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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -35 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,544 3,448 7,277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.58% 7.00% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 7.76% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 1,806 5,038
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,661 £93,778 £84,964
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 72,820 44,444 83,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.76% 90.26% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 50,274 24,878 58,156
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 13 July 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 13 July 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 -28 2,229 £55,000 -8.33% 1,448
UK excluding London -36 1,622 £52,500 -4.55% 1,042
Work from Home -11 1,038 £55,000 -4.35% 572
London -29 752 £69,250 -4.48% 588
North of England -1 476 £55,000 +0.38% 275
South East -23 414 £46,300 -16.67% 314
Midlands -54 233 £55,000 - 152
North West +4 216 £55,000 +7.33% 159
South West -49 177 £47,500 -25.34% 117
Yorkshire -20 157 £60,000 +9.09% 92
East of England -37 154 £60,000 +9.09% 90
West Midlands -49 146 £55,000 - 90
North East -18 103 £60,000 +17.65% 25
East Midlands -39 86 £50,000 +1.52% 61
Northern Ireland -26 72 £47,500 -17.39% 41
Scotland -52 60 £47,500 -5.84% 50
Wales -58 40 £58,758 -3.28% 26

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 92 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.97%) Confluence
3 39 (1.53%) CMS
4 31 (1.22%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.079%) Totara
12 1 (0.039%) Drupal
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 236 (9.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 220 (8.65%) Microsoft Project
3 187 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
4 57 (2.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.75%) Trello
7 16 (0.63%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.35%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 3 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.079%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.039%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.039%) Houdini
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
13 1 (0.039%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 44 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 17 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 13 (0.51%) Oracle Assets
4 13 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
4 13 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
6 11 (0.43%) Primavera
7 10 (0.39%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.39%) Shopify
8 8 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Fidessa
10 6 (0.24%) iTrent
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 233 (9.16%) Azure
2 219 (8.61%) Power Platform
3 154 (6.05%) AWS
4 143 (5.62%) SaaS
5 135 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (3.22%) PowerApps
7 68 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
8 62 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 47 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
10 38 (1.49%) Smartsheet
11 36 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (1.26%) Asana
13 30 (1.18%) Entra ID
14 29 (1.14%) OneDrive
15 27 (1.06%) GCP
16 25 (0.98%) Canva
17 23 (0.90%) Serverless
18 22 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
19 21 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
19 21 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.89%) Firewall
2 43 (1.69%) Broadband
3 29 (1.14%) WAN
4 27 (1.06%) DNS
4 27 (1.06%) LAN
5 26 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (0.71%) VPN
7 16 (0.63%) DHCP
8 15 (0.59%) CHAP
8 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 13 (0.51%) BGP
11 12 (0.47%) Internet
11 12 (0.47%) Network Security
11 12 (0.47%) NGN
12 10 (0.39%) Wireless
13 9 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (0.28%) OSPF
14 7 (0.28%) VoIP
15 6 (0.24%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (6.92%) Power BI
2 78 (3.07%) Tableau
3 65 (2.56%) Data Mining
4 42 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.10%) GIS
6 24 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.63%) Big Data
9 16 (0.63%) NoSQL
10 14 (0.55%) Hadoop
10 14 (0.55%) Metadata
11 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
12 11 (0.43%) Power Query
12 11 (0.43%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.39%) MySQL
13 10 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 167 (6.56%) JIRA
2 24 (0.94%) Git
3 11 (0.43%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
5 3 (0.12%) Taiga
5 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.079%) Gatling
6 2 (0.079%) JMeter
6 2 (0.079%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.079%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.079%) Postman
6 2 (0.079%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.079%) Yeoman
6 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.039%) Plastic SCM
7 1 (0.039%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1,059 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 800 (31.45%) Finance
3 469 (18.44%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (10.81%) Marketing
5 245 (9.63%) Organisational Skills
6 152 (5.97%) Retail
7 143 (5.62%) Manufacturing
8 142 (5.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 139 (5.46%) Legal
10 134 (5.27%) Public Sector
11 111 (4.36%) Law
12 88 (3.46%) Banking
13 78 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
14 69 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
15 59 (2.32%) Local Government
16 56 (2.20%) Telecoms
17 49 (1.93%) Advertising
18 46 (1.81%) Aerospace
19 45 (1.77%) Financial Institution
20 39 (1.53%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 530 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 379 (14.90%) Senior
3 267 (10.50%) Analyst
4 193 (7.59%) Senior Manager
5 187 (7.35%) Lead
6 185 (7.27%) Consultant
7 182 (7.15%) IT Manager
8 158 (6.21%) Senior Project Manager
9 127 (4.99%) Business Analyst
10 123 (4.83%) Development Manager
11 108 (4.25%) IT Project Manager
12 77 (3.03%) Product Manager
13 72 (2.83%) Data Analyst
13 72 (2.83%) Senior Consultant
14 67 (2.63%) IT Support
15 64 (2.52%) Trainee
15 64 (2.52%) Trainee Analyst
16 61 (2.40%) Coordinator
16 61 (2.40%) Developer
16 61 (2.40%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (1.81%) HTML
2 44 (1.73%) .NET
3 43 (1.69%) PyTorch
4 39 (1.53%) CSS
5 24 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.94%) JSON
6 23 (0.90%) Hugging Face
6 23 (0.90%) TensorFlow
7 21 (0.83%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.83%) Flash
8 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (0.75%) SPFx
9 16 (0.63%) EDI
9 16 (0.63%) Kafka
9 16 (0.63%) LangChain
9 16 (0.63%) Langfuse
9 16 (0.63%) LlamaIndex
9 16 (0.63%) Model Context Protocol
10 15 (0.59%) Middleware
11 13 (0.51%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 187 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 173 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 121 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 91 (3.58%) Driving Licence
5 78 (3.07%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 57 (2.24%) Social Media
7 54 (2.12%) Virtual Team
8 53 (2.08%) FMCG
9 51 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
10 43 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 39 (1.53%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 36 (1.42%) Mobile App
14 34 (1.34%) PMI
15 33 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
16 31 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
17 29 (1.14%) Algorithms
17 29 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
18 27 (1.06%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 98 (3.85%) Windows
2 41 (1.61%) Linux
3 29 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 24 (0.94%) Android
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.079%) Debian
9 2 (0.079%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (28.77%) Agile
2 670 (26.34%) Project Delivery
3 556 (21.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 553 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 490 (19.26%) PRINCE2
6 426 (16.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 353 (13.88%) Decision-Making
8 303 (11.91%) Mentoring
9 297 (11.67%) Analytics
10 269 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 265 (10.42%) AI
12 259 (10.18%) Roadmaps
13 232 (9.12%) Coaching
14 226 (8.88%) Change Management
15 224 (8.81%) Logistics
16 223 (8.77%) Risk Management
17 212 (8.33%) Business Analysis
18 210 (8.25%) Budget Management
19 204 (8.02%) ERP
20 189 (7.43%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 225 (8.84%) SQL
2 207 (8.14%) Python
3 51 (2.00%) C#
3 51 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (1.34%) TypeScript
5 32 (1.26%) PowerShell
6 26 (1.02%) VBA
7 20 (0.79%) Java
8 13 (0.51%) C
8 13 (0.51%) PHP
9 7 (0.28%) C++
10 6 (0.24%) Ruby
11 4 (0.16%) ABAP
11 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.12%) Bash
12 3 (0.12%) COBOL
12 3 (0.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 595 (23.39%) Degree
2 226 (8.88%) PMI Certification
3 221 (8.69%) PMP
4 152 (5.97%) Security Cleared
5 137 (5.39%) DBS Check
6 101 (3.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 79 (3.11%) CISSP
8 64 (2.52%) SC Cleared
9 56 (2.20%) CISM
10 53 (2.08%) Master's Degree
11 43 (1.69%) DV Cleared
12 42 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 31 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
14 28 (1.10%) CRISC
15 24 (0.94%) HNC
16 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
17 21 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
17 21 (0.83%) CISA
18 20 (0.79%) SANS
19 19 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (7.67%) QA
2 169 (6.64%) PMO
3 116 (4.56%) Accessibility
4 105 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 84 (3.30%) GDPR
6 82 (3.22%) NIST
7 45 (1.77%) Data Quality
8 42 (1.65%) GRC
9 40 (1.57%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.45%) SLA
11 32 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 23 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 23 (0.90%) NIST 800
13 19 (0.75%) COBIT
13 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.67%) ISO 14001
15 13 (0.51%) GAAP
16 12 (0.47%) ISO 14000
17 11 (0.43%) IFRS
18 10 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 44 (1.73%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.86%) Docker
3 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.079%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.079%) Firmware
6 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.039%) IAG
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
1 25 (0.98%) SCCM
2 23 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.67%) Puppet
4 13 (0.51%) Progress Chef
5 11 (0.43%) Ansible
5 11 (0.43%) Terraform
6 9 (0.35%) Grafana
7 6 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.079%) Argo
9 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.079%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.039%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 515 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 118 (4.64%) SAP
3 109 (4.28%) Oracle
4 68 (2.67%) Adobe
5 62 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 58 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 50 (1.97%) Google
8 25 (0.98%) HubSpot
9 22 (0.86%) Fortinet
10 21 (0.83%) Cisco
11 19 (0.75%) SonicWALL
12 18 (0.71%) Pardot
13 17 (0.67%) HP
13 17 (0.67%) JD Edwards
13 17 (0.67%) Remedy
14 14 (0.55%) Apple
14 14 (0.55%) IBM
14 14 (0.55%) Instagram
15 12 (0.47%) Palo Alto
15 12 (0.47%) VMware