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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,552 3,368 6,063
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.47% 6.80% 7.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 7.60% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,453 1,790 3,889
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,825 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,046
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.11% -11.59%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £85,000
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 76,038 44,320 69,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.51% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 52,466 25,228 46,329
10th Percentile £30,603 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 1 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 1 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 2,275 £55,000 -8.33% 1,755
UK excluding London -37 1,601 £52,500 -4.55% 1,208
Work from Home -15 1,064 £53,500 -6.96% 770
London -31 797 £65,000 -7.14% 773
South East -25 432 £46,000 -17.55% 327
North of England -8 430 £55,000 +4.76% 285
Midlands -52 239 £55,000 - 195
North West +12 211 £55,000 +7.58% 155
South West -50 188 £47,500 -20.83% 141
East of England -34 168 £60,000 +9.09% 124
Yorkshire -27 142 £60,000 +9.09% 91
West Midlands -50 139 £55,000 - 121
East Midlands -27 99 £55,000 +7.32% 74
North East -35 77 £58,000 +41.46% 43
Scotland -46 61 £47,500 -11.99% 65
Northern Ireland -60 45 £47,500 -17.39% 45
Wales -60 41 £56,258 -7.40% 56

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 95 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 64 (2.51%) Confluence
3 39 (1.53%) CMS
4 26 (1.02%) WordPress
5 20 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.16%) IIS
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.078%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.078%) Totara
Applications
1 240 (9.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 232 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
3 198 (7.76%) Microsoft Office
4 55 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.78%) Trello
7 17 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
10 8 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.24%) AutoCAD
12 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.12%) Blender
13 3 (0.12%) Maya
14 2 (0.078%) Camtasia
14 2 (0.078%) Revit
15 1 (0.039%) Houdini
15 1 (0.039%) NUKE
15 1 (0.039%) OrCAD
15 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 45 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.59%) Primavera
4 14 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 14 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
5 13 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
6 10 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.39%) Shopify
7 9 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (0.27%) Fidessa
9 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.24%) iTrent
9 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
9 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 6 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
10 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 247 (9.68%) Azure
2 204 (7.99%) Power Platform
3 172 (6.74%) AWS
4 149 (5.84%) SaaS
5 134 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
7 64 (2.51%) Power Automate
8 63 (2.47%) PowerApps
9 48 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
11 37 (1.45%) Smartsheet
12 30 (1.18%) Asana
12 30 (1.18%) Entra ID
13 29 (1.14%) GCP
14 25 (0.98%) OneDrive
15 23 (0.90%) Canva
15 23 (0.90%) Serverless
16 21 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 21 (0.82%) IaaS
17 20 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.00%) Firewall
2 35 (1.37%) Broadband
3 28 (1.10%) LAN
4 27 (1.06%) WAN
5 26 (1.02%) DNS
5 26 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (0.78%) VPN
7 15 (0.59%) DHCP
7 15 (0.59%) NGN
7 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.51%) BGP
8 13 (0.51%) Network Security
9 12 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.43%) CHAP
10 11 (0.43%) Internet
11 10 (0.39%) Intranet
11 10 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
12 9 (0.35%) Wireless
13 7 (0.27%) Multicast
13 7 (0.27%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (6.90%) Power BI
2 68 (2.66%) Tableau
3 52 (2.04%) Data Mining
4 47 (1.84%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.10%) GIS
6 23 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.78%) QGIS
7 20 (0.78%) Spatial Data
8 17 (0.67%) NoSQL
9 16 (0.63%) Big Data
10 15 (0.59%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 14 (0.55%) Metadata
11 14 (0.55%) Relational Database
12 12 (0.47%) MySQL
12 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
13 11 (0.43%) Power Query
14 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 201 (7.88%) JIRA
2 23 (0.90%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.16%) Claude Code
5 4 (0.16%) GitLab
5 4 (0.16%) JUnit
5 4 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.12%) PHPUnit
6 3 (0.12%) Storybook
6 3 (0.12%) Taiga
6 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.078%) Gatling
7 2 (0.078%) Pa11y
7 2 (0.078%) Postman
7 2 (0.078%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.078%) Yeoman
7 2 (0.078%) Zephyr
General
1 1,080 (42.32%) Social Skills
2 825 (32.33%) Finance
3 521 (20.42%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (10.03%) Organisational Skills
5 245 (9.60%) Marketing
6 155 (6.07%) Retail
7 142 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 142 (5.56%) Legal
8 136 (5.33%) Manufacturing
9 125 (4.90%) Public Sector
10 114 (4.47%) Influencing Skills
11 107 (4.19%) Law
12 87 (3.41%) Banking
13 79 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (2.47%) Telecoms
15 61 (2.39%) Aerospace
16 54 (2.12%) Local Government
17 45 (1.76%) Advertising
18 43 (1.68%) Financial Institution
19 39 (1.53%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 547 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 367 (14.38%) Senior
3 254 (9.95%) Analyst
4 198 (7.76%) Lead
5 191 (7.48%) Senior Manager
6 182 (7.13%) Consultant
7 177 (6.94%) IT Manager
8 150 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
9 125 (4.90%) Business Analyst
10 104 (4.08%) IT Project Manager
11 92 (3.61%) Development Manager
12 66 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
13 64 (2.51%) Data Analyst
13 64 (2.51%) Developer
14 63 (2.47%) IT Support
15 61 (2.39%) Delivery Manager
16 60 (2.35%) Technical Manager
17 59 (2.31%) Product Manager
18 57 (2.23%) Coordinator
19 56 (2.19%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.96%) HTML
2 47 (1.84%) .NET
3 43 (1.68%) PyTorch
4 42 (1.65%) CSS
5 24 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.94%) JSON
5 24 (0.94%) TensorFlow
6 23 (0.90%) Hugging Face
7 21 (0.82%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.82%) Flash
8 19 (0.74%) LangChain
8 19 (0.74%) Langfuse
8 19 (0.74%) LlamaIndex
8 19 (0.74%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (0.74%) Model Context Protocol
8 19 (0.74%) SPFx
9 16 (0.63%) Kafka
10 13 (0.51%) Middleware
11 12 (0.47%) Node.js
12 11 (0.43%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 211 (8.27%) Onboarding
2 161 (6.31%) Management Information System
3 148 (5.80%) Data Centre
4 96 (3.76%) Driving Licence
5 80 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 74 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 62 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
8 56 (2.19%) Social Media
9 51 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
10 41 (1.61%) Cloud Native
11 40 (1.57%) PMI
12 39 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 39 (1.53%) FMCG
13 36 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 33 (1.29%) Mobile App
15 32 (1.25%) Blog
16 31 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
17 30 (1.18%) AI Agents
17 30 (1.18%) Algorithms
18 29 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (4.39%) Windows
2 47 (1.84%) Linux
3 21 (0.82%) Apple iOS
4 19 (0.74%) Android
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Unix
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.12%) Debian
10 2 (0.078%) AIX
10 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.078%) zOS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
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
1 735 (28.80%) Agile
2 666 (26.10%) Project Delivery
3 642 (25.16%) Stakeholder Management
4 593 (23.24%) Problem-Solving
5 483 (18.93%) PRINCE2
6 481 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 323 (12.66%) Decision-Making
8 285 (11.17%) Analytics
9 280 (10.97%) Roadmaps
10 274 (10.74%) AI
11 272 (10.66%) Mentoring
11 272 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 239 (9.37%) Change Management
13 235 (9.21%) Risk Management
14 229 (8.97%) Budget Management
15 212 (8.31%) ERP
16 207 (8.11%) Coaching
17 204 (7.99%) Business Analysis
18 203 (7.95%) Logistics
19 196 (7.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 215 (8.42%) SQL
2 206 (8.07%) Python
3 53 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 51 (2.00%) C#
5 35 (1.37%) TypeScript
6 32 (1.25%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.86%) Java
8 15 (0.59%) C
9 14 (0.55%) PHP
10 9 (0.35%) VBA
11 8 (0.31%) C++
12 6 (0.24%) Ruby
13 5 (0.20%) Assembly Language
13 5 (0.20%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.16%) ABAP
14 4 (0.16%) Bash
14 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.16%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.12%) COBOL
15 3 (0.12%) Dart
Qualifications
1 606 (23.75%) Degree
2 246 (9.64%) PMI Certification
3 238 (9.33%) PMP
4 163 (6.39%) Security Cleared
5 139 (5.45%) DBS Check
6 103 (4.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 73 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 68 (2.66%) CISSP
9 51 (2.00%) DV Cleared
10 48 (1.88%) CISM
11 45 (1.76%) Master's Degree
12 44 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
13 37 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 34 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
15 24 (0.94%) CRISC
16 21 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
17 20 (0.78%) ACCA
17 20 (0.78%) AWS Certification
18 19 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 18 (0.71%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (7.05%) QA
2 168 (6.58%) PMO
3 120 (4.70%) Accessibility
4 105 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 78 (3.06%) GDPR
6 72 (2.82%) NIST
7 50 (1.96%) Data Quality
8 44 (1.72%) SLA
9 40 (1.57%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.45%) GRC
11 33 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 21 (0.82%) GMP
14 19 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 18 (0.71%) NIST 800
16 17 (0.67%) ISO 14000
16 17 (0.67%) ISO 14001
17 15 (0.59%) COBIT
18 13 (0.51%) GAAP
19 12 (0.47%) IFRS
System Software
1 40 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.82%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.078%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.078%) Firmware
7 2 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.039%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.10%) SCCM
2 24 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 18 (0.71%) Puppet
5 13 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 11 (0.43%) Terraform
7 10 (0.39%) Ansible
8 9 (0.35%) Grafana
9 6 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
10 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (0.078%) Argo
11 2 (0.078%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.078%) Salt
12 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.039%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.039%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 522 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.13%) SAP
3 116 (4.55%) Oracle
4 65 (2.55%) Adobe
4 65 (2.55%) ServiceNow
5 55 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 48 (1.88%) Google
7 28 (1.10%) Fortinet
8 27 (1.06%) HubSpot
9 26 (1.02%) Cisco
10 21 (0.82%) SonicWALL
11 19 (0.74%) Remedy
12 17 (0.67%) HP
13 14 (0.55%) IBM
13 14 (0.55%) JD Edwards
13 14 (0.55%) NEC
13 14 (0.55%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.55%) Pardot
13 14 (0.55%) VMware
14 13 (0.51%) Apple