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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -37 -3 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,589 3,388 5,796
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.44% 6.78% 6.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 7.60% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 1,794 3,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,825 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,818
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.49% -10.30%
75th Percentile £73,250 £77,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £86,625
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 78,044 44,596 67,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.46% 89.30% 81.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53,720 25,240 43,624
10th Percentile £30,773 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,237 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -29 2,333 £55,000 -8.33% 1,932
UK excluding London -40 1,608 £52,500 -4.55% 1,253
Work from Home -15 1,088 £52,500 -8.70% 728
London -32 840 £65,000 -8.45% 889
South East -24 439 £45,000 -20.05% 354
North of England -20 407 £55,000 +5.77% 291
Midlands -51 245 £55,000 - 218
North West +4 203 £54,500 +7.92% 154
South West -44 196 £50,625 -11.96% 160
East of England -27 188 £55,000 - 130
Yorkshire -27 136 £60,000 +9.09% 96
West Midlands -48 136 £55,000 - 134
East Midlands -21 108 £55,000 +10.00% 84
North East -49 68 £58,000 +41.46% 44
Scotland -45 62 £67,500 +12.50% 67
Wales -64 38 £55,000 -9.47% 34
Northern Ireland -66 35 £47,500 -11.63% 28

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
1 104 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 69 (2.67%) Confluence
3 40 (1.54%) CMS
4 22 (0.85%) WordPress
5 15 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) Headless CMS
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.27%) IIS
9 5 (0.19%) Apache Pig
9 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.15%) Moodle
11 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.077%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.077%) MS Project Server
12 2 (0.077%) Totara
Applications
1 244 (9.42%) Microsoft Project
2 232 (8.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 214 (8.27%) Microsoft Office
4 62 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.81%) Trello
6 20 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 19 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.35%) Photoshop
10 8 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
12 4 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.12%) Blender
13 3 (0.12%) Maya
13 3 (0.12%) Revit
14 2 (0.077%) Camtasia
14 2 (0.077%) EPLAN
14 2 (0.077%) OrCAD
15 1 (0.039%) Houdini
15 1 (0.039%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 48 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 23 (0.89%) Primavera
4 15 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.42%) Shopify
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle Receivables
7 9 (0.35%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 7 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
9 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.23%) iTrent
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS R12
9 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.19%) SAP EHS
10 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 259 (10.00%) Azure
2 201 (7.76%) Power Platform
3 181 (6.99%) AWS
4 140 (5.41%) SaaS
5 128 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
7 67 (2.59%) Power Automate
8 61 (2.36%) PowerApps
9 52 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
10 47 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (1.51%) Smartsheet
12 37 (1.43%) GCP
13 32 (1.24%) Asana
14 30 (1.16%) Entra ID
15 23 (0.89%) OneDrive
15 23 (0.89%) Serverless
16 22 (0.85%) Canva
17 21 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (0.81%) IaaS
17 21 (0.81%) LangSmith
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.97%) Firewall
2 32 (1.24%) Broadband
3 26 (1.00%) LAN
3 26 (1.00%) WAN
4 24 (0.93%) DNS
5 21 (0.81%) VPN
5 21 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.58%) NGN
7 14 (0.54%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.50%) BGP
8 13 (0.50%) DHCP
9 12 (0.46%) Intranet
9 12 (0.46%) Network Security
9 12 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.39%) Internet
10 10 (0.39%) Wireless
11 9 (0.35%) CHAP
11 9 (0.35%) Multicast
12 8 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 174 (6.72%) Power BI
2 53 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 50 (1.93%) Tableau
4 34 (1.31%) Data Mining
5 24 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (0.89%) GIS
7 20 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 18 (0.70%) Big Data
8 18 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.66%) Relational Database
10 16 (0.62%) Data Lake
10 16 (0.62%) Metadata
11 15 (0.58%) MySQL
11 15 (0.58%) QGIS
11 15 (0.58%) Spatial Data
12 14 (0.54%) Hadoop
13 12 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.42%) Apache Hive
14 11 (0.42%) Power Query
14 11 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 217 (8.38%) JIRA
2 27 (1.04%) Git
3 11 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.35%) Claude Code
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.19%) JUnit
8 4 (0.15%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.15%) GitLab
9 3 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.12%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.12%) Selenium
9 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.12%) Storybook
9 3 (0.12%) Taiga
9 3 (0.12%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.12%) TestNG
9 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
General
1 1,072 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 810 (31.29%) Finance
3 541 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
4 280 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 260 (10.04%) Marketing
6 158 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 158 (6.10%) Retail
7 157 (6.06%) Legal
8 138 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 138 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 130 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
10 111 (4.29%) Law
11 92 (3.55%) Banking
12 87 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
13 74 (2.86%) Aerospace
14 70 (2.70%) Telecoms
15 52 (2.01%) Local Government
16 46 (1.78%) Advertising
17 45 (1.74%) Electronics
18 42 (1.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 536 (20.70%) Project Manager
2 369 (14.25%) Senior
3 237 (9.15%) Analyst
4 202 (7.80%) Lead
5 196 (7.57%) Senior Manager
6 185 (7.15%) Consultant
7 176 (6.80%) IT Manager
8 143 (5.52%) Senior Project Manager
9 127 (4.91%) Business Analyst
10 106 (4.09%) IT Project Manager
11 84 (3.24%) Development Manager
12 66 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
13 65 (2.51%) Developer
13 65 (2.51%) Product Manager
13 65 (2.51%) Technical Manager
14 60 (2.32%) Delivery Manager
15 59 (2.28%) Architect
15 59 (2.28%) Coordinator
16 58 (2.24%) IT Support
17 55 (2.12%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.97%) HTML
2 48 (1.85%) .NET
3 45 (1.74%) CSS
4 39 (1.51%) PyTorch
5 27 (1.04%) TensorFlow
6 24 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (0.93%) JSON
7 23 (0.89%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.81%) .NET Core
8 21 (0.81%) Flash
8 21 (0.81%) LangChain
8 21 (0.81%) Langfuse
8 21 (0.81%) LlamaIndex
8 21 (0.81%) Model Context Protocol
9 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (0.73%) SPFx
10 16 (0.62%) Kafka
11 12 (0.46%) Middleware
11 12 (0.46%) Node.js
12 10 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 233 (9.00%) Onboarding
2 162 (6.26%) Data Centre
3 154 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 100 (3.86%) Driving Licence
5 84 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 75 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 71 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (2.28%) Social Media
9 53 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 46 (1.78%) PMI
11 43 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
11 43 (1.66%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.47%) FMCG
13 36 (1.39%) Blog
13 36 (1.39%) Cyber Defence
13 36 (1.39%) Security Posture
14 33 (1.27%) AI Agents
15 32 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
16 31 (1.20%) Mobile App
17 30 (1.16%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 119 (4.60%) Windows
2 52 (2.01%) Linux
3 18 (0.70%) Apple iOS
4 17 (0.66%) Android
5 16 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.15%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.15%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.12%) Debian
9 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.077%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) AIX
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (28.47%) Agile
2 666 (25.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 663 (25.61%) Project Delivery
4 637 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
5 517 (19.97%) Continuous Improvement
6 472 (18.23%) PRINCE2
7 332 (12.82%) Decision-Making
8 308 (11.90%) Roadmaps
9 302 (11.66%) AI
10 280 (10.81%) Analytics
11 272 (10.51%) Mentoring
12 256 (9.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 246 (9.50%) Risk Management
14 233 (9.00%) Budget Management
15 224 (8.65%) Change Management
16 217 (8.38%) Coaching
16 217 (8.38%) ERP
17 207 (8.00%) Service Delivery
18 204 (7.88%) Cybersecurity
19 198 (7.65%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 202 (7.80%) SQL
2 195 (7.53%) Python
3 55 (2.12%) JavaScript
4 50 (1.93%) C#
5 35 (1.35%) TypeScript
6 33 (1.27%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.00%) Java
8 16 (0.62%) C
9 14 (0.54%) PHP
10 10 (0.39%) C++
11 8 (0.31%) VBA
12 7 (0.27%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.23%) Ruby
14 5 (0.19%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.19%) Bash
14 5 (0.19%) Ladder Logic
15 4 (0.15%) ABAP
15 4 (0.15%) R
15 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 653 (25.22%) Degree
2 224 (8.65%) PMI Certification
3 213 (8.23%) PMP
4 190 (7.34%) Security Cleared
5 137 (5.29%) DBS Check
6 104 (4.02%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 90 (3.48%) SC Cleared
8 66 (2.55%) CISSP
8 66 (2.55%) DV Cleared
9 52 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
10 46 (1.78%) CISM
10 46 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 46 (1.78%) Master's Degree
11 34 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 32 (1.24%) HNC
13 24 (0.93%) CRISC
14 23 (0.89%) HND
15 21 (0.81%) ACCA
15 21 (0.81%) AWS Certification
15 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (7.26%) QA
2 176 (6.80%) PMO
3 121 (4.67%) Accessibility
4 105 (4.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.97%) GDPR
6 70 (2.70%) NIST
7 63 (2.43%) Data Quality
8 49 (1.89%) SLA
9 40 (1.54%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 37 (1.43%) GRC
11 25 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 22 (0.85%) GMP
13 18 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.66%) ISO 14000
14 17 (0.66%) ISO 14001
15 16 (0.62%) NIST 800
16 15 (0.58%) IFRS
17 12 (0.46%) COBIT
17 12 (0.46%) GAAP
System Software
1 39 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.89%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.19%) Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.12%) vSphere
8 2 (0.077%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.039%) IAG
9 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.04%) SCCM
2 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 18 (0.70%) Puppet
5 13 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 12 (0.46%) Ansible
7 11 (0.42%) Terraform
8 9 (0.35%) Grafana
9 6 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
10 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (0.077%) Argo
11 2 (0.077%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.077%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.077%) Salt
12 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.039%) PaperCut
12 1 (0.039%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 525 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 146 (5.64%) SAP
3 122 (4.71%) Oracle
4 70 (2.70%) ServiceNow
5 67 (2.59%) Adobe
6 56 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 54 (2.09%) Google
8 34 (1.31%) HubSpot
9 29 (1.12%) Fortinet
10 26 (1.00%) Cisco
11 20 (0.77%) SonicWALL
12 19 (0.73%) Remedy
13 17 (0.66%) HP
14 16 (0.62%) NEC
15 15 (0.58%) Apple
15 15 (0.58%) VMware
16 14 (0.54%) Bloomberg
16 14 (0.54%) IBM
16 14 (0.54%) Reuters
17 13 (0.50%) Palo Alto