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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -41 -1 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,446 3,577 7,512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.64% 8.19% 7.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 8.80% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,705 5,393
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,939 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £84,200
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 68,107 40,669 85,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.51% 93.11% 83.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45,062 21,401 61,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,114 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 4 June 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 4 June 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 -45 2,116 £55,000 -8.33% 1,433
UK excluding London -49 1,602 £52,500 -4.55% 1,024
Work from Home -8 952 £55,000 -4.35% 636
London -31 673 £70,000 - 573
North of England -29 494 £55,000 +0.19% 248
South East -27 388 £50,000 -10.38% 277
Midlands -63 236 £55,000 +4.76% 170
North West +8 231 £55,000 +5.77% 133
South West -51 173 £47,500 -18.80% 102
West Midlands -55 155 £55,000 - 104
Yorkshire -39 152 £60,000 +9.09% 85
East of England -43 130 £75,000 +41.51% 134
North East -23 111 £60,000 +5.26% 33
East Midlands -35 80 £55,000 +31.74% 66
Northern Ireland -10 74 £55,000 +2.33% 37
Scotland -43 73 £40,000 -20.71% 63
Wales -57 38 £42,934 -30.75% 20

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 90 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.96%) Confluence
3 38 (1.55%) CMS
4 32 (1.31%) WordPress
5 20 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Moodle
8 3 (0.12%) govService
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 2 (0.082%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.082%) Drupal
9 2 (0.082%) Totara
9 2 (0.082%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.041%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.041%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.041%) WebSphere
Applications
1 260 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 202 (8.26%) Microsoft Project
3 166 (6.79%) Microsoft Office
4 58 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.57%) Trello
8 9 (0.37%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.12%) Blender
12 3 (0.12%) Maya
13 2 (0.082%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.041%) Sketch
14 1 (0.041%) Weka
Business Applications
1 32 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
4 17 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
4 17 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (0.61%) Oracle EBS R12
6 9 (0.37%) Shopify
7 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.29%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
8 7 (0.29%) Primavera
9 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
10 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 243 (9.93%) Azure
2 230 (9.40%) Power Platform
3 148 (6.05%) SaaS
4 131 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (4.21%) AWS
6 78 (3.19%) PowerApps
7 56 (2.29%) Power Automate
8 38 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 35 (1.43%) GCP
10 33 (1.35%) Smartsheet
11 32 (1.31%) Asana
12 30 (1.23%) Entra ID
12 30 (1.23%) OneDrive
13 28 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
14 25 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
15 24 (0.98%) Canva
16 23 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
17 22 (0.90%) Google Analytics
18 21 (0.86%) Azure Logic Apps
19 19 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.68%) Broadband
2 31 (1.27%) Firewall
2 31 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
3 23 (0.94%) CHAP
3 23 (0.94%) WAN
4 17 (0.70%) LAN
5 16 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
6 14 (0.57%) DNS
7 12 (0.49%) DHCP
7 12 (0.49%) Network Security
8 11 (0.45%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 10 (0.41%) Multicast
10 7 (0.29%) Internet
10 7 (0.29%) VoIP
10 7 (0.29%) Wireless
11 6 (0.25%) Intranet
11 6 (0.25%) VPN
12 5 (0.20%) BGP
12 5 (0.20%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (7.69%) Power BI
2 130 (5.31%) Tableau
3 97 (3.97%) Data Mining
4 32 (1.31%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.14%) GIS
6 21 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.82%) QGIS
7 20 (0.82%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.61%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.41%) DB2
10 10 (0.41%) Power Query
11 9 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.20%) Big Data
14 5 (0.20%) Metadata
14 5 (0.20%) Qlik Sense
15 4 (0.16%) DB2 UDB
15 4 (0.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 132 (5.40%) JIRA
2 24 (0.98%) Git
3 11 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.20%) JUnit
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 3 (0.12%) TestNG
8 2 (0.082%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.082%) ESLint
8 2 (0.082%) Gradle
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) Maven
8 2 (0.082%) Mockito
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.082%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.082%) Zephyr
General
1 1,013 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 857 (35.04%) Finance
3 501 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
4 273 (11.16%) Marketing
5 217 (8.87%) Organisational Skills
6 160 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 152 (6.21%) Retail
8 149 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 145 (5.93%) Legal
10 123 (5.03%) Public Sector
11 107 (4.37%) Law
12 100 (4.09%) Banking
13 78 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
14 69 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
15 66 (2.70%) Telecoms
16 61 (2.49%) Local Government
17 55 (2.25%) Games
18 52 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
19 47 (1.92%) Advertising
20 45 (1.84%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 491 (20.07%) Project Manager
2 362 (14.80%) Senior
3 330 (13.49%) Analyst
4 214 (8.75%) Senior Manager
5 184 (7.52%) Lead
6 168 (6.87%) IT Manager
7 159 (6.50%) Business Analyst
7 159 (6.50%) Senior Project Manager
8 134 (5.48%) Consultant
9 128 (5.23%) Trainee
10 127 (5.19%) Trainee Analyst
11 125 (5.11%) Development Manager
12 98 (4.01%) Data Analyst
13 93 (3.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 92 (3.76%) IT Project Manager
15 86 (3.52%) Product Manager
16 79 (3.23%) Architect
17 62 (2.53%) IT Support
18 58 (2.37%) Systems Manager
19 56 (2.29%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.80%) .NET
2 42 (1.72%) HTML
3 41 (1.68%) PyTorch
4 38 (1.55%) CSS
5 24 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.98%) JSON
6 23 (0.94%) EDI
7 21 (0.86%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.86%) Hugging Face
7 21 (0.86%) TensorFlow
8 20 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (0.78%) SPFx
10 9 (0.37%) LangChain
10 9 (0.37%) LlamaIndex
10 9 (0.37%) Model Context Protocol
11 8 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (0.29%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.29%) Matplotlib
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
12 7 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 184 (7.52%) Management Information System
2 109 (4.46%) Onboarding
3 82 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 80 (3.27%) Product Ownership
5 78 (3.19%) Driving Licence
6 66 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 64 (2.62%) FMCG
8 53 (2.17%) Social Media
9 47 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 46 (1.88%) Security Posture
11 45 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
12 34 (1.39%) Mobile App
13 30 (1.23%) Algorithms
13 30 (1.23%) Cyber Defence
14 29 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
15 27 (1.10%) Cloud Native
15 27 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
16 25 (1.02%) PMI
17 24 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 23 (0.94%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.07%) Windows
2 28 (1.14%) Apple iOS
2 28 (1.14%) Linux
3 23 (0.94%) Android
4 15 (0.61%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.37%) Unix
6 6 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.082%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.082%) zOS
10 1 (0.041%) CentOS
10 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (28.99%) Agile
2 600 (24.53%) Project Delivery
3 542 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
4 500 (20.44%) Stakeholder Management
5 458 (18.72%) PRINCE2
6 426 (17.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 373 (15.25%) Decision-Making
8 333 (13.61%) Analytics
9 259 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 252 (10.30%) AI
11 251 (10.26%) Business Analysis
12 248 (10.14%) Roadmaps
13 247 (10.10%) Coaching
14 244 (9.98%) Mentoring
15 243 (9.93%) Change Management
16 235 (9.61%) Risk Management
17 208 (8.50%) Data Analysis
18 207 (8.46%) Budget Management
19 197 (8.05%) ERP
20 196 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 241 (9.85%) SQL
2 239 (9.77%) Python
3 47 (1.92%) C#
4 44 (1.80%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 31 (1.27%) TypeScript
6 28 (1.14%) VBA
7 15 (0.61%) Java
8 7 (0.29%) C
8 7 (0.29%) C++
9 6 (0.25%) Bash
10 5 (0.20%) PHP
11 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.12%) COBOL
12 3 (0.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.12%) R
13 2 (0.082%) RPG
13 2 (0.082%) Scala
Qualifications
1 633 (25.88%) Degree
2 234 (9.57%) PMP
3 231 (9.44%) PMI Certification
4 113 (4.62%) DBS Check
5 108 (4.42%) Security Cleared
6 93 (3.80%) CISSP
7 86 (3.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 64 (2.62%) CISM
9 62 (2.53%) SC Cleared
10 60 (2.45%) Master's Degree
11 38 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (1.47%) DV Cleared
13 31 (1.27%) CISA
14 28 (1.14%) CRISC
14 28 (1.14%) SANS
15 27 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
16 26 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
16 26 (1.06%) HNC
17 24 (0.98%) FFIEC
18 23 (0.94%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (6.91%) QA
2 148 (6.05%) PMO
3 107 (4.37%) Accessibility
4 98 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 94 (3.84%) NIST
6 93 (3.80%) GDPR
7 42 (1.72%) GRC
8 37 (1.51%) ISO 9001
9 29 (1.19%) Data Quality
10 28 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (1.10%) COBIT
12 23 (0.94%) NIST 800
12 23 (0.94%) SLA
13 20 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 13 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 12 (0.49%) GAAP
16 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.41%) IFRS
16 10 (0.41%) ISO 14001
17 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 46 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.78%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.082%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.082%) Firmware
6 2 (0.082%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.082%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.082%) vSphere
7 1 (0.041%) IAG
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (0.86%) Kubernetes
1 21 (0.86%) SCCM
2 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (0.53%) Ansible
4 11 (0.45%) Grafana
5 10 (0.41%) Terraform
6 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 3 (0.12%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.082%) Argo
8 2 (0.082%) Puppet
8 2 (0.082%) Salt
9 1 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.041%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.041%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.041%) MOM
9 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 502 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 93 (3.80%) SAP
3 85 (3.48%) Oracle
4 68 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 64 (2.62%) Adobe
6 63 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 56 (2.29%) Google
8 27 (1.10%) HubSpot
9 24 (0.98%) Anaplan
10 20 (0.82%) Genesys
10 20 (0.82%) Pardot
10 20 (0.82%) Verint
11 15 (0.61%) Cisco
12 14 (0.57%) Fortinet
13 13 (0.53%) Apple
14 12 (0.49%) Instagram
14 12 (0.49%) SonicWALL
15 11 (0.45%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.45%) VMware
15 11 (0.45%) Wrike