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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -40 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,436 3,559 7,575
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.63% 8.04% 7.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 8.66% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,430 1,716 5,407
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,525 £43,625 £40,994
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 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £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 67,776 41,096 86,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 92.88% 82.94%
Number of salaries quoted 45,490 21,754 61,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -41 2,110 £55,000 -8.33% 1,316
UK excluding London -40 1,590 £52,500 -4.55% 954
Work from Home -8 955 £55,000 -4.35% 513
London -28 676 £70,000 -1.41% 520
North of England -21 479 £55,000 +0.38% 232
South East -27 392 £50,000 -10.38% 269
Midlands -60 235 £55,000 +4.76% 152
North West +2 226 £55,000 +6.28% 116
South West -47 174 £47,500 -20.17% 97
West Midlands -49 154 £55,000 - 92
Yorkshire -39 151 £60,000 +9.09% 86
East of England -45 132 £72,500 +36.79% 119
North East -28 102 £60,000 +5.26% 33
East Midlands -37 80 £55,000 +29.41% 60
Northern Ireland -9 72 £55,000 +2.33% 34
Scotland -41 72 £40,000 -20.71% 52
Wales -61 38 £42,934 -30.19% 22

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 39 (1.60%) CMS
4 32 (1.31%) WordPress
5 20 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Moodle
8 3 (0.12%) govService
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 2 (0.082%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.082%) Drupal
9 2 (0.082%) Totara
9 2 (0.082%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.082%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.082%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.041%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 258 (10.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 202 (8.29%) Microsoft Project
3 167 (6.86%) Microsoft Office
4 58 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.57%) Trello
8 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.29%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.082%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.041%) Sketch
13 1 (0.041%) Weka
Business Applications
1 33 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.86%) Oracle Payables
3 21 (0.86%) Oracle Receivables
4 20 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
5 17 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (0.37%) Shopify
8 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.29%) Fidessa
9 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.29%) Primavera
10 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.25%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 242 (9.93%) Azure
2 218 (8.95%) Power Platform
3 149 (6.12%) SaaS
4 129 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (4.23%) AWS
6 77 (3.16%) PowerApps
7 56 (2.30%) Power Automate
8 38 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
9 35 (1.44%) GCP
10 33 (1.35%) Smartsheet
11 31 (1.27%) Asana
12 30 (1.23%) OneDrive
13 29 (1.19%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
15 25 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 24 (0.99%) Canva
17 23 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
18 22 (0.90%) Google Analytics
19 21 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
20 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.68%) Broadband
2 32 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
3 31 (1.27%) Firewall
4 23 (0.94%) CHAP
4 23 (0.94%) WAN
5 17 (0.70%) LAN
6 16 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
7 14 (0.57%) DNS
8 12 (0.49%) DHCP
8 12 (0.49%) Network Security
9 11 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.45%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.41%) Multicast
11 7 (0.29%) Internet
11 7 (0.29%) VoIP
11 7 (0.29%) Wireless
12 6 (0.25%) Intranet
12 6 (0.25%) VPN
13 5 (0.21%) BGP
13 5 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (7.22%) Power BI
2 118 (4.84%) Tableau
3 96 (3.94%) Data Mining
4 32 (1.31%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.15%) GIS
6 21 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.82%) QGIS
7 20 (0.82%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.62%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.41%) Db2
10 10 (0.41%) Power Query
11 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.21%) Big Data
14 5 (0.21%) Metadata
14 5 (0.21%) Qlik Sense
15 4 (0.16%) DB2 UDB
15 4 (0.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 133 (5.46%) JIRA
2 24 (0.99%) Git
3 11 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.21%) JUnit
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 3 (0.12%) TestNG
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%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.082%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.082%) Zephyr
General
1 1,017 (41.75%) Social Skills
2 857 (35.18%) Finance
3 491 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (10.92%) Marketing
5 217 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
6 152 (6.24%) Retail
7 149 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 148 (6.08%) Manufacturing
9 143 (5.87%) Legal
10 124 (5.09%) Public Sector
11 106 (4.35%) Law
12 100 (4.11%) Banking
13 79 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
14 66 (2.71%) Telecoms
15 62 (2.55%) Local Government
16 59 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
17 52 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 47 (1.93%) Advertising
19 45 (1.85%) Financial Institution
20 44 (1.81%) Games
Job Titles
1 494 (20.28%) Project Manager
2 352 (14.45%) Senior
3 330 (13.55%) Analyst
4 203 (8.33%) Senior Manager
5 183 (7.51%) Lead
6 169 (6.94%) IT Manager
7 160 (6.57%) Business Analyst
8 159 (6.53%) Senior Project Manager
9 136 (5.58%) Consultant
10 127 (5.21%) Trainee
11 126 (5.17%) Trainee Analyst
12 121 (4.97%) Development Manager
13 97 (3.98%) Data Analyst
14 93 (3.82%) IT Project Manager
15 92 (3.78%) Trainee Data Analyst
16 77 (3.16%) Product Manager
17 68 (2.79%) Architect
18 62 (2.55%) IT Support
19 58 (2.38%) Systems Manager
20 56 (2.30%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.81%) .NET
2 41 (1.68%) HTML
2 41 (1.68%) PyTorch
3 38 (1.56%) CSS
4 24 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (0.99%) JSON
5 22 (0.90%) EDI
6 21 (0.86%) .NET Core
6 21 (0.86%) Hugging Face
6 21 (0.86%) TensorFlow
7 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (0.78%) SPFx
8 9 (0.37%) LangChain
8 9 (0.37%) LlamaIndex
8 9 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
9 8 (0.33%) Flash
9 8 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (0.29%) Matplotlib
10 7 (0.29%) OAuth
10 7 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 185 (7.59%) Management Information System
2 110 (4.52%) Onboarding
3 83 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 80 (3.28%) Product Ownership
5 78 (3.20%) Driving Licence
6 66 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 56 (2.30%) FMCG
8 53 (2.18%) Social Media
9 47 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 46 (1.89%) Security Posture
11 45 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.40%) Mobile App
13 30 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 30 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 30 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
14 27 (1.11%) Cloud Native
14 27 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
15 25 (1.03%) PMI
16 24 (0.99%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 74 (3.04%) Windows
2 28 (1.15%) Apple iOS
2 28 (1.15%) Linux
3 23 (0.94%) Android
4 15 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.37%) Unix
6 6 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.082%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.082%) zOS
10 1 (0.041%) CentOS
10 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (29.15%) Agile
2 592 (24.30%) Project Delivery
3 544 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
4 490 (20.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 460 (18.88%) PRINCE2
6 406 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 354 (14.53%) Decision-Making
8 333 (13.67%) Analytics
9 260 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 253 (10.39%) AI
11 251 (10.30%) Business Analysis
12 249 (10.22%) Roadmaps
13 247 (10.14%) Coaching
14 245 (10.06%) Change Management
15 244 (10.02%) Mentoring
16 234 (9.61%) Risk Management
17 207 (8.50%) Budget Management
18 206 (8.46%) Data Analysis
19 197 (8.09%) ERP
20 196 (8.05%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 239 (9.81%) SQL
2 236 (9.69%) Python
3 47 (1.93%) C#
4 44 (1.81%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.27%) TypeScript
6 30 (1.23%) PowerShell
7 27 (1.11%) VBA
8 15 (0.62%) Java
9 7 (0.29%) C
9 7 (0.29%) C++
10 6 (0.25%) Bash
11 5 (0.21%) PHP
12 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) COBOL
13 3 (0.12%) Dart
13 3 (0.12%) R
14 2 (0.082%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.082%) Scala
Qualifications
1 615 (25.25%) Degree
2 225 (9.24%) PMP
3 221 (9.07%) PMI Certification
4 114 (4.68%) DBS Check
5 107 (4.39%) Security Cleared
6 93 (3.82%) CISSP
7 87 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 64 (2.63%) CISM
9 61 (2.50%) SC Cleared
10 59 (2.42%) Master's Degree
11 39 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (1.48%) DV Cleared
13 31 (1.27%) CISA
14 28 (1.15%) CRISC
14 28 (1.15%) SANS
15 26 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
16 25 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
17 24 (0.99%) FFIEC
17 24 (0.99%) HNC
18 23 (0.94%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (7.02%) QA
2 150 (6.16%) PMO
3 107 (4.39%) Accessibility
4 96 (3.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 94 (3.86%) NIST
6 91 (3.74%) GDPR
7 42 (1.72%) GRC
8 37 (1.52%) ISO 9001
9 30 (1.23%) Data Quality
10 28 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (1.11%) COBIT
12 23 (0.94%) NIST 800
12 23 (0.94%) SLA
13 20 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 12 (0.49%) GAAP
16 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.41%) IFRS
16 10 (0.41%) ISO 14001
17 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 45 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.78%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.082%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.082%) Firmware
6 2 (0.082%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.082%) vSphere
7 1 (0.041%) IAG
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (0.86%) Kubernetes
1 21 (0.86%) SCCM
2 16 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.53%) Ansible
4 11 (0.45%) Grafana
5 10 (0.41%) Terraform
6 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.082%) Argo
8 2 (0.082%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.082%) Puppet
8 2 (0.082%) Salt
9 1 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.041%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.041%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.041%) MOM
9 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 502 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 95 (3.90%) SAP
3 87 (3.57%) Oracle
4 64 (2.63%) Adobe
5 63 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 57 (2.34%) ServiceNow
7 56 (2.30%) Google
8 27 (1.11%) HubSpot
9 20 (0.82%) Pardot
10 15 (0.62%) Cisco
11 13 (0.53%) Anaplan
11 13 (0.53%) Apple
11 13 (0.53%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.49%) Instagram
12 12 (0.49%) SonicWALL
13 11 (0.45%) Bloomberg
13 11 (0.45%) JD Edwards
13 11 (0.45%) Reuters
13 11 (0.45%) VMware
13 11 (0.45%) Wrike