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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,597 3,339 5,718
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.41% 6.70% 6.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 7.52% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,423 1,770 3,422
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,125 £43,750 £41,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £93,306 £92,500 £85,225
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 79,126 44,376 67,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.31% 89.04% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 54,636 25,137 42,574
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 22 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 22 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 -30 2,336 £55,000 -8.33% 1,356
UK excluding London -41 1,647 £52,500 -4.55% 1,098
Work from Home -14 1,077 £52,500 -8.70% 552
London -31 833 £65,000 -8.45% 456
South East -24 443 £45,000 -21.74% 334
North of England -28 392 £55,000 +5.77% 261
Midlands -40 260 £55,000 - 180
North West 0 210 £54,500 +6.61% 143
South West -41 201 £52,500 -8.70% 158
East of England -29 190 £55,000 - 114
West Midlands -46 146 £55,000 - 104
Yorkshire -35 123 £60,000 +9.09% 86
East Midlands -9 113 £55,000 +4.76% 76
Scotland -45 64 £70,000 +16.67% 46
North East -49 59 £58,000 +41.46% 35
Northern Ireland -58 58 £47,500 -5.00% 11
Wales -50 41 £55,000 -8.33% 30

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
1 132 (5.08%) SharePoint
2 70 (2.70%) Confluence
3 66 (2.54%) CMS
4 27 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (0.73%) WordPress
6 14 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.35%) Headless CMS
8 8 (0.31%) IIS
8 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pig
11 4 (0.15%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.15%) Moodle
12 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
12 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.077%) Totara
14 1 (0.039%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.039%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 247 (9.51%) Microsoft Project
2 242 (9.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 225 (8.66%) Microsoft Office
4 69 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.81%) Trello
6 20 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 19 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.23%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.23%) Photoshop
10 5 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.15%) EPLAN
12 3 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.12%) Blender
12 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 3 (0.12%) Revit
13 2 (0.077%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.077%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.039%) NUKE
14 1 (0.039%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 77 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 23 (0.89%) Primavera
4 21 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.42%) Shopify
6 9 (0.35%) Fidessa
6 9 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
6 9 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
7 6 (0.23%) iTrent
7 6 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.23%) SAP Business One
8 5 (0.19%) Oracle Assets
8 5 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
8 5 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.19%) SAP EHS
8 5 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
8 5 (0.19%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
9 4 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 242 (9.32%) Azure
2 226 (8.70%) Power Platform
3 167 (6.43%) AWS
4 140 (5.39%) SaaS
5 128 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (3.16%) PowerApps
7 76 (2.93%) Cloud Computing
8 62 (2.39%) Power Automate
9 54 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
10 50 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (1.50%) Smartsheet
12 36 (1.39%) GCP
13 28 (1.08%) Asana
14 26 (1.00%) Entra ID
15 23 (0.89%) OneDrive
15 23 (0.89%) Serverless
16 22 (0.85%) LangSmith
17 21 (0.81%) Canva
18 20 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
18 20 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 55 (2.12%) Firewall
2 29 (1.12%) LAN
2 29 (1.12%) WAN
3 26 (1.00%) Broadband
4 24 (0.92%) DNS
5 22 (0.85%) VPN
6 20 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.58%) Network Security
7 15 (0.58%) NGN
7 15 (0.58%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.50%) BGP
9 12 (0.46%) DHCP
9 12 (0.46%) Intranet
9 12 (0.46%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.39%) Wireless
11 9 (0.35%) CHAP
11 9 (0.35%) Internet
11 9 (0.35%) Multicast
12 8 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.27%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (7.62%) Power BI
2 55 (2.12%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.35%) Tableau
4 21 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (0.77%) Big Data
5 20 (0.77%) Data Mining
6 18 (0.69%) Data Lake
6 18 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.65%) Metadata
7 17 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 16 (0.62%) MySQL
9 14 (0.54%) Hadoop
10 12 (0.46%) GIS
10 12 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
10 12 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.42%) Apache Hive
12 9 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (0.35%) Power Query
13 8 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 223 (8.59%) JIRA
2 26 (1.00%) Git
3 11 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 10 (0.39%) Claude Code
5 8 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.23%) GitLab
7 6 (0.23%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.19%) JUnit
9 4 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.12%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.12%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.12%) Selenium
10 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.12%) Storybook
10 3 (0.12%) Taiga
10 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
General
1 1,114 (42.90%) Social Skills
2 822 (31.65%) Finance
3 521 (20.06%) Analytical Skills
4 290 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
5 287 (11.05%) Marketing
6 156 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 155 (5.97%) Legal
8 151 (5.81%) Retail
9 136 (5.24%) Influencing Skills
10 135 (5.20%) Manufacturing
10 135 (5.20%) Public Sector
11 109 (4.20%) Law
12 92 (3.54%) Banking
13 88 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
14 81 (3.12%) Aerospace
15 69 (2.66%) Telecoms
16 50 (1.93%) Local Government
17 47 (1.81%) Electronics
18 44 (1.69%) Advertising
19 42 (1.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 547 (21.06%) Project Manager
2 383 (14.75%) Senior
3 223 (8.59%) Analyst
4 207 (7.97%) Lead
5 190 (7.32%) Senior Manager
6 178 (6.85%) IT Manager
7 174 (6.70%) Consultant
8 139 (5.35%) Senior Project Manager
9 127 (4.89%) Business Analyst
10 108 (4.16%) IT Project Manager
11 79 (3.04%) Development Manager
12 67 (2.58%) Technical Manager
13 65 (2.50%) Developer
14 60 (2.31%) Product Manager
14 60 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
15 59 (2.27%) Coordinator
15 59 (2.27%) Delivery Manager
16 58 (2.23%) Architect
17 52 (2.00%) IT Support
18 51 (1.96%) Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.00%) HTML
2 49 (1.89%) .NET
3 48 (1.85%) CSS
4 30 (1.16%) PyTorch
5 29 (1.12%) TensorFlow
6 24 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
6 24 (0.92%) JSON
7 23 (0.89%) Hugging Face
8 22 (0.85%) LangChain
8 22 (0.85%) Langfuse
8 22 (0.85%) LlamaIndex
8 22 (0.85%) Model Context Protocol
9 21 (0.81%) Flash
10 20 (0.77%) .NET Core
11 19 (0.73%) Microsoft Graph
11 19 (0.73%) SPFx
12 16 (0.62%) Kafka
13 12 (0.46%) Middleware
13 12 (0.46%) Node.js
13 12 (0.46%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 239 (9.20%) Onboarding
2 175 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 171 (6.58%) Data Centre
4 108 (4.16%) Driving Licence
5 103 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
6 85 (3.27%) Product Ownership
7 72 (2.77%) Virtual Team
8 63 (2.43%) Blog
9 59 (2.27%) Social Media
10 51 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 47 (1.81%) PMI
12 41 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
13 38 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
14 37 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
15 36 (1.39%) FMCG
16 34 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
17 33 (1.27%) AI Agents
17 33 (1.27%) Security Posture
18 31 (1.19%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 121 (4.66%) Windows
2 51 (1.96%) Linux
3 18 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 12 (0.46%) Android
4 12 (0.46%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (0.15%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.12%) Debian
8 3 (0.12%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.077%) VMS
9 2 (0.077%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) AIX
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 736 (28.34%) Agile
2 690 (26.57%) Project Delivery
3 676 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
4 669 (25.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 526 (20.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 473 (18.21%) PRINCE2
7 334 (12.86%) Decision-Making
8 305 (11.74%) Roadmaps
9 291 (11.21%) AI
10 272 (10.47%) Analytics
11 269 (10.36%) Mentoring
12 261 (10.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 250 (9.63%) Risk Management
14 231 (8.89%) Budget Management
15 221 (8.51%) Coaching
16 218 (8.39%) Change Management
17 213 (8.20%) CRM
17 213 (8.20%) ERP
18 202 (7.78%) Service Delivery
19 200 (7.70%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 190 (7.32%) SQL
2 175 (6.74%) Python
3 64 (2.46%) JavaScript
4 49 (1.89%) C#
5 41 (1.58%) PowerShell
6 36 (1.39%) TypeScript
7 28 (1.08%) Java
8 18 (0.69%) C
9 14 (0.54%) PHP
10 11 (0.42%) C++
11 8 (0.31%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.27%) Assembly Language
12 7 (0.27%) Ladder Logic
13 6 (0.23%) Embedded C
13 6 (0.23%) R
13 6 (0.23%) Ruby
13 6 (0.23%) VBA
14 5 (0.19%) Bash
15 4 (0.15%) ABAP
15 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 671 (25.84%) Degree
2 227 (8.74%) PMI Certification
3 217 (8.36%) PMP
4 190 (7.32%) Security Cleared
5 139 (5.35%) DBS Check
6 105 (4.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 90 (3.47%) SC Cleared
8 69 (2.66%) DV Cleared
9 60 (2.31%) CISSP
10 59 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
11 48 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 48 (1.85%) Master's Degree
12 44 (1.69%) CISM
13 36 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
14 35 (1.35%) HNC
15 29 (1.12%) HND
16 25 (0.96%) ACCA
16 25 (0.96%) Chartered Engineer
16 25 (0.96%) CRISC
17 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (6.93%) PMO
2 175 (6.74%) QA
3 103 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 100 (3.85%) Accessibility
5 75 (2.89%) GDPR
6 71 (2.73%) Data Quality
7 65 (2.50%) NIST
8 53 (2.04%) SLA
9 40 (1.54%) ISO 9001
10 38 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
11 37 (1.42%) GRC
12 25 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 22 (0.85%) GMP
14 18 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 17 (0.65%) ISO 14000
15 17 (0.65%) ISO 14001
16 16 (0.62%) IFRS
16 16 (0.62%) NIST 800
17 12 (0.46%) COBIT
18 11 (0.42%) GAAP
System Software
1 36 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.73%) Docker
3 12 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.23%) Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) vSphere
7 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.077%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.039%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.039%) IAG
9 1 (0.039%) NFS
9 1 (0.039%) Samba
9 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.039%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (1.08%) SCCM
2 22 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.69%) Puppet
4 15 (0.58%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.35%) Ansible
6 9 (0.35%) Grafana
7 7 (0.27%) FortiGate
8 6 (0.23%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.12%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.12%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.12%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (0.077%) Argo
11 2 (0.077%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.077%) Salt
11 2 (0.077%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.039%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 516 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 150 (5.78%) SAP
3 119 (4.58%) Oracle
4 69 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 67 (2.58%) Adobe
6 60 (2.31%) Salesforce
7 54 (2.08%) Google
8 35 (1.35%) HubSpot
9 32 (1.23%) Cisco
10 31 (1.19%) Fortinet
11 28 (1.08%) Sitecore
12 20 (0.77%) SonicWALL
13 19 (0.73%) VMware
14 18 (0.69%) Remedy
14 18 (0.69%) Sage
15 17 (0.65%) NEC
16 16 (0.62%) Apple
16 16 (0.62%) HP
17 15 (0.58%) Bloomberg
18 14 (0.54%) Siemens