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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -47 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,465 3,609 7,498
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.64% 8.22% 7.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 8.82% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 1,733 5,389
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,988
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 68,914 40,901 84,819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.19% 83.44%
Number of salaries quoted 45,055 21,599 60,884
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £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 1 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 1 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 -47 2,127 £55,000 -8.33% 1,464
UK excluding London -48 1,619 £52,500 -4.55% 1,027
Work from Home -7 946 £55,000 -4.35% 611
London -31 672 £70,000 - 607
North of England -28 507 £55,000 +0.38% 259
South East -22 384 £50,000 -10.38% 276
North West +5 237 £53,500 +1.90% 147
Midlands -57 237 £55,000 +4.76% 166
South West -50 176 £47,500 -17.39% 99
West Midlands -55 161 £54,500 -0.91% 106
Yorkshire -40 158 £60,000 +9.09% 85
East of England -40 131 £72,500 +36.79% 125
North East -24 112 £60,000 +5.26% 31
Scotland -40 77 £40,000 -20.71% 58
Northern Ireland -10 74 £55,000 +2.33% 45
East Midlands -49 74 £55,000 +29.41% 60
Wales -56 38 £42,934 -30.75% 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 89 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.95%) Confluence
3 39 (1.58%) CMS
4 32 (1.30%) WordPress
5 20 (0.81%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.28%) 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 (0.081%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.081%) Drupal
9 2 (0.081%) Totara
9 2 (0.081%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.041%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.041%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.041%) WebSphere
Applications
1 269 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 200 (8.11%) Microsoft Project
3 168 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
4 59 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.57%) Trello
8 9 (0.37%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.081%) Blender
12 2 (0.081%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.081%) Maya
13 1 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.041%) Notion
13 1 (0.041%) Sketch
13 1 (0.041%) Weka
Business Applications
1 30 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 21 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
4 20 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
4 20 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.69%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.69%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (0.37%) Shopify
8 8 (0.32%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.32%) Primavera
8 8 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.28%) Fidessa
9 7 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 245 (9.94%) Azure
2 230 (9.33%) Power Platform
3 151 (6.13%) SaaS
4 134 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (4.18%) AWS
6 78 (3.16%) PowerApps
7 55 (2.23%) Power Automate
8 36 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 35 (1.42%) GCP
10 33 (1.34%) Asana
10 33 (1.34%) Entra ID
10 33 (1.34%) Smartsheet
11 30 (1.22%) OneDrive
12 28 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 24 (0.97%) Canva
15 23 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
16 22 (0.89%) Google Analytics
17 21 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.66%) Broadband
2 32 (1.30%) Firewall
3 31 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (0.97%) WAN
5 23 (0.93%) CHAP
6 17 (0.69%) LAN
7 15 (0.61%) Structured Cabling
8 14 (0.57%) DNS
9 13 (0.53%) Network Security
10 12 (0.49%) DHCP
11 11 (0.45%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.45%) TCP/IP
12 10 (0.41%) Multicast
13 9 (0.37%) Wireless
14 8 (0.32%) Internet
14 8 (0.32%) VoIP
14 8 (0.32%) VPN
15 6 (0.24%) Intranet
16 5 (0.20%) BGP
16 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (7.71%) Power BI
2 137 (5.56%) Tableau
3 104 (4.22%) Data Mining
4 32 (1.30%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.14%) GIS
6 21 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.81%) QGIS
7 20 (0.81%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (0.65%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.45%) Power Query
11 10 (0.41%) DB2
12 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.28%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.20%) Big Data
15 5 (0.20%) Metadata
15 5 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
16 4 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 129 (5.23%) JIRA
2 24 (0.97%) Git
3 11 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.20%) JUnit
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 3 (0.12%) TestNG
8 2 (0.081%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.081%) ESLint
8 2 (0.081%) Gradle
8 2 (0.081%) JMeter
8 2 (0.081%) Maven
8 2 (0.081%) Mockito
8 2 (0.081%) Postman
8 2 (0.081%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.081%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.081%) Zephyr
General
1 1,018 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 877 (35.58%) Finance
3 511 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (11.16%) Marketing
5 214 (8.68%) Organisational Skills
6 160 (6.49%) Manufacturing
7 154 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 152 (6.17%) Retail
9 149 (6.04%) Legal
10 125 (5.07%) Public Sector
11 108 (4.38%) Law
12 101 (4.10%) Banking
13 76 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
14 71 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
15 66 (2.68%) Telecoms
16 56 (2.27%) Local Government
17 55 (2.23%) Games
18 52 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
19 45 (1.83%) Advertising
20 44 (1.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 490 (19.88%) Project Manager
2 360 (14.60%) Senior
3 352 (14.28%) Analyst
4 212 (8.60%) Senior Manager
5 183 (7.42%) Lead
6 170 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 169 (6.86%) IT Manager
8 156 (6.33%) Senior Project Manager
9 145 (5.88%) Trainee
10 144 (5.84%) Trainee Analyst
11 130 (5.27%) Consultant
12 127 (5.15%) Development Manager
13 105 (4.26%) Data Analyst
14 100 (4.06%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 92 (3.73%) IT Project Manager
16 89 (3.61%) Product Manager
17 78 (3.16%) Architect
18 62 (2.52%) IT Support
19 59 (2.39%) Systems Manager
20 56 (2.27%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.78%) .NET
2 42 (1.70%) HTML
3 38 (1.54%) CSS
4 36 (1.46%) PyTorch
5 24 (0.97%) EDI
5 24 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.97%) JSON
6 21 (0.85%) .NET Core
7 20 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (0.77%) SPFx
9 16 (0.65%) Hugging Face
9 16 (0.65%) TensorFlow
10 8 (0.32%) LangChain
10 8 (0.32%) LlamaIndex
10 8 (0.32%) Model Context Protocol
10 8 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
11 7 (0.28%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (0.28%) Matplotlib
11 7 (0.28%) OAuth
11 7 (0.28%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 186 (7.55%) Management Information System
2 108 (4.38%) Onboarding
3 81 (3.29%) Data Centre
4 80 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 78 (3.16%) Driving Licence
6 69 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 64 (2.60%) FMCG
8 54 (2.19%) Social Media
9 48 (1.95%) Virtual Team
10 46 (1.87%) Security Posture
11 43 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (1.42%) Mobile App
13 29 (1.18%) Algorithms
13 29 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
14 28 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 26 (1.05%) Cloud Native
17 24 (0.97%) Low-Code
17 24 (0.97%) PMI
18 23 (0.93%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.04%) Windows
2 28 (1.14%) Apple iOS
2 28 (1.14%) Linux
3 23 (0.93%) Android
4 15 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.41%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.081%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.081%) 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
1 711 (28.84%) Agile
2 602 (24.42%) Project Delivery
3 550 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
4 494 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 459 (18.62%) PRINCE2
6 432 (17.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 368 (14.93%) Decision-Making
8 346 (14.04%) Analytics
9 267 (10.83%) Business Analysis
10 258 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 255 (10.34%) Coaching
12 254 (10.30%) AI
13 252 (10.22%) Change Management
14 248 (10.06%) Roadmaps
15 242 (9.82%) Mentoring
16 239 (9.70%) Risk Management
17 215 (8.72%) Data Analysis
18 210 (8.52%) Budget Management
19 199 (8.07%) Business Intelligence
20 196 (7.95%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 245 (9.94%) SQL
2 241 (9.78%) Python
3 47 (1.91%) C#
4 44 (1.78%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.26%) PowerShell
6 30 (1.22%) TypeScript
7 28 (1.14%) VBA
8 15 (0.61%) Java
9 7 (0.28%) C
9 7 (0.28%) C++
10 6 (0.24%) Bash
11 5 (0.20%) 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 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.081%) Scala
Qualifications
1 644 (26.13%) Degree
2 235 (9.53%) PMP
3 232 (9.41%) PMI Certification
4 113 (4.58%) DBS Check
5 112 (4.54%) Security Cleared
6 95 (3.85%) CISSP
7 86 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 65 (2.64%) CISM
9 64 (2.60%) SC Cleared
10 60 (2.43%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (1.46%) DV Cleared
13 32 (1.30%) CISA
14 28 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 28 (1.14%) CRISC
14 28 (1.14%) SANS
15 26 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (1.05%) HNC
16 24 (0.97%) FFIEC
17 23 (0.93%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (6.73%) QA
2 139 (5.64%) PMO
3 108 (4.38%) Accessibility
4 102 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 94 (3.81%) GDPR
5 94 (3.81%) NIST
6 42 (1.70%) GRC
7 36 (1.46%) ISO 9001
8 30 (1.22%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
10 27 (1.10%) COBIT
11 23 (0.93%) NIST 800
11 23 (0.93%) SLA
12 20 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 12 (0.49%) GAAP
13 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.41%) IFRS
15 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 49 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.77%) Docker
3 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.081%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.081%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.081%) vSphere
7 1 (0.041%) IAG
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (0.85%) Kubernetes
1 21 (0.85%) SCCM
2 17 (0.69%) 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%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.081%) Argo
8 2 (0.081%) Puppet
8 2 (0.081%) 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%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 515 (20.89%) Microsoft
2 90 (3.65%) SAP
3 85 (3.45%) Oracle
4 66 (2.68%) ServiceNow
5 64 (2.60%) Adobe
6 63 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 54 (2.19%) Google
8 27 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 25 (1.01%) Anaplan
10 20 (0.81%) Genesys
10 20 (0.81%) Pardot
10 20 (0.81%) Verint
11 15 (0.61%) Cisco
12 14 (0.57%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.53%) Apple
14 12 (0.49%) Instagram
14 12 (0.49%) SonicWALL
15 11 (0.45%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.45%) Reuters
15 11 (0.45%) Wrike