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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -49 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,537 3,863 7,423
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.88% 9.23% 7.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 9.94% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,508 1,993 5,381
10th Percentile £29,425 £35,814 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £43,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,885 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.12% +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 66,274 38,859 81,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.13% 92.82% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40,927 22,757 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -48 2,194 £55,000 -4.70% 1,010
UK excluding London -52 1,669 £48,885 -11.12% 880
Work from Home -20 817 £57,500 - 357
London -28 670 £70,000 - 308
North of England -34 551 £45,000 -18.18% 193
South East -45 394 £50,000 -13.04% 278
Midlands -62 258 £52,500 - 142
North West -19 251 £46,000 -16.05% 99
West Midlands -43 193 £47,500 -13.64% 81
Yorkshire -38 184 £40,000 -27.27% 64
South West -44 173 £45,000 -17.43% 92
East of England -56 125 £75,000 +36.36% 111
North East -14 116 £42,417 -22.88% 35
Northern Ireland -6 77 £40,000 -25.58% 27
Scotland -60 63 £40,000 -27.27% 33
East Midlands -86 63 £55,000 +25.71% 60
Wales -49 35 £42,934 -30.75% 25

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 88 (3.47%) SharePoint
2 52 (2.05%) Confluence
3 43 (1.69%) CMS
4 35 (1.38%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 3 (0.12%) govService
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.079%) Drupal
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 323 (12.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 142 (5.60%) Microsoft Project
3 136 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
4 69 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.59%) AutoCAD
8 14 (0.55%) Trello
9 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
9 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
10 6 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.079%) Elementor
12 2 (0.079%) Notion
12 2 (0.079%) Weka
13 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
2 20 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
3 18 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 17 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 8 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.28%) Shopify
9 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.24%) Primavera
9 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.20%) Fidessa
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.16%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 237 (9.34%) Azure
2 228 (8.99%) Power Platform
3 165 (6.50%) SaaS
4 139 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (4.10%) AWS
6 66 (2.60%) PowerApps
7 47 (1.85%) Asana
7 47 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 38 (1.50%) GCP
9 33 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 32 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
11 30 (1.18%) OneDrive
12 29 (1.14%) Azure Data Factory
12 29 (1.14%) Smartsheet
13 26 (1.02%) Google Analytics
14 24 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (0.79%) Canva
16 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
17 18 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 18 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.66%) Broadband
2 35 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (1.34%) Firewall
4 28 (1.10%) CHAP
5 24 (0.95%) WAN
6 21 (0.83%) DNS
7 19 (0.75%) DHCP
8 17 (0.67%) Network Security
8 17 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 16 (0.63%) LAN
10 13 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.51%) Wireless
11 12 (0.47%) Intranet
11 12 (0.47%) VPN
12 11 (0.43%) Internet
13 9 (0.35%) Multicast
13 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
13 9 (0.35%) VLAN
14 8 (0.32%) VoIP
15 5 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (7.61%) Power BI
2 186 (7.33%) Tableau
3 152 (5.99%) Data Mining
4 32 (1.26%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.06%) GIS
6 22 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 19 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (0.63%) Power Query
10 10 (0.39%) DB2
11 9 (0.35%) Big Data
11 9 (0.35%) Qlik Sense
12 6 (0.24%) Metadata
13 5 (0.20%) MySQL
13 5 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.16%) DB2 UDB
14 4 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 126 (4.97%) JIRA
2 21 (0.83%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.28%) GitLab
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 2 (0.079%) Checkstyle
7 2 (0.079%) ESLint
7 2 (0.079%) Gradle
7 2 (0.079%) JMeter
7 2 (0.079%) JUnit
7 2 (0.079%) Maven
7 2 (0.079%) Mockito
7 2 (0.079%) Selenium
7 2 (0.079%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.079%) TestNG
7 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.039%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.039%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,047 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 997 (39.30%) Finance
3 618 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
4 289 (11.39%) Marketing
5 230 (9.07%) Organisational Skills
6 184 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 163 (6.42%) Manufacturing
8 151 (5.95%) Legal
9 150 (5.91%) Retail
10 127 (5.01%) Public Sector
11 119 (4.69%) Banking
12 113 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
13 105 (4.14%) Law
14 74 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (2.52%) Games
16 57 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
17 52 (2.05%) Telecoms
18 50 (1.97%) Financial Institution
19 43 (1.69%) Advertising
20 42 (1.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 440 (17.34%) Analyst
2 411 (16.20%) Project Manager
3 310 (12.22%) Senior
4 241 (9.50%) Trainee
5 234 (9.22%) Trainee Analyst
6 200 (7.88%) Business Analyst
7 167 (6.58%) Senior Manager
8 163 (6.42%) Lead
9 157 (6.19%) Data Analyst
10 152 (5.99%) IT Manager
11 146 (5.75%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 126 (4.97%) Development Manager
13 125 (4.93%) Consultant
14 106 (4.18%) Senior Project Manager
15 92 (3.63%) Product Manager
16 88 (3.47%) Trainee Business Analyst
17 87 (3.43%) Architect
18 81 (3.19%) Systems Manager
19 76 (3.00%) IT Project Manager
20 74 (2.92%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (1.54%) .NET
2 37 (1.46%) HTML
3 31 (1.22%) CSS
4 26 (1.02%) EDI
5 25 (0.99%) PyTorch
6 22 (0.87%) JSON
7 21 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
8 18 (0.71%) .NET Core
9 17 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (0.63%) SPFx
11 9 (0.35%) React
11 9 (0.35%) REST
12 8 (0.32%) Oracle Fusion
13 7 (0.28%) Matplotlib
13 7 (0.28%) OAuth
13 7 (0.28%) Seaborn
14 6 (0.24%) FIX Protocol
15 5 (0.20%) .NET Framework
15 5 (0.20%) Middleware
15 5 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.65%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.38%) Onboarding
3 102 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 79 (3.11%) Product Ownership
5 63 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 63 (2.48%) FMCG
6 61 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 60 (2.36%) Social Media
8 48 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 40 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 38 (1.50%) Security Posture
11 36 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.26%) Blog
12 32 (1.26%) Mobile App
12 32 (1.26%) Robotics
13 28 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 25 (0.99%) Low-Code
15 22 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
16 21 (0.83%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 73 (2.88%) Windows
2 31 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.02%) Android
4 24 (0.95%) Linux
5 17 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.32%) Unix
7 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.079%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.079%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (25.70%) Agile
2 607 (23.93%) Problem-Solving
3 579 (22.82%) Project Delivery
4 481 (18.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 459 (18.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 428 (16.87%) Analytics
7 398 (15.69%) Decision-Making
8 393 (15.49%) PRINCE2
9 344 (13.56%) Business Analysis
10 302 (11.90%) Change Management
11 299 (11.79%) AI
12 288 (11.35%) Data Analysis
13 264 (10.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 258 (10.17%) Risk Management
15 219 (8.63%) Mentoring
16 218 (8.59%) Data Analytics
17 213 (8.40%) Roadmaps
18 208 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
19 198 (7.80%) Process Improvement
20 194 (7.65%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 288 (11.35%) SQL
2 286 (11.27%) Python
3 47 (1.85%) C#
4 37 (1.46%) JavaScript
5 33 (1.30%) VBA
6 30 (1.18%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.02%) TypeScript
8 16 (0.63%) Java
9 9 (0.35%) Bash
10 8 (0.32%) C
10 8 (0.32%) C++
10 8 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.20%) PHP
11 5 (0.20%) R
11 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.16%) COBOL
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.12%) Dart
13 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
13 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 669 (26.37%) Degree
2 245 (9.66%) PMP
3 227 (8.95%) PMI Certification
4 129 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 91 (3.59%) DBS Check
6 90 (3.55%) CISSP
7 87 (3.43%) SC Cleared
8 72 (2.84%) Master's Degree
9 68 (2.68%) CISM
10 36 (1.42%) CISA
11 34 (1.34%) HNC
12 33 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (1.30%) SANS
13 32 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 29 (1.14%) FFIEC
15 28 (1.10%) CGEIT
16 27 (1.06%) CRISC
16 27 (1.06%) DV Cleared
16 27 (1.06%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
17 24 (0.95%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (6.07%) QA
2 126 (4.97%) PMO
3 100 (3.94%) GDPR
4 92 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 91 (3.59%) Accessibility
6 84 (3.31%) NIST
7 43 (1.69%) GRC
8 38 (1.50%) ISO 9001
9 34 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 30 (1.18%) COBIT
11 26 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
12 21 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 20 (0.79%) NIST 800
14 16 (0.63%) SLA
15 13 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.47%) GAAP
17 11 (0.43%) IFRS
18 10 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 10 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
19 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 52 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 25 (0.99%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.079%) Firmware
6 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.039%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 23 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.71%) Ansible
4 17 (0.67%) SCCM
5 15 (0.59%) Terraform
6 11 (0.43%) Grafana
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.079%) Argo
9 2 (0.079%) Puppet
9 2 (0.079%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.039%) MOM
10 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 560 (22.07%) Microsoft
2 94 (3.71%) SAP
3 71 (2.80%) Salesforce
4 67 (2.64%) Oracle
5 64 (2.52%) Google
6 62 (2.44%) Adobe
7 49 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 26 (1.02%) HubSpot
10 21 (0.83%) Cisco
11 20 (0.79%) Genesys
11 20 (0.79%) Pardot
11 20 (0.79%) Verint
12 14 (0.55%) Apple
13 13 (0.51%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.47%) Instagram
15 11 (0.43%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.43%) VMware
15 11 (0.43%) Wrike