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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -37 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,532 3,406 7,087
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.56% 6.93% 7.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 7.70% 8.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,446 1,780 4,810
10th Percentile £34,875 £32,885 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,902 £44,220 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,306 £93,750 £84,000
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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 2,219 £55,000 -8.33% 1,041
UK excluding London -39 1,621 £52,500 -4.55% 810
Work from Home -13 1,045 £55,000 -4.35% 371
London -32 744 £68,000 -4.23% 379
North of England -2 467 £55,000 +0.38% 215
South East -25 420 £46,150 -16.94% 258
Midlands -53 229 £55,000 - 121
North West +11 218 £55,000 +7.06% 113
South West -42 180 £47,500 -26.92% 81
East of England -32 157 £60,000 +9.09% 83
Yorkshire -17 152 £60,000 +9.09% 82
West Midlands -49 141 £55,000 - 75
North East -26 97 £60,000 +25.00% 21
East Midlands -26 87 £52,500 - 46
Northern Ireland -31 72 £47,500 -17.39% 16
Scotland -55 60 £47,500 -5.84% 33
Wales -57 40 £60,000 - 21

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 91 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 53 (2.09%) Confluence
3 38 (1.50%) CMS
4 29 (1.15%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.32%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.079%) Totara
12 1 (0.039%) Drupal
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
Applications
1 237 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 223 (8.81%) Microsoft Project
3 185 (7.31%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.79%) Trello
7 17 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.36%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 3 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.079%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.039%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.039%) Houdini
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
13 1 (0.039%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 45 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
5 11 (0.43%) Primavera
6 10 (0.39%) Shopify
7 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.28%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.24%) iTrent
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 236 (9.32%) Azure
2 212 (8.37%) Power Platform
3 152 (6.00%) AWS
4 142 (5.61%) SaaS
5 135 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (2.88%) PowerApps
7 69 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
8 62 (2.45%) Power Automate
9 47 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
10 40 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (1.50%) Smartsheet
12 32 (1.26%) Asana
13 31 (1.22%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.11%) OneDrive
15 27 (1.07%) GCP
16 25 (0.99%) Canva
17 23 (0.91%) Serverless
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.90%) Firewall
2 43 (1.70%) Broadband
3 27 (1.07%) DNS
3 27 (1.07%) WAN
4 26 (1.03%) LAN
5 25 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (0.75%) VPN
7 16 (0.63%) DHCP
8 15 (0.59%) CHAP
8 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.51%) BGP
10 12 (0.47%) Internet
10 12 (0.47%) Network Security
10 12 (0.47%) NGN
10 12 (0.47%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.39%) Wireless
12 9 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.28%) Intranet
13 7 (0.28%) Multicast
13 7 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (6.99%) Power BI
2 78 (3.08%) Tableau
3 63 (2.49%) Data Mining
4 45 (1.78%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.11%) GIS
6 21 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 16 (0.63%) Big Data
8 16 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.55%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.55%) Hadoop
9 14 (0.55%) Metadata
10 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.43%) Power Query
11 11 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 10 (0.39%) MySQL
13 9 (0.36%) Db2
Development Applications
1 175 (6.91%) JIRA
2 22 (0.87%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.32%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
5 3 (0.12%) Taiga
5 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.079%) Gatling
6 2 (0.079%) JMeter
6 2 (0.079%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.079%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.079%) Postman
6 2 (0.079%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.079%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.039%) Plastic SCM
7 1 (0.039%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,064 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 802 (31.67%) Finance
3 480 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (10.66%) Marketing
5 247 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
6 155 (6.12%) Retail
7 137 (5.41%) Manufacturing
8 136 (5.37%) Legal
9 133 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 125 (4.94%) Public Sector
11 108 (4.27%) Law
12 90 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
13 87 (3.44%) Banking
14 70 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
15 57 (2.25%) Local Government
15 57 (2.25%) Telecoms
16 48 (1.90%) Financial Institution
17 47 (1.86%) Advertising
18 46 (1.82%) Aerospace
19 39 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 518 (20.46%) Project Manager
2 370 (14.61%) Senior
3 265 (10.47%) Analyst
4 191 (7.54%) Lead
5 187 (7.39%) Senior Manager
6 182 (7.19%) IT Manager
7 181 (7.15%) Consultant
8 152 (6.00%) Senior Project Manager
9 125 (4.94%) Business Analyst
10 113 (4.46%) Development Manager
11 103 (4.07%) IT Project Manager
12 72 (2.84%) Data Analyst
12 72 (2.84%) Product Manager
13 69 (2.73%) Senior Consultant
14 67 (2.65%) IT Support
15 64 (2.53%) Trainee
15 64 (2.53%) Trainee Analyst
16 62 (2.45%) Coordinator
16 62 (2.45%) Developer
17 61 (2.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.78%) .NET
1 45 (1.78%) HTML
2 43 (1.70%) PyTorch
3 38 (1.50%) CSS
4 24 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (0.95%) JSON
5 23 (0.91%) Hugging Face
5 23 (0.91%) TensorFlow
6 21 (0.83%) .NET Core
6 21 (0.83%) Flash
7 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (0.75%) SPFx
8 17 (0.67%) LangChain
8 17 (0.67%) Langfuse
8 17 (0.67%) LlamaIndex
8 17 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
9 16 (0.63%) Kafka
10 15 (0.59%) Middleware
11 14 (0.55%) EDI
12 12 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 191 (7.54%) Onboarding
2 168 (6.64%) Management Information System
3 127 (5.02%) Data Centre
4 92 (3.63%) Driving Licence
5 79 (3.12%) Product Ownership
6 65 (2.57%) Virtual Team
7 58 (2.29%) Social Media
8 55 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 47 (1.86%) FMCG
11 40 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.42%) Mobile App
14 34 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
14 34 (1.34%) PMI
15 31 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
16 30 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
17 29 (1.15%) Algorithms
18 27 (1.07%) Blog
18 27 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 102 (4.03%) Windows
2 43 (1.70%) Linux
3 28 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 24 (0.95%) Android
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.079%) Debian
10 2 (0.079%) zOS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (28.40%) Agile
2 668 (26.38%) Project Delivery
3 575 (22.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 559 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
5 489 (19.31%) PRINCE2
6 437 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 341 (13.47%) Decision-Making
8 296 (11.69%) Analytics
9 295 (11.65%) Mentoring
10 268 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 266 (10.51%) Roadmaps
12 264 (10.43%) AI
13 229 (9.04%) Change Management
14 227 (8.97%) Logistics
15 224 (8.85%) Coaching
16 219 (8.65%) Risk Management
17 210 (8.29%) Budget Management
18 209 (8.25%) Business Analysis
19 207 (8.18%) ERP
20 188 (7.42%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 225 (8.89%) SQL
2 205 (8.10%) Python
3 51 (2.01%) C#
4 50 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 34 (1.34%) TypeScript
6 33 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.75%) Java
8 17 (0.67%) VBA
9 13 (0.51%) C
9 13 (0.51%) PHP
10 6 (0.24%) C++
10 6 (0.24%) Ruby
11 4 (0.16%) ABAP
11 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.16%) Bash
11 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.12%) COBOL
12 3 (0.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 591 (23.34%) Degree
2 228 (9.00%) PMI Certification
3 223 (8.81%) PMP
4 148 (5.85%) Security Cleared
5 137 (5.41%) DBS Check
6 101 (3.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 76 (3.00%) CISSP
8 64 (2.53%) SC Cleared
9 54 (2.13%) CISM
10 50 (1.97%) Master's Degree
11 42 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 41 (1.62%) DV Cleared
13 33 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
14 26 (1.03%) CRISC
15 22 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 22 (0.87%) CISA
15 22 (0.87%) HNC
15 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (0.79%) SANS
17 19 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (7.70%) QA
2 168 (6.64%) PMO
3 118 (4.66%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 84 (3.32%) GDPR
6 79 (3.12%) NIST
7 44 (1.74%) Data Quality
8 40 (1.58%) GRC
8 40 (1.58%) ISO 9001
9 39 (1.54%) SLA
10 33 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 20 (0.79%) NIST 800
13 19 (0.75%) COBIT
13 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.67%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.55%) ISO 14000
16 13 (0.51%) GAAP
17 11 (0.43%) GMP
17 11 (0.43%) IFRS
System Software
1 42 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.83%) Docker
3 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.079%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.079%) Firmware
6 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.039%) IAG
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 26 (1.03%) SCCM
2 22 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.67%) Puppet
4 13 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.39%) Ansible
5 10 (0.39%) Terraform
6 9 (0.36%) Grafana
7 6 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.079%) Argo
9 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.079%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.039%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.039%) SCOM
Vendors
1 511 (20.18%) Microsoft
2 120 (4.74%) SAP
3 112 (4.42%) Oracle
4 68 (2.69%) Adobe
5 63 (2.49%) ServiceNow
6 55 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 47 (1.86%) Google
8 25 (0.99%) HubSpot
9 22 (0.87%) Fortinet
10 21 (0.83%) Cisco
11 19 (0.75%) SonicWALL
12 17 (0.67%) HP
12 17 (0.67%) Pardot
13 16 (0.63%) JD Edwards
13 16 (0.63%) Remedy
14 14 (0.55%) IBM
14 14 (0.55%) Instagram
15 13 (0.51%) Apple
16 12 (0.47%) Reuters
16 12 (0.47%) VMware