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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,979 5,267 4,178
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.62% 7.75% 7.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.53% 9.33% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 2,268 2,936
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,959 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,552 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,950 £90,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £54,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% +4.76%

All Process and 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 45,647 56,467 49,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.17% 83.08% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,329 29,505 38,075
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,714 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.18% +4.22% -

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 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 18 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 15 November 2025. 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 -18 2,528 £56,623 -1.53% 2,560
UK excluding London -20 1,901 £52,000 -4.15% 1,964
Work from Home -19 845 £60,000 - 816
London -14 829 £70,000 - 854
South East -12 520 £57,500 +4.55% 552
North of England -25 453 £45,000 -16.67% 449
Midlands -33 292 £50,000 -9.09% 390
South West +1 215 £55,000 - 198
North West -28 210 £45,000 -16.67% 249
West Midlands -15 194 £49,000 -14.78% 242
East of England -31 173 £55,000 +5.77% 216
Scotland -18 172 £54,855 +1.26% 102
Yorkshire -12 161 £47,000 -14.55% 131
East Midlands -44 99 £52,500 +0.96% 146
North East +19 82 £32,500 -27.49% 76
Northern Ireland +3 40 £65,000 -3.70% 31
Wales -17 37 £60,000 +18.16% 56
Channel Islands 0 1 £87,500 +75.00%

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
1 162 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 67 (2.25%) Confluence
3 49 (1.64%) CMS
4 40 (1.34%) WordPress
5 28 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (0.70%) Kinematics
7 13 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.30%) Apache
9 7 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.23%) Drupal
10 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.17%) IIS
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
12 4 (0.13%) Moodle
12 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.10%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.067%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.067%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.067%) TPMS
Applications
1 390 (13.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 293 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
3 189 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 128 (4.30%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 30 (1.01%) Maya
7 26 (0.87%) AutoCAD
8 21 (0.70%) Trello
9 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
11 13 (0.44%) Revit
12 11 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe XD
15 7 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
16 6 (0.20%) Navisworks
17 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
17 5 (0.17%) Civil 3D
17 5 (0.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 117 (3.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.18%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 27 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
6 23 (0.77%) NetSuite
7 21 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
7 21 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
8 20 (0.67%) SAP IBP
9 19 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
10 16 (0.54%) Sage 200
11 15 (0.50%) Shopify
12 13 (0.44%) Sprinklr
13 12 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
13 12 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
14 11 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
14 11 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
14 11 (0.37%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 242 (8.12%) Azure
2 196 (6.58%) Power Platform
3 148 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
4 115 (3.86%) AWS
5 96 (3.22%) SaaS
6 57 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 44 (1.48%) Power Automate
9 41 (1.38%) GCP
10 35 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
10 35 (1.17%) Snowflake
11 34 (1.14%) Smartsheet
12 28 (0.94%) Entra ID
13 27 (0.91%) Google Analytics
14 24 (0.81%) IaaS
15 23 (0.77%) Google Workspace
15 23 (0.77%) PowerApps
16 20 (0.67%) Asana
16 20 (0.67%) PaaS
17 19 (0.64%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.61%) Firewall
2 36 (1.21%) WAN
3 32 (1.07%) VPN
4 31 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
5 30 (1.01%) LAN
6 29 (0.97%) Wireless
7 22 (0.74%) VLAN
8 20 (0.67%) Internet
8 20 (0.67%) SD-WAN
9 19 (0.64%) Unified Communications
10 17 (0.57%) DNS
11 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
12 14 (0.47%) Intranet
13 13 (0.44%) MPLS
13 13 (0.44%) Network Security
13 13 (0.44%) VoIP
14 12 (0.40%) Broadband
15 11 (0.37%) DHCP
16 9 (0.30%) BGP
17 7 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (5.54%) Power BI
2 118 (3.96%) Tableau
3 82 (2.75%) Data Mining
4 73 (2.45%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 29 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.67%) Looker
8 17 (0.57%) Metadata
9 16 (0.54%) SAP HANA
10 15 (0.50%) Big Data
11 14 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
13 11 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.34%) Power Query
15 9 (0.30%) GIS
15 9 (0.30%) MySQL
15 9 (0.30%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
16 8 (0.27%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 192 (6.45%) JIRA
2 22 (0.74%) Git
3 10 (0.34%) GitLab
4 9 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.13%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.13%) Subversion
5 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.10%) ERwin
6 3 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.067%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.067%) Maven
7 2 (0.067%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.034%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.034%) gulp
8 1 (0.034%) LSMW
8 1 (0.034%) Redmine
8 1 (0.034%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.034%) webpack
General
1 1,387 (46.56%) Social Skills
2 1,251 (41.99%) Finance
3 854 (28.67%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (11.08%) Marketing
5 253 (8.49%) Law
6 225 (7.55%) Legal
7 224 (7.52%) Retail
8 218 (7.32%) Manufacturing
9 209 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 185 (6.21%) Organisational Skills
11 178 (5.98%) Public Sector
12 163 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
13 122 (4.10%) Banking
14 93 (3.12%) Telecoms
15 86 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
16 84 (2.82%) Electronics
17 76 (2.55%) Local Government
18 69 (2.32%) Advertising
19 64 (2.15%) Aerospace
20 62 (2.08%) Games
Job Titles
1 480 (16.11%) Senior
2 456 (15.31%) Project Manager
3 346 (11.61%) Analyst
4 297 (9.97%) Lead
5 231 (7.75%) Senior Manager
6 192 (6.45%) IT Manager
7 157 (5.27%) Business Analyst
8 151 (5.07%) Trainee
9 142 (4.77%) Trainee Analyst
10 132 (4.43%) Architect
11 117 (3.93%) Consultant
12 114 (3.83%) Business Manager
13 111 (3.73%) Development Manager
14 98 (3.29%) IT Project Manager
15 97 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
15 97 (3.26%) Product Manager
16 93 (3.12%) Coordinator
17 91 (3.05%) Data Analyst
18 85 (2.85%) Senior Project Manager
19 82 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.71%) CSS
2 45 (1.51%) HTML
3 39 (1.31%) Middleware
4 25 (0.84%) .NET
5 18 (0.60%) React
6 13 (0.44%) Web Services
7 12 (0.40%) EDI
7 12 (0.40%) Node.js
8 10 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.30%) Kafka
10 8 (0.27%) FHIR
11 6 (0.20%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.20%) JSON
11 6 (0.20%) PyTorch
11 6 (0.20%) Spring
11 6 (0.20%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.17%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.17%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (0.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 233 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 141 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
3 130 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 107 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 102 (3.42%) FMCG
6 95 (3.19%) Data Centre
7 87 (2.92%) Robotics
8 82 (2.75%) Driving Licence
8 82 (2.75%) Product Ownership
9 66 (2.22%) Social Media
10 62 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
11 58 (1.95%) NHS
12 48 (1.61%) Virtual Team
13 45 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 33 (1.11%) IoT
15 26 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
16 25 (0.84%) SCADA
17 24 (0.81%) Life Science
18 23 (0.77%) Blog
18 23 (0.77%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 65 (2.18%) Windows
2 26 (0.87%) Linux
3 25 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.30%) VMS
6 7 (0.23%) Android
6 7 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.10%) Unix
8 3 (0.10%) zOS
9 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (24.67%) Problem-Solving
2 719 (24.14%) Agile
3 696 (23.36%) Project Delivery
4 647 (21.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 529 (17.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 436 (14.64%) Analytics
7 413 (13.86%) Risk Management
8 402 (13.49%) Change Management
9 395 (13.26%) Decision-Making
10 339 (11.38%) PRINCE2
11 316 (10.61%) ERP
12 300 (10.07%) AI
13 281 (9.43%) Business Analysis
14 271 (9.10%) Process Improvement
15 268 (9.00%) Business Strategy
16 264 (8.86%) Roadmaps
17 257 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 254 (8.53%) CRM
19 247 (8.29%) Mentoring
20 243 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 293 (9.84%) SQL
2 203 (6.81%) Python
3 65 (2.18%) JavaScript
4 52 (1.75%) C#
5 41 (1.38%) Java
6 38 (1.28%) C
7 30 (1.01%) C++
8 27 (0.91%) PowerShell
9 17 (0.57%) R
9 17 (0.57%) VBA
10 16 (0.54%) PHP
11 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.34%) Perl
13 8 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.23%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.20%) Bash
15 6 (0.20%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.17%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.13%) VB
17 4 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 929 (31.18%) Degree
2 205 (6.88%) PMP
3 204 (6.85%) PMI Certification
4 201 (6.75%) Security Cleared
5 155 (5.20%) SC Cleared
6 138 (4.63%) Master's Degree
7 74 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 64 (2.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 58 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 57 (1.91%) DBS Check
11 43 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 42 (1.41%) CISSP
13 33 (1.11%) PhD
14 32 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
15 25 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.84%) CCNP
16 23 (0.77%) CFA
17 22 (0.74%) DV Cleared
17 22 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
18 21 (0.70%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 249 (8.36%) QA
2 198 (6.65%) PMO
3 107 (3.59%) GDPR
4 99 (3.32%) Accessibility
5 45 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (1.44%) Data Quality
7 33 (1.11%) ISO 9001
8 28 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.84%) NIST
10 22 (0.74%) SLA
11 21 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 19 (0.64%) MiFID
13 13 (0.44%) IFRS
14 12 (0.40%) GxP
14 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 11 (0.37%) Solvency II
16 10 (0.34%) COBIT
16 10 (0.34%) IEC 61131
17 9 (0.30%) GRC
17 9 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 61 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.67%) Docker
3 14 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.34%) Firmware
6 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.13%) vSphere
7 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.034%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.44%) Terraform
3 9 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.17%) Ansible
6 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.13%) SCCM
7 2 (0.067%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.067%) Grafana
7 2 (0.067%) Nagios
8 1 (0.034%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.034%) SCOM
8 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.034%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.034%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 661 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 256 (8.59%) SAP
3 103 (3.46%) Salesforce
4 91 (3.05%) Google
5 77 (2.58%) Oracle
6 66 (2.22%) Adobe
7 59 (1.98%) Cisco
8 37 (1.24%) OpenText
9 35 (1.17%) Ariba
9 35 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 30 (1.01%) Sage
11 27 (0.91%) Databricks
12 26 (0.87%) HubSpot
13 19 (0.64%) Atlassian
13 19 (0.64%) VMware
14 18 (0.60%) TikTok
15 16 (0.54%) IBM
15 16 (0.54%) NEC
16 15 (0.50%) Murex
16 15 (0.50%) Siemens