PMI Certification
4 132 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 91 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 83 (3.25%) CISSP
7 78 (3.06%) DBS Check
8 72 (2.82%) Master's Degree
9 61 (2.39%) CISM
10 35 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (1.33%) HNC
12 32 (1.25%) CISA
12 32 (1.25%) SANS
13 30 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 28 (1.10%) FFIEC
15 27 (1.06%) CGEIT
16 26 (1.02%) MBA
17 24 (0.94%) DV Cleared
18 23 (0.90%) ACCA
18 23 (0.90%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (6.54%) QA
2 127 (4.98%) PMO
3 106 (4.15%) GDPR
4 89 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 78 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 71 (2.78%) NIST
7 37 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 37 (1.45%) GRC
7 37 (1.45%) ISO 9001
8 28 (1.10%) COBIT
9 24 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 16 (0.63%) NIST 800
12 14 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (0.51%) SLA
14 11 (0.43%) GAAP
14 11 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 9 (0.35%) IFRS
15 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 25 (0.98%) Docker
3 10 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.71%) Ansible
3 16 (0.63%) SCCM
4 15 (0.59%) Terraform
5 12 (0.47%) Grafana
6 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.078%) Argo
9 2 (0.078%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.078%) Puppet
9 2 (0.078%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) MOM
10 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 574 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 98 (3.84%) SAP
3 75 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.66%) Oracle
5 67 (2.63%) Google
6 57 (2.23%) Adobe
7 52 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 25 (0.98%) HubSpot
10 24 (0.94%) Cisco
11 20 (0.78%) Genesys
11 20 (0.78%) Verint
12 19 (0.74%) Pardot
13 15 (0.59%) Apple
13 15 (0.59%) Instagram
13 15 (0.59%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.51%) Databricks
14 13 (0.51%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.43%) Wrike