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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 32 23
Rank change year-on-year -33 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,811 3,118 5,292
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.40% 6.31% 6.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 7.11% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 1,642 2,504
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £71,050
90th Percentile £90,000 £94,875 £87,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,682 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.03% +4.76% -4.55%

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 85,591 43,838 62,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.74% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59,105 24,621 34,654
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 25 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 25 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 -30 2,525 £55,000 -8.33% 3,863
UK excluding London -33 1,857 £51,682 -6.03% 2,342
Work from Home -20 1,077 £50,000 -16.67% 1,572
London -35 820 £65,000 -7.14% 1,869
South East -23 512 £45,000 -22.91% 636
North of England -28 401 £55,000 +10.00% 511
Midlands -20 353 £52,500 - 349
North West +14 239 £53,000 +6.00% 289
South West -39 230 £55,000 - 248
West Midlands -30 200 £52,500 -1.41% 197
East of England -26 191 £53,725 +1.37% 228
East Midlands -4 152 £53,750 +9.14% 152
Yorkshire -44 110 £57,500 +15.00% 162
Scotland -44 71 £70,000 +16.67% 193
North East -72 52 £58,000 +74.71% 65
Northern Ireland -73 51 £70,000 +57.30% 144
Wales -56 49 £65,000 +7.00% 64

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
1 139 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 73 (2.60%) CMS
2 73 (2.60%) Confluence
3 27 (0.96%) Sitecore CMS
4 21 (0.75%) WordPress
5 16 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 15 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 12 (0.43%) Headless CMS
8 9 (0.32%) IIS
9 8 (0.28%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.28%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.18%) Moodle
10 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
11 4 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.071%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.071%) Totara
14 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.036%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 293 (10.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 290 (10.32%) Microsoft Project
3 283 (10.07%) Microsoft Office
4 97 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.68%) AutoCAD
8 18 (0.64%) Trello
9 16 (0.57%) EPLAN
10 15 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
11 8 (0.28%) Revit
12 3 (0.11%) Blender
12 3 (0.11%) Maya
12 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.071%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.071%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.071%) PTC Creo
13 2 (0.071%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.071%) Solid Edge
13 2 (0.071%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 82 (2.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.49%) Primavera
3 34 (1.21%) NetSuite
4 27 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 25 (0.89%) SAP EHS
6 9 (0.32%) Fidessa
6 9 (0.32%) Shopify
7 7 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.25%) Infor M3
7 7 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.21%) iTrent
9 5 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
9 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 238 (8.47%) Azure
2 232 (8.25%) Power Platform
3 166 (5.91%) AWS
4 148 (5.27%) SaaS
5 130 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
7 72 (2.56%) PowerApps
8 63 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
9 56 (1.99%) Smartsheet
10 52 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 52 (1.85%) Power Automate
11 34 (1.21%) GCP
12 30 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
13 27 (0.96%) LangSmith
14 25 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (0.85%) Entra ID
16 23 (0.82%) Serverless
17 22 (0.78%) Google Analytics
18 20 (0.71%) Canva
19 19 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (1.85%) Firewall
2 29 (1.03%) LAN
2 29 (1.03%) WAN
3 27 (0.96%) DNS
4 19 (0.68%) VPN
5 18 (0.64%) Profibus
6 16 (0.57%) Network Security
7 15 (0.53%) DHCP
8 14 (0.50%) BGP
8 14 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.46%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.43%) NGN
11 11 (0.39%) Intranet
11 11 (0.39%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.39%) Wireless
12 9 (0.32%) Internet
12 9 (0.32%) Multicast
12 9 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.25%) FIX Connectivity
13 7 (0.25%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (7.19%) Power BI
2 59 (2.10%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.82%) Big Data
3 23 (0.82%) Metadata
4 22 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.75%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.75%) Tableau
6 20 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 17 (0.60%) MySQL
9 14 (0.50%) Hadoop
10 13 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.39%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (0.36%) GIS
13 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 244 (8.68%) JIRA
2 22 (0.78%) Git
3 16 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (0.39%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.39%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.25%) GitLab
6 7 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.18%) JUnit
8 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.11%) Selenium
9 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.11%) Taiga
9 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.11%) TestNG
9 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,234 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 886 (31.52%) Finance
3 550 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 357 (12.70%) Organisational Skills
5 305 (10.85%) Marketing
6 209 (7.44%) Legal
7 182 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 176 (6.26%) Influencing Skills
9 169 (6.01%) Manufacturing
10 162 (5.76%) Public Sector
11 154 (5.48%) Retail
12 133 (4.73%) Law
13 116 (4.13%) Aerospace
14 101 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
15 84 (2.99%) Banking
15 84 (2.99%) Telecoms
16 78 (2.77%) Electronics
17 53 (1.89%) Local Government
18 50 (1.78%) Military
19 46 (1.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 583 (20.74%) Project Manager
2 408 (14.51%) Senior
3 254 (9.04%) Lead
4 206 (7.33%) Senior Manager
5 199 (7.08%) Analyst
6 187 (6.65%) Consultant
7 181 (6.44%) IT Manager
8 143 (5.09%) Senior Project Manager
9 117 (4.16%) Business Analyst
10 110 (3.91%) IT Project Manager
11 76 (2.70%) Development Manager
12 73 (2.60%) Technical Manager
13 72 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
14 70 (2.49%) Coordinator
15 64 (2.28%) Architect
16 62 (2.21%) Developer
16 62 (2.21%) Senior Consultant
17 59 (2.10%) Product Manager
18 57 (2.03%) Business Manager
18 57 (2.03%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.78%) HTML
2 48 (1.71%) CSS
3 47 (1.67%) .NET
4 33 (1.17%) TensorFlow
5 30 (1.07%) PyTorch
6 27 (0.96%) LangChain
6 27 (0.96%) Langfuse
6 27 (0.96%) LlamaIndex
6 27 (0.96%) Model Context Protocol
7 25 (0.89%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.75%) Flash
9 18 (0.64%) ASP.NET
9 18 (0.64%) HTML5 Canvas
9 18 (0.64%) JSON
10 17 (0.60%) jQuery
11 15 (0.53%) Kafka
11 15 (0.53%) Terraform
12 13 (0.46%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
12 13 (0.46%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 287 (10.21%) Onboarding
2 222 (7.90%) Management Information System
3 194 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 135 (4.80%) Driving Licence
5 132 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
6 92 (3.27%) Product Ownership
7 73 (2.60%) PMI
8 66 (2.35%) Blog
8 66 (2.35%) Virtual Team
9 65 (2.31%) Social Media
10 53 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
11 47 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
12 44 (1.57%) Cloud Native
12 44 (1.57%) Robotics
13 39 (1.39%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
15 36 (1.28%) e-Learning
16 35 (1.25%) FMCG
17 34 (1.21%) SCADA
18 31 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 115 (4.09%) Windows
2 46 (1.64%) Linux
3 17 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.14%) VMS
6 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) AIX
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Debian
7 3 (0.11%) Unix
8 2 (0.071%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.071%) Solaris
9 1 (0.036%) CentOS
9 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (28.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 794 (28.25%) Agile
3 777 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
4 770 (27.39%) Project Delivery
5 646 (22.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 513 (18.25%) PRINCE2
7 382 (13.59%) Decision-Making
8 329 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 327 (11.63%) AI
10 314 (11.17%) Roadmaps
11 288 (10.25%) Analytics
12 265 (9.43%) Risk Management
13 258 (9.18%) Mentoring
14 249 (8.86%) ERP
15 247 (8.79%) CRM
16 245 (8.72%) Budget Management
17 236 (8.40%) Coaching
18 235 (8.36%) Change Management
19 220 (7.83%) Service Delivery
20 209 (7.44%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 181 (6.44%) SQL
2 158 (5.62%) Python
3 79 (2.81%) JavaScript
4 51 (1.81%) PowerShell
5 42 (1.49%) C#
6 37 (1.32%) Java
7 32 (1.14%) TypeScript
8 21 (0.75%) C
9 16 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
10 14 (0.50%) PHP
11 13 (0.46%) C++
12 9 (0.32%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.28%) R
14 6 (0.21%) Ruby
14 6 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.21%) VBA
15 5 (0.18%) Bash
15 5 (0.18%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 773 (27.50%) Degree
2 265 (9.43%) Security Cleared
3 251 (8.93%) PMI Certification
4 221 (7.86%) PMP
5 146 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 144 (5.12%) DBS Check
7 111 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 79 (2.81%) DV Cleared
9 76 (2.70%) HNC
10 69 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 66 (2.35%) HND
12 53 (1.89%) Master's Degree
13 52 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
14 50 (1.78%) Chartered Engineer
15 49 (1.74%) CISSP
16 39 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
17 36 (1.28%) CISM
18 33 (1.17%) ACCA
19 28 (1.00%) CIMA
20 27 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (7.26%) PMO
2 170 (6.05%) QA
3 97 (3.45%) Data Quality
3 97 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 86 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 77 (2.74%) GDPR
6 56 (1.99%) NIST
7 55 (1.96%) SLA
8 35 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 27 (0.96%) GRC
11 21 (0.75%) GMP
12 18 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 17 (0.60%) ISO 14000
14 16 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 13 (0.46%) ISO 14001
15 13 (0.46%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.43%) IEC 61131
17 11 (0.39%) IFRS
18 9 (0.32%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 33 (1.17%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (0.57%) Docker
4 11 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.36%) vSphere
6 8 (0.28%) Firmware
7 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.071%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.036%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.036%) IAG
10 1 (0.036%) NFS
10 1 (0.036%) Samba
10 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.036%) XenApp
10 1 (0.036%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 24 (0.85%) SCCM
2 17 (0.60%) Puppet
3 16 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (0.53%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.46%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.28%) Ansible
8 6 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.18%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.14%) EnCase
10 4 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.14%) FTK
11 2 (0.071%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.071%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.036%) Argo
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.036%) Grafana
12 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 567 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 183 (6.51%) SAP
3 119 (4.23%) Oracle
4 73 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 71 (2.53%) Google
6 70 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 63 (2.24%) Adobe
8 46 (1.64%) HubSpot
9 36 (1.28%) Sage
9 36 (1.28%) Siemens
10 33 (1.17%) Cisco
11 30 (1.07%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.00%) Sitecore
12 28 (1.00%) VMware
13 20 (0.71%) NEC
13 20 (0.71%) Remedy
13 20 (0.71%) SonicWALL
14 15 (0.53%) Intapp
15 13 (0.46%) Aderant
15 13 (0.46%) Databricks