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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -29 +10 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,665 5,326 3,926
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.49% 9.83% 7.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 10.89% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,504 2,275 2,749
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,628 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -0.80% -2.62%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -

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 48,377 48,922 48,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.45% 90.25% 90.80%
Number of salaries quoted 28,391 23,950 36,604
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 6 January 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 6 January 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 -31 2,277 £53,500 -6.96% 1,073
UK excluding London -31 1,759 £45,000 -18.18% 883
London -18 699 £70,000 +3.70% 348
Work from Home -31 676 £60,000 - 398
North of England -24 484 £40,000 -25.83% 191
South East -25 458 £57,500 +0.88% 250
Midlands -46 285 £45,000 -18.18% 165
North West -26 219 £42,442 -19.16% 91
South West -15 202 £50,000 -3.85% 104
West Midlands -40 193 £44,772 -22.14% 108
Yorkshire -15 168 £40,000 -27.27% 79
Scotland -16 161 £42,500 -22.73% 55
East of England -45 114 £55,000 +5.77% 102
North East 0 97 £32,500 -37.50% 25
East Midlands -49 92 £50,000 -3.85% 57
Wales -34 31 £57,500 +15.58% 27
Northern Ireland -15 28 £55,000 -18.52% 17

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
1 155 (5.82%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.91%) Confluence
3 41 (1.54%) CMS
4 26 (0.98%) WordPress
5 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.56%) Kinematics
7 8 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.23%) Apache
8 6 (0.23%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.15%) Drupal
9 4 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.11%) govService
11 2 (0.075%) IIS
11 2 (0.075%) Magnolia
11 2 (0.075%) TPMS
12 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.038%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.038%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 416 (15.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 249 (9.34%) Microsoft Office
3 164 (6.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 119 (4.47%) Microsoft Project
5 30 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 29 (1.09%) Maya
7 25 (0.94%) AutoCAD
8 24 (0.90%) Trello
9 16 (0.60%) SOLIDWORKS
10 15 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.26%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.23%) Revit
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.15%) CATIA
14 4 (0.15%) InDesign
15 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.075%) Weka
Business Applications
1 101 (3.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.44%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
5 18 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
6 17 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
6 17 (0.64%) SAP IBP
7 14 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
7 14 (0.53%) SAP CO
7 14 (0.53%) SAP FI
7 14 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
7 14 (0.53%) Shopify
8 12 (0.45%) NetSuite
9 10 (0.38%) Oracle General Ledger
10 9 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
10 9 (0.34%) SAP FS
10 9 (0.34%) SAP FSCM
10 9 (0.34%) SAP IS-U
11 8 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 228 (8.56%) Azure
2 206 (7.73%) Power Platform
3 143 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
4 114 (4.28%) SaaS
5 103 (3.86%) AWS
6 47 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
7 38 (1.43%) GCP
8 30 (1.13%) Entra ID
8 30 (1.13%) Smartsheet
9 28 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 27 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
10 27 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 22 (0.83%) PaaS
12 21 (0.79%) Asana
13 20 (0.75%) Google Workspace
14 19 (0.71%) PowerApps
15 18 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
16 16 (0.60%) Fivetran
16 16 (0.60%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (1.39%) Firewall
2 34 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (1.20%) WAN
4 30 (1.13%) VPN
5 27 (1.01%) Wireless
6 23 (0.86%) LAN
7 20 (0.75%) Internet
7 20 (0.75%) SD-WAN
8 18 (0.68%) VLAN
9 17 (0.64%) Structured Cabling
10 16 (0.60%) Network Security
10 16 (0.60%) Unified Communications
11 14 (0.53%) DNS
12 13 (0.49%) TCP/IP
13 12 (0.45%) CHAP
13 12 (0.45%) Intranet
13 12 (0.45%) MPLS
14 11 (0.41%) Multicast
14 11 (0.41%) VoIP
15 10 (0.38%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (6.79%) Power BI
2 174 (6.53%) Tableau
3 123 (4.62%) Data Mining
4 62 (2.33%) SQL Server
5 31 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.79%) SAP BW
7 18 (0.68%) Looker
8 16 (0.60%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.60%) Power Query
9 15 (0.56%) Metadata
10 13 (0.49%) Big Data
11 12 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
12 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 7 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.19%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 134 (5.03%) JIRA
2 13 (0.49%) GitLab
3 11 (0.41%) Git
4 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
6 4 (0.15%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.15%) Maven
6 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.11%) ERwin
7 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.075%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.075%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.075%) ESLint
8 2 (0.075%) Gradle
8 2 (0.075%) Mockito
8 2 (0.075%) Selenium
8 2 (0.075%) Subversion
8 2 (0.075%) TestNG
8 2 (0.075%) Vagrant
General
1 1,179 (44.24%) Finance
2 1,176 (44.13%) Social Skills
3 803 (30.13%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (10.58%) Marketing
5 202 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 177 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 177 (6.64%) Law
7 176 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
8 159 (5.97%) Legal
9 158 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
10 142 (5.33%) Retail
11 137 (5.14%) Public Sector
12 102 (3.83%) Banking
13 80 (3.00%) Telecoms
14 72 (2.70%) Games
15 68 (2.55%) Electronics
16 62 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
17 56 (2.10%) Advertising
18 50 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
19 48 (1.80%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 436 (16.36%) Analyst
2 404 (15.16%) Senior
3 368 (13.81%) Project Manager
4 252 (9.46%) Trainee
5 243 (9.12%) Trainee Analyst
6 226 (8.48%) Senior Manager
7 224 (8.41%) Lead
8 214 (8.03%) Business Analyst
9 171 (6.42%) IT Manager
10 151 (5.67%) Architect
11 139 (5.22%) Data Analyst
12 125 (4.69%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 122 (4.58%) Development Manager
14 118 (4.43%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 107 (4.02%) Business Manager
16 101 (3.79%) Product Manager
17 94 (3.53%) Consultant
18 84 (3.15%) IT Project Manager
19 81 (3.04%) Senior Project Manager
20 80 (3.00%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (1.31%) CSS
2 30 (1.13%) Middleware
3 25 (0.94%) HTML
4 17 (0.64%) EDI
5 13 (0.49%) .NET
6 9 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (0.34%) Web Services
7 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (0.30%) React
8 7 (0.26%) FHIR
8 7 (0.26%) Node.js
9 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.19%) REST
10 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.15%) FIDO
10 4 (0.15%) Flutter
10 4 (0.15%) Pandas
10 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 202 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 128 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
3 122 (4.58%) Onboarding
4 96 (3.60%) FMCG
5 86 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 76 (2.85%) Data Centre
7 75 (2.81%) Robotics
8 65 (2.44%) Product Ownership
9 64 (2.40%) Driving Licence
10 62 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
11 45 (1.69%) Social Media
11 45 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 34 (1.28%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.05%) IoT
14 27 (1.01%) Blog
15 23 (0.86%) NHS
16 20 (0.75%) Life Science
17 19 (0.71%) Digital Signage
17 19 (0.71%) PMI
17 19 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.33%) Windows
2 29 (1.09%) Linux
3 23 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.30%) Android
5 8 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.26%) VMS
7 5 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.19%) Unix
8 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.038%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 711 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
2 622 (23.34%) Agile
3 613 (23.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 564 (21.16%) Project Delivery
5 460 (17.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 432 (16.21%) Analytics
7 428 (16.06%) Change Management
8 414 (15.53%) Decision-Making
9 361 (13.55%) Business Analysis
10 353 (13.25%) Risk Management
11 305 (11.44%) PRINCE2
12 301 (11.29%) AI
13 271 (10.17%) Process Improvement
14 262 (9.83%) Data Analysis
14 262 (9.83%) ERP
15 252 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 248 (9.31%) Business Strategy
17 246 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
18 223 (8.37%) Roadmaps
19 213 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 278 (10.43%) SQL
2 245 (9.19%) Python
3 37 (1.39%) C#
4 32 (1.20%) C
5 30 (1.13%) Java
5 30 (1.13%) JavaScript
6 24 (0.90%) C++
7 18 (0.68%) VBA
8 17 (0.64%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 12 (0.45%) Perl
10 10 (0.38%) PHP
11 6 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 6 (0.23%) R
11 6 (0.23%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.19%) Bash
12 5 (0.19%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
13 4 (0.15%) Ruby
13 4 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 863 (32.38%) Degree
2 210 (7.88%) PMP
3 200 (7.50%) PMI Certification
4 178 (6.68%) Security Cleared
5 147 (5.52%) SC Cleared
6 106 (3.98%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.40%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 52 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 48 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 43 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 38 (1.43%) CISSP
12 23 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 23 (0.86%) MBA
13 22 (0.83%) ACCA
13 22 (0.83%) HND
14 21 (0.79%) CFA
14 21 (0.79%) CISM
14 21 (0.79%) PhD
14 21 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (7.62%) QA
2 159 (5.97%) PMO
3 94 (3.53%) GDPR
4 55 (2.06%) Accessibility
5 41 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 41 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 28 (1.05%) NIST
7 27 (1.01%) ISO 9001
8 25 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
9 16 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 14 (0.53%) COBIT
10 14 (0.53%) SLA
11 13 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 10 (0.38%) IEC 61131
12 10 (0.38%) IFRS
13 9 (0.34%) GRC
13 9 (0.34%) IFRS 17
13 9 (0.34%) Solvency II
14 7 (0.26%) HL7
14 7 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 58 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.64%) Docker
3 16 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Firmware
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.23%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.038%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 18 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.34%) Terraform
4 6 (0.23%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.075%) Nagios
9 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.038%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.038%) MOM
9 1 (0.038%) SCCM
9 1 (0.038%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 647 (24.28%) Microsoft
2 223 (8.37%) SAP
3 92 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 72 (2.70%) Oracle
5 61 (2.29%) Google
6 50 (1.88%) Cisco
7 45 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 37 (1.39%) OpenText
9 36 (1.35%) Ariba
10 33 (1.24%) Adobe
11 26 (0.98%) Anaplan
12 20 (0.75%) Genesys
12 20 (0.75%) Verint
13 19 (0.71%) HubSpot
13 19 (0.71%) VMware
14 18 (0.68%) Databricks
15 16 (0.60%) Sage
16 14 (0.53%) NEC
16 14 (0.53%) Siemens
16 14 (0.53%) Workday