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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 27 23
Rank change year-on-year -39 -4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,667 3,238 5,395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.39% 6.54% 6.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 7.39% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,721 2,927
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,105
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,223 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.05% +5.77% -5.45%

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 81,483 43,799 64,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.97% 88.49% 80.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,701 24,787 38,319
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -4.59%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -28 2,394 £55,000 -8.33% 2,582
UK excluding London -39 1,722 £52,223 -5.05% 1,554
Work from Home -16 1,072 £51,000 -12.07% 1,013
London -32 827 £65,000 -7.14% 1,341
South East -25 468 £45,000 -21.74% 437
North of England -32 387 £55,000 +10.00% 304
Midlands -27 293 £55,000 +0.92% 253
North West -1 214 £52,250 +3.47% 164
South West -38 212 £55,000 - 218
East of England -24 190 £55,000 - 174
West Midlands -42 165 £54,000 -1.82% 154
East Midlands -10 127 £55,000 +1.85% 99
Yorkshire -47 116 £60,000 +10.30% 99
Scotland -47 68 £70,000 +16.67% 95
Northern Ireland -57 58 £47,500 -5.00% 63
North East -62 57 £58,000 +54.67% 45
Wales -52 47 £55,000 -8.33% 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
1 135 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 70 (2.62%) Confluence
3 65 (2.44%) CMS
4 27 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (0.67%) WordPress
6 14 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 9 (0.34%) IIS
9 8 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.19%) Apache Pig
11 5 (0.19%) MS Project Server
12 4 (0.15%) Moodle
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.075%) Totara
15 1 (0.037%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 265 (9.94%) Microsoft Project
2 257 (9.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 238 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
4 74 (2.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 20 (0.75%) Trello
7 19 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 12 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
9 10 (0.37%) EPLAN
10 6 (0.22%) AutoCAD
11 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.11%) Blender
12 3 (0.11%) Maya
12 3 (0.11%) Revit
13 2 (0.075%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.075%) InDesign
13 2 (0.075%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.037%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 79 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (1.31%) NetSuite
3 33 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 26 (0.97%) Primavera
5 11 (0.41%) Shopify
6 10 (0.37%) SAP EHS
7 9 (0.34%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.22%) iTrent
10 5 (0.19%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.15%) Misys Midas
11 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
11 4 (0.15%) SAP MDG
11 4 (0.15%) SAP QM
12 3 (0.11%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 239 (8.96%) Azure
2 222 (8.32%) Power Platform
3 161 (6.04%) AWS
4 153 (5.74%) SaaS
5 127 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (3.00%) PowerApps
7 76 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
8 60 (2.25%) Power Automate
9 55 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
11 42 (1.57%) Smartsheet
12 33 (1.24%) GCP
13 27 (1.01%) Entra ID
14 24 (0.90%) LangSmith
15 22 (0.82%) OneDrive
15 22 (0.82%) Serverless
16 21 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
16 21 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
17 20 (0.75%) Canva
17 20 (0.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.14%) Firewall
2 28 (1.05%) LAN
2 28 (1.05%) WAN
3 25 (0.94%) DNS
4 21 (0.79%) VPN
5 18 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (0.64%) Broadband
6 17 (0.64%) Network Security
7 15 (0.56%) NGN
8 14 (0.52%) BGP
9 13 (0.49%) DHCP
10 12 (0.45%) Profibus
10 12 (0.45%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.45%) TCP/IP
11 11 (0.41%) Intranet
12 10 (0.37%) Wireless
13 9 (0.34%) Internet
13 9 (0.34%) Multicast
14 8 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
15 7 (0.26%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (7.35%) Power BI
2 60 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.31%) Tableau
4 21 (0.79%) Big Data
4 21 (0.79%) Data Mining
4 21 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (0.71%) Data Lake
6 18 (0.67%) Metadata
6 18 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 18 (0.67%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.64%) MySQL
8 14 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 14 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (0.41%) Apache Hive
9 11 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.26%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.26%) GIS
Development Applications
1 227 (8.51%) JIRA
2 25 (0.94%) Git
3 12 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.41%) Claude Code
5 10 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.22%) GitLab
7 6 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.15%) LabVIEW
10 3 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.11%) Selenium
10 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) Storybook
10 3 (0.11%) Taiga
10 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.11%) TestNG
10 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,162 (43.57%) Social Skills
2 842 (31.57%) Finance
3 526 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 304 (11.40%) Organisational Skills
5 283 (10.61%) Marketing
6 167 (6.26%) Legal
7 159 (5.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 155 (5.81%) Retail
9 147 (5.51%) Influencing Skills
10 141 (5.29%) Public Sector
11 139 (5.21%) Manufacturing
12 105 (3.94%) Law
13 90 (3.37%) Banking
14 87 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
15 86 (3.22%) Aerospace
16 69 (2.59%) Telecoms
17 56 (2.10%) Electronics
18 52 (1.95%) Local Government
19 43 (1.61%) Financial Institution
20 42 (1.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 560 (21.00%) Project Manager
2 390 (14.62%) Senior
3 219 (8.21%) Lead
4 217 (8.14%) Analyst
5 194 (7.27%) Senior Manager
6 186 (6.97%) Consultant
7 181 (6.79%) IT Manager
8 138 (5.17%) Senior Project Manager
9 123 (4.61%) Business Analyst
10 109 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
11 78 (2.92%) Development Manager
12 67 (2.51%) Developer
12 67 (2.51%) Technical Manager
13 64 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
14 63 (2.36%) Coordinator
15 61 (2.29%) Senior Consultant
16 60 (2.25%) Architect
17 58 (2.17%) Product Manager
18 52 (1.95%) Programme Manager
19 51 (1.91%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (2.06%) HTML
2 53 (1.99%) CSS
3 52 (1.95%) .NET
4 30 (1.12%) TensorFlow
5 27 (1.01%) PyTorch
6 24 (0.90%) LangChain
6 24 (0.90%) Langfuse
6 24 (0.90%) LlamaIndex
6 24 (0.90%) Model Context Protocol
7 23 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
7 23 (0.86%) Hugging Face
7 23 (0.86%) JSON
8 21 (0.79%) Flash
9 18 (0.67%) .NET Core
9 18 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (0.67%) SPFx
10 17 (0.64%) ASP.NET
11 16 (0.60%) jQuery
11 16 (0.60%) Kafka
12 12 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 256 (9.60%) Onboarding
2 177 (6.64%) Data Centre
3 174 (6.52%) Management Information System
4 121 (4.54%) Driving Licence
5 118 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 89 (3.34%) Product Ownership
7 72 (2.70%) Virtual Team
8 66 (2.47%) Blog
9 56 (2.10%) Social Media
10 54 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 54 (2.02%) PMI
11 42 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
12 41 (1.54%) Cloud Native
13 37 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
13 37 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
14 36 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
15 35 (1.31%) AI Agents
15 35 (1.31%) FMCG
16 33 (1.24%) e-Learning
16 33 (1.24%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 122 (4.57%) Windows
2 49 (1.84%) Linux
3 18 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Debian
7 3 (0.11%) Unix
7 3 (0.11%) VMS
8 2 (0.075%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.075%) zOS
9 1 (0.037%) AIX
9 1 (0.037%) CentOS
9 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (27.78%) Agile
2 727 (27.26%) Project Delivery
3 713 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
4 712 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 569 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 492 (18.45%) PRINCE2
7 338 (12.67%) Decision-Making
8 307 (11.51%) Roadmaps
9 291 (10.91%) AI
10 287 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 270 (10.12%) Analytics
12 262 (9.82%) Mentoring
13 257 (9.64%) Risk Management
14 240 (9.00%) Budget Management
15 227 (8.51%) ERP
16 226 (8.47%) Coaching
17 224 (8.40%) CRM
18 220 (8.25%) Change Management
19 209 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
19 209 (7.84%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 204 (7.65%) SQL
2 171 (6.41%) Python
3 82 (3.07%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.06%) PowerShell
5 52 (1.95%) C#
6 36 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 31 (1.16%) Java
8 21 (0.79%) C
9 14 (0.52%) PHP
10 12 (0.45%) Ladder Logic
11 11 (0.41%) C++
12 9 (0.34%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.34%) VB.NET
13 7 (0.26%) Embedded C
13 7 (0.26%) R
14 6 (0.22%) Ruby
14 6 (0.22%) VBA
15 5 (0.19%) Bash
15 5 (0.19%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 695 (26.06%) Degree
2 235 (8.81%) PMI Certification
3 219 (8.21%) PMP
4 214 (8.02%) Security Cleared
5 143 (5.36%) DBS Check
6 107 (4.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 106 (3.97%) SC Cleared
8 74 (2.77%) DV Cleared
9 62 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 60 (2.25%) CISSP
11 52 (1.95%) HNC
12 48 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 46 (1.72%) HND
14 45 (1.69%) Master's Degree
15 44 (1.65%) CISM
16 38 (1.42%) Chartered Engineer
17 37 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
18 27 (1.01%) CRISC
19 24 (0.90%) ACCA
20 21 (0.79%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (6.90%) PMO
2 179 (6.71%) QA
3 104 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 81 (3.04%) GDPR
6 76 (2.85%) Data Quality
7 63 (2.36%) NIST
8 53 (1.99%) SLA
9 39 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 39 (1.46%) ISO 9001
10 38 (1.42%) GRC
11 26 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 22 (0.82%) GMP
13 18 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.64%) ISO 14000
14 17 (0.64%) ISO 14001
15 16 (0.60%) NIST 800
16 15 (0.56%) IFRS
17 10 (0.37%) GAAP
17 10 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.64%) Docker
3 14 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.26%) Firmware
5 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.26%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.075%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.075%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.037%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.037%) IAG
8 1 (0.037%) NFS
8 1 (0.037%) Samba
8 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (1.01%) SCCM
2 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.67%) Puppet
4 14 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.34%) Ansible
6 9 (0.34%) Grafana
7 8 (0.30%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.075%) Argo
11 2 (0.075%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.075%) Salt
11 2 (0.075%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.037%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.037%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.037%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.037%) SCOM
12 1 (0.037%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 532 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 172 (6.45%) SAP
3 119 (4.46%) Oracle
4 71 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 65 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 63 (2.36%) Adobe
7 58 (2.17%) Google
8 35 (1.31%) HubSpot
9 32 (1.20%) Cisco
9 32 (1.20%) Fortinet
9 32 (1.20%) Sage
10 28 (1.05%) Sitecore
11 22 (0.82%) Siemens
12 21 (0.79%) SonicWALL
12 21 (0.79%) VMware
13 18 (0.67%) NEC
14 16 (0.60%) Remedy
15 14 (0.52%) Apple
15 14 (0.52%) Bloomberg
15 14 (0.52%) IBM