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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -36 -5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,708 3,265 5,274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.41% 6.58% 6.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 7.44% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,461 1,718 2,724
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,825 £42,500 £42,590
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +5.77% -5.45%

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 82,210 43,908 63,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.55% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57,176 24,796 36,704
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 2,432 £55,000 -8.33% 3,259
UK excluding London -39 1,761 £52,000 -5.45% 1,941
Work from Home -14 1,081 £50,001 -16.32% 1,397
London -31 827 £65,000 -7.14% 1,745
South East -30 482 £45,000 -21.74% 522
North of England -27 393 £55,000 +10.00% 400
Midlands -28 306 £54,000 - 293
North West +5 223 £52,500 +5.00% 224
South West -37 217 £55,000 -0.87% 251
East of England -27 190 £55,000 - 187
West Midlands -38 175 £53,500 -2.73% 177
East Midlands -14 130 £55,000 +1.85% 116
Yorkshire -50 114 £60,000 +11.11% 132
Scotland -43 69 £70,000 +16.67% 180
Northern Ireland -57 58 £47,500 -5.00% 82
North East -66 56 £58,000 +65.71% 47
Wales -59 47 £60,000 - 47

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
1 140 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 69 (2.55%) Confluence
3 67 (2.47%) CMS
4 27 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (0.70%) WordPress
6 15 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 9 (0.33%) IIS
9 8 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
11 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
12 4 (0.15%) Moodle
13 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.074%) Totara
15 1 (0.037%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 273 (10.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 273 (10.08%) Microsoft Project
2 246 (9.08%) Microsoft Office
3 82 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 22 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 20 (0.74%) Trello
6 12 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.37%) EPLAN
8 8 (0.30%) AutoCAD
9 4 (0.15%) Photoshop
9 4 (0.15%) Revit
10 3 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.11%) Blender
10 3 (0.11%) Maya
11 2 (0.074%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.074%) InDesign
11 2 (0.074%) OrCAD
12 1 (0.037%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.037%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 81 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (1.29%) NetSuite
3 33 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 30 (1.11%) Primavera
5 14 (0.52%) SAP EHS
6 11 (0.41%) Shopify
7 9 (0.33%) Fidessa
8 7 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.22%) iTrent
10 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.18%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.15%) Infor M3
11 4 (0.15%) Misys Midas
11 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
11 4 (0.15%) SAP MDG
11 4 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 240 (8.86%) Azure
2 225 (8.31%) Power Platform
3 161 (5.95%) AWS
4 156 (5.76%) SaaS
5 129 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (2.95%) PowerApps
7 76 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
8 60 (2.22%) Power Automate
9 55 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
10 50 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
11 46 (1.70%) Smartsheet
12 33 (1.22%) GCP
13 27 (1.00%) Entra ID
14 25 (0.92%) LangSmith
15 22 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 22 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
15 22 (0.81%) OneDrive
15 22 (0.81%) Serverless
16 21 (0.78%) Canva
17 20 (0.74%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.10%) Firewall
2 29 (1.07%) LAN
2 29 (1.07%) WAN
3 25 (0.92%) DNS
4 21 (0.78%) VPN
5 18 (0.66%) Network Security
5 18 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.55%) Broadband
6 15 (0.55%) NGN
7 14 (0.52%) BGP
8 13 (0.48%) DHCP
9 12 (0.44%) Profibus
9 12 (0.44%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.44%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.41%) Intranet
10 11 (0.41%) Wireless
11 9 (0.33%) Multicast
11 9 (0.33%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (0.30%) Internet
13 7 (0.26%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (7.35%) Power BI
2 61 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.29%) Tableau
4 22 (0.81%) Big Data
4 22 (0.81%) Data Mining
5 21 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 19 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.66%) Metadata
8 18 (0.66%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.63%) MySQL
10 14 (0.52%) Hadoop
10 14 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.41%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.30%) GIS
13 8 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 7 (0.26%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 232 (8.57%) JIRA
2 25 (0.92%) Git
3 12 (0.44%) Visual Studio
4 11 (0.41%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
5 9 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.22%) GitLab
6 6 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.18%) JUnit
7 5 (0.18%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.15%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.11%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.11%) Selenium
9 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.11%) Storybook
9 3 (0.11%) Taiga
9 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,184 (43.72%) Social Skills
2 858 (31.68%) Finance
3 537 (19.83%) Analytical Skills
4 321 (11.85%) Organisational Skills
5 290 (10.71%) Marketing
6 171 (6.31%) Legal
7 163 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 157 (5.80%) Retail
9 150 (5.54%) Influencing Skills
10 142 (5.24%) Manufacturing
10 142 (5.24%) Public Sector
11 106 (3.91%) Law
12 92 (3.40%) Aerospace
13 91 (3.36%) Banking
14 90 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
15 74 (2.73%) Telecoms
16 59 (2.18%) Electronics
17 51 (1.88%) Local Government
18 45 (1.66%) Financial Institution
19 43 (1.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 567 (20.94%) Project Manager
2 395 (14.59%) Senior
3 228 (8.42%) Lead
4 219 (8.09%) Analyst
5 197 (7.27%) Senior Manager
6 188 (6.94%) Consultant
7 180 (6.65%) IT Manager
8 140 (5.17%) Senior Project Manager
9 122 (4.51%) Business Analyst
10 108 (3.99%) IT Project Manager
11 76 (2.81%) Development Manager
12 69 (2.55%) Technical Manager
13 68 (2.51%) Developer
14 66 (2.44%) Coordinator
15 63 (2.33%) Delivery Manager
16 62 (2.29%) Senior Consultant
17 60 (2.22%) Architect
18 57 (2.10%) Product Manager
19 52 (1.92%) Programme Manager
20 51 (1.88%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.07%) HTML
2 54 (1.99%) CSS
3 53 (1.96%) .NET
4 32 (1.18%) TensorFlow
5 29 (1.07%) PyTorch
6 25 (0.92%) LangChain
6 25 (0.92%) Langfuse
6 25 (0.92%) LlamaIndex
6 25 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
7 24 (0.89%) Hugging Face
8 23 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
8 23 (0.85%) JSON
9 21 (0.78%) Flash
10 18 (0.66%) .NET Core
10 18 (0.66%) ASP.NET
10 18 (0.66%) Microsoft Graph
10 18 (0.66%) SPFx
11 17 (0.63%) jQuery
12 16 (0.59%) Kafka
13 12 (0.44%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 264 (9.75%) Onboarding
2 186 (6.87%) Management Information System
3 180 (6.65%) Data Centre
4 123 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
5 122 (4.51%) Driving Licence
6 89 (3.29%) Product Ownership
7 72 (2.66%) Virtual Team
8 67 (2.47%) Blog
9 60 (2.22%) Social Media
10 59 (2.18%) PMI
11 53 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
12 43 (1.59%) Marketing Technology
13 41 (1.51%) Cloud Native
14 37 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
15 36 (1.33%) AI Agents
15 36 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 36 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 35 (1.29%) FMCG
16 35 (1.29%) Robotics
17 34 (1.26%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 122 (4.51%) Windows
2 49 (1.81%) Linux
3 18 (0.66%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Debian
7 3 (0.11%) Unix
7 3 (0.11%) VMS
8 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.074%) zOS
9 1 (0.037%) AIX
9 1 (0.037%) CentOS
9 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 751 (27.73%) Agile
2 731 (26.99%) Project Delivery
3 729 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 728 (26.88%) Problem-Solving
5 583 (21.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 499 (18.43%) PRINCE2
7 344 (12.70%) Decision-Making
8 309 (11.41%) Roadmaps
9 299 (11.04%) AI
10 297 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 277 (10.23%) Analytics
12 262 (9.68%) Mentoring
13 261 (9.64%) Risk Management
14 239 (8.83%) Budget Management
15 238 (8.79%) ERP
16 231 (8.53%) CRM
17 230 (8.49%) Coaching
18 223 (8.23%) Change Management
19 211 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
20 209 (7.72%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 207 (7.64%) SQL
2 174 (6.43%) Python
3 83 (3.06%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 53 (1.96%) C#
6 36 (1.33%) TypeScript
7 34 (1.26%) Java
8 21 (0.78%) C
9 14 (0.52%) PHP
10 12 (0.44%) C++
10 12 (0.44%) Ladder Logic
11 9 (0.33%) Assembly Language
11 9 (0.33%) VB.NET
12 8 (0.30%) R
13 7 (0.26%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.22%) Ruby
14 6 (0.22%) VBA
15 5 (0.18%) Bash
15 5 (0.18%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 709 (26.18%) Degree
2 242 (8.94%) PMI Certification
3 225 (8.31%) Security Cleared
4 222 (8.20%) PMP
5 143 (5.28%) DBS Check
6 116 (4.28%) SC Cleared
7 108 (3.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 75 (2.77%) DV Cleared
9 62 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
10 59 (2.18%) CISSP
11 56 (2.07%) HNC
12 48 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
12 48 (1.77%) HND
13 46 (1.70%) Master's Degree
14 44 (1.62%) CISM
15 41 (1.51%) Chartered Engineer
16 37 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (1.03%) CRISC
18 24 (0.89%) ACCA
19 21 (0.78%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (6.83%) PMO
2 178 (6.57%) QA
3 102 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 83 (3.06%) Data Quality
6 79 (2.92%) GDPR
7 62 (2.29%) NIST
8 54 (1.99%) SLA
9 38 (1.40%) GRC
9 38 (1.40%) ISO 9001
10 37 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 24 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 22 (0.81%) GMP
13 17 (0.63%) ISO 14000
13 17 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 16 (0.59%) ISO 14001
14 16 (0.59%) NIST 800
15 14 (0.52%) IFRS
16 10 (0.37%) COBIT
16 10 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.63%) Docker
3 14 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.26%) Firmware
5 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.26%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.074%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.037%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.037%) IAG
8 1 (0.037%) NFS
8 1 (0.037%) Samba
8 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (1.00%) SCCM
2 20 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.66%) Puppet
4 14 (0.52%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 9 (0.33%) Ansible
7 8 (0.30%) FortiGate
7 8 (0.30%) Grafana
8 6 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
11 2 (0.074%) Argo
11 2 (0.074%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.074%) Salt
11 2 (0.074%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.037%) Cisco CUCM
12 1 (0.037%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.037%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.037%) SCOM
12 1 (0.037%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 543 (20.05%) Microsoft
2 176 (6.50%) SAP
3 118 (4.36%) Oracle
4 72 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 68 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.36%) Adobe
7 61 (2.25%) Google
8 39 (1.44%) HubSpot
9 34 (1.26%) Sage
10 33 (1.22%) Cisco
11 32 (1.18%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.03%) Sitecore
13 23 (0.85%) Siemens
14 21 (0.78%) SonicWALL
14 21 (0.78%) VMware
15 19 (0.70%) NEC
16 16 (0.59%) Remedy
17 14 (0.52%) Apple
17 14 (0.52%) Bloomberg
17 14 (0.52%) IBM