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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -38 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,578 3,375 5,761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 6.80% 6.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 7.61% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,448 1,789 3,614
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 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £72,688 £77,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,473 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 7 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 7 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 2,304 £55,000 -8.33% 1,939
UK excluding London -40 1,612 £52,473 -4.60% 1,257
Work from Home -16 1,080 £52,500 -8.70% 740
London -32 816 £65,000 -7.14% 864
South East -22 438 £45,000 -20.21% 356
North of England -13 422 £55,000 +4.76% 286
Midlands -47 238 £55,000 - 222
North West +2 206 £55,000 +7.58% 151
South West -49 189 £47,500 -20.83% 153
East of England -31 182 £55,578 +1.05% 135
Yorkshire -23 141 £60,000 +9.09% 96
West Midlands -57 134 £55,000 - 136
East Midlands -20 103 £55,000 +10.00% 86
North East -34 75 £58,000 +41.46% 47
Scotland -47 61 £57,500 -4.17% 66
Northern Ireland -63 45 £47,500 -11.63% 30
Wales -62 40 £56,258 -7.40% 40

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
1 100 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 64 (2.48%) Confluence
3 38 (1.47%) CMS
4 25 (0.97%) WordPress
5 20 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.23%) IIS
9 5 (0.19%) Apache Pig
9 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.16%) Moodle
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
12 2 (0.078%) Totara
Applications
1 234 (9.08%) Microsoft Project
2 232 (9.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 206 (7.99%) Microsoft Office
4 57 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.78%) Trello
7 18 (0.70%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.19%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.078%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.078%) Revit
13 1 (0.039%) Houdini
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
13 1 (0.039%) NUKE
13 1 (0.039%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 47 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.70%) Primavera
4 15 (0.58%) NetSuite
5 13 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
5 13 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
6 11 (0.43%) Shopify
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.31%) Fidessa
8 8 (0.31%) Oracle EBS R12
9 7 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
10 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.23%) iTrent
10 6 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 255 (9.89%) Azure
2 200 (7.76%) Power Platform
3 178 (6.90%) AWS
4 144 (5.59%) SaaS
5 132 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
7 67 (2.60%) Power Automate
8 61 (2.37%) PowerApps
9 50 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
10 43 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (1.44%) Smartsheet
12 32 (1.24%) GCP
13 30 (1.16%) Asana
13 30 (1.16%) Entra ID
14 24 (0.93%) OneDrive
15 23 (0.89%) Canva
15 23 (0.89%) Serverless
16 21 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (0.81%) IaaS
17 20 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (1.98%) Firewall
2 34 (1.32%) Broadband
3 28 (1.09%) LAN
3 28 (1.09%) WAN
4 25 (0.97%) DNS
5 21 (0.81%) VPN
6 20 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.58%) NGN
7 15 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.54%) DHCP
9 13 (0.50%) BGP
9 13 (0.50%) Network Security
10 12 (0.47%) Intranet
10 12 (0.47%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.39%) CHAP
11 10 (0.39%) Internet
11 10 (0.39%) Wireless
12 8 (0.31%) Multicast
13 7 (0.27%) OSPF
13 7 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (6.67%) Power BI
2 59 (2.29%) Tableau
3 50 (1.94%) SQL Server
4 43 (1.67%) Data Mining
5 28 (1.09%) GIS
6 24 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.78%) QGIS
7 20 (0.78%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.70%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.66%) Big Data
10 16 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 15 (0.58%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.58%) Metadata
12 14 (0.54%) Hadoop
12 14 (0.54%) MySQL
13 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
14 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
14 11 (0.43%) Power Query
15 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 207 (8.03%) JIRA
2 25 (0.97%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 9 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.27%) Claude Code
6 6 (0.23%) Oracle Forms
6 6 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 4 (0.16%) JUnit
8 3 (0.12%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.12%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 3 (0.12%) Taiga
8 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
9 2 (0.078%) Gatling
9 2 (0.078%) Pa11y
9 2 (0.078%) Postman
9 2 (0.078%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.078%) Zephyr
General
1 1,077 (41.78%) Social Skills
2 818 (31.73%) Finance
3 532 (20.64%) Analytical Skills
4 268 (10.40%) Organisational Skills
5 254 (9.85%) Marketing
6 156 (6.05%) Retail
7 153 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 148 (5.74%) Legal
9 136 (5.28%) Manufacturing
10 131 (5.08%) Public Sector
11 122 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
12 107 (4.15%) Law
13 89 (3.45%) Banking
14 82 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
15 67 (2.60%) Aerospace
16 64 (2.48%) Telecoms
17 54 (2.09%) Local Government
18 45 (1.75%) Advertising
19 43 (1.67%) Electronics
19 43 (1.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 539 (20.91%) Project Manager
2 375 (14.55%) Senior
3 246 (9.54%) Analyst
4 202 (7.84%) Lead
5 198 (7.68%) Senior Manager
6 184 (7.14%) Consultant
7 180 (6.98%) IT Manager
8 150 (5.82%) Senior Project Manager
9 126 (4.89%) Business Analyst
10 105 (4.07%) IT Project Manager
11 89 (3.45%) Development Manager
12 68 (2.64%) Senior Consultant
13 64 (2.48%) Developer
14 63 (2.44%) IT Support
14 63 (2.44%) Product Manager
14 63 (2.44%) Technical Manager
15 62 (2.40%) Delivery Manager
16 59 (2.29%) Coordinator
17 58 (2.25%) Architect
18 55 (2.13%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.94%) HTML
2 48 (1.86%) .NET
3 43 (1.67%) CSS
3 43 (1.67%) PyTorch
4 25 (0.97%) TensorFlow
5 24 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.93%) JSON
6 23 (0.89%) Hugging Face
7 21 (0.81%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.81%) Flash
8 20 (0.78%) LangChain
8 20 (0.78%) Langfuse
8 20 (0.78%) LlamaIndex
8 20 (0.78%) Model Context Protocol
9 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (0.74%) SPFx
10 16 (0.62%) Kafka
11 13 (0.50%) Middleware
12 12 (0.47%) Node.js
13 11 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 222 (8.61%) Onboarding
2 158 (6.13%) Management Information System
3 155 (6.01%) Data Centre
4 97 (3.76%) Driving Licence
5 81 (3.14%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.87%) Virtual Team
7 69 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 58 (2.25%) Social Media
9 52 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.67%) PMI
11 42 (1.63%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
13 39 (1.51%) FMCG
14 37 (1.44%) Security Posture
15 34 (1.32%) Blog
15 34 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
16 33 (1.28%) Mobile App
17 32 (1.24%) AI Agents
18 30 (1.16%) Algorithms
18 30 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 119 (4.62%) Windows
2 51 (1.98%) Linux
3 21 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 19 (0.74%) Android
5 17 (0.66%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.19%) Unix
7 5 (0.19%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.12%) Debian
9 2 (0.078%) AIX
9 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.078%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 733 (28.43%) Agile
2 663 (25.72%) Project Delivery
3 651 (25.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 619 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
5 497 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 481 (18.66%) PRINCE2
7 326 (12.65%) Decision-Making
8 292 (11.33%) Roadmaps
9 285 (11.06%) AI
10 281 (10.90%) Analytics
11 278 (10.78%) Mentoring
12 264 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 242 (9.39%) Risk Management
14 231 (8.96%) Change Management
15 230 (8.92%) Budget Management
16 217 (8.42%) Coaching
16 217 (8.42%) ERP
17 204 (7.91%) Logistics
18 202 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
19 201 (7.80%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 208 (8.07%) SQL
2 203 (7.87%) Python
3 54 (2.09%) JavaScript
4 51 (1.98%) C#
5 35 (1.36%) TypeScript
6 33 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 24 (0.93%) Java
8 15 (0.58%) C
9 14 (0.54%) PHP
10 9 (0.35%) C++
11 8 (0.31%) VBA
12 6 (0.23%) Ruby
12 6 (0.23%) VB.NET
13 5 (0.19%) Assembly Language
13 5 (0.19%) Bash
13 5 (0.19%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.16%) ABAP
14 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 622 (24.13%) Degree
2 233 (9.04%) PMI Certification
3 224 (8.69%) PMP
4 171 (6.63%) Security Cleared
5 140 (5.43%) DBS Check
6 104 (4.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 78 (3.03%) SC Cleared
8 68 (2.64%) CISSP
9 57 (2.21%) DV Cleared
10 48 (1.86%) CISM
11 46 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 46 (1.78%) Master's Degree
12 44 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 35 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
14 25 (0.97%) CRISC
15 23 (0.89%) HNC
16 22 (0.85%) ACCA
17 21 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
18 20 (0.78%) AWS Certification
19 19 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (7.21%) QA
2 168 (6.52%) PMO
3 126 (4.89%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (3.03%) GDPR
6 72 (2.79%) NIST
7 56 (2.17%) Data Quality
8 48 (1.86%) SLA
9 39 (1.51%) ISO 9001
10 38 (1.47%) GRC
11 35 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
12 24 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (0.85%) GMP
14 18 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 18 (0.70%) NIST 800
15 17 (0.66%) ISO 14000
15 17 (0.66%) ISO 14001
16 14 (0.54%) IFRS
17 13 (0.50%) COBIT
18 12 (0.47%) GAAP
System Software
1 41 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.85%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.078%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.039%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.09%) SCCM
2 24 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 18 (0.70%) Puppet
5 13 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 11 (0.43%) Ansible
6 11 (0.43%) Terraform
7 9 (0.35%) Grafana
8 6 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
10 2 (0.078%) Argo
10 2 (0.078%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.078%) Salt
11 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.039%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.039%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 521 (20.21%) Microsoft
2 139 (5.39%) SAP
3 122 (4.73%) Oracle
4 68 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 66 (2.56%) Adobe
6 55 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 49 (1.90%) Google
8 33 (1.28%) HubSpot
9 29 (1.12%) Fortinet
10 27 (1.05%) Cisco
11 20 (0.78%) SonicWALL
12 19 (0.74%) Remedy
13 17 (0.66%) HP
14 15 (0.58%) NEC
14 15 (0.58%) VMware
15 14 (0.54%) Apple
15 14 (0.54%) IBM
15 14 (0.54%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.50%) JD Edwards
16 13 (0.50%) Reuters