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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -45 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,615 3,989 7,236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.18% 9.72% 7.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 10.45% 9.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,543 2,030 5,233
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,585 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +9.69% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,875 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 62,747 38,173 78,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.19% 93.03% 86.26%
Number of salaries quoted 38,762 22,528 58,201
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,290 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,557
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.26%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 -50 2,210 £55,000 -4.35% 1,263
UK excluding London -50 1,717 £47,500 -13.64% 1,056
Work from Home -21 801 £57,500 -4.17% 423
London -24 681 £70,000 - 403
North of England -40 548 £42,978 -21.86% 233
South East -41 401 £50,500 -9.48% 313
Midlands -60 257 £51,250 -3.93% 175
North West -39 249 £45,000 -17.87% 119
West Midlands -42 194 £47,500 -13.64% 98
Yorkshire -31 189 £40,000 -28.89% 85
South West -46 173 £45,000 -18.18% 104
East of England -54 118 £55,000 - 137
Scotland -23 116 £40,000 -28.89% 53
North East -13 110 £40,000 -29.82% 31
Northern Ireland -9 72 £47,500 -11.63% 24
East Midlands -82 61 £55,000 +18.92% 76
Wales -41 39 £42,934 -20.19% 49

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
1 130 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.91%) Confluence
3 45 (1.72%) CMS
4 34 (1.30%) WordPress
5 20 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.11%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.076%) Drupal
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.038%) IIS
12 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.038%) Umbraco
Applications
1 393 (15.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 184 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
3 127 (4.86%) Microsoft Project
4 117 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.61%) Trello
8 15 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 10 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.38%) Photoshop
9 10 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
10 9 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
11 6 (0.23%) Adobe XD
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
12 3 (0.11%) Maya
13 2 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.076%) Elementor
13 2 (0.076%) Notion
13 2 (0.076%) Weka
Business Applications
1 27 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 19 (0.73%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
6 14 (0.54%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.38%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.27%) Shopify
9 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.23%) Primavera
9 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.15%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 236 (9.02%) Azure
2 229 (8.76%) Power Platform
3 167 (6.39%) SaaS
4 153 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
5 112 (4.28%) AWS
6 60 (2.29%) PowerApps
7 47 (1.80%) Asana
8 39 (1.49%) GCP
9 35 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 34 (1.30%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (0.99%) Smartsheet
13 23 (0.88%) OneDrive
14 22 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
14 22 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (0.84%) Google Analytics
15 20 (0.76%) Canva
15 20 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
17 16 (0.61%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 45 (1.72%) Broadband
2 39 (1.49%) Firewall
2 39 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (0.99%) CHAP
3 26 (0.99%) WAN
4 22 (0.84%) DNS
4 22 (0.84%) Internet
5 20 (0.76%) DHCP
6 18 (0.69%) LAN
6 18 (0.69%) Network Security
7 17 (0.65%) Structured Cabling
8 16 (0.61%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.61%) VPN
8 16 (0.61%) Wireless
9 12 (0.46%) Intranet
9 12 (0.46%) VLAN
10 10 (0.38%) Multicast
10 10 (0.38%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.31%) VoIP
12 5 (0.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 191 (7.30%) Power BI
2 189 (7.23%) Tableau
3 156 (5.97%) Data Mining
4 31 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.03%) GIS
6 22 (0.84%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.76%) QGIS
7 20 (0.76%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.69%) Power Query
9 14 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 12 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (0.34%) DB2
12 7 (0.27%) Big Data
13 6 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
14 5 (0.19%) Metadata
14 5 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 120 (4.59%) JIRA
2 20 (0.76%) Git
3 12 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 5 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.11%) Storybook
6 3 (0.11%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.076%) Checkstyle
7 2 (0.076%) ESLint
7 2 (0.076%) Gradle
7 2 (0.076%) JIRA Agile
7 2 (0.076%) JMeter
7 2 (0.076%) JUnit
7 2 (0.076%) Maven
7 2 (0.076%) Mockito
7 2 (0.076%) Selenium
7 2 (0.076%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.076%) TestNG
7 2 (0.076%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.038%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1,093 (41.80%) Social Skills
2 1,000 (38.24%) Finance
3 637 (24.36%) Analytical Skills
4 299 (11.43%) Marketing
5 213 (8.15%) Organisational Skills
6 198 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 172 (6.58%) Manufacturing
8 162 (6.20%) Legal
9 137 (5.24%) Retail
10 132 (5.05%) Public Sector
11 118 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
12 117 (4.47%) Banking
13 111 (4.24%) Law
14 69 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
15 63 (2.41%) Games
16 54 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
16 54 (2.07%) Telecoms
17 49 (1.87%) Financial Institution
18 37 (1.41%) Electronics
19 36 (1.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 451 (17.25%) Analyst
2 405 (15.49%) Project Manager
3 347 (13.27%) Senior
4 253 (9.67%) Trainee
5 246 (9.41%) Trainee Analyst
6 207 (7.92%) Senior Manager
7 201 (7.69%) Business Analyst
8 165 (6.31%) Data Analyst
9 164 (6.27%) Lead
10 160 (6.12%) IT Manager
11 150 (5.74%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 123 (4.70%) Consultant
12 123 (4.70%) Development Manager
13 97 (3.71%) Senior Project Manager
14 96 (3.67%) Trainee Business Analyst
15 92 (3.52%) Product Manager
16 86 (3.29%) Architect
17 80 (3.06%) IT Project Manager
17 80 (3.06%) Systems Manager
18 73 (2.79%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.19%) HTML
2 30 (1.15%) .NET
3 26 (0.99%) EDI
4 23 (0.88%) CSS
4 23 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 12 (0.46%) JSON
5 12 (0.46%) React
6 11 (0.42%) .NET Core
6 11 (0.42%) Microsoft Graph
7 10 (0.38%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (0.34%) REST
8 9 (0.34%) SPFx
9 8 (0.31%) Middleware
10 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.27%) Matplotlib
10 7 (0.27%) OAuth
10 7 (0.27%) Seaborn
11 5 (0.19%) .NET Framework
11 5 (0.19%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 202 (7.72%) Management Information System
2 117 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 106 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (3.10%) Product Ownership
5 68 (2.60%) Social Media
6 65 (2.49%) Driving Licence
6 65 (2.49%) FMCG
7 56 (2.14%) Data Centre
8 49 (1.87%) Virtual Team
9 41 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 38 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 37 (1.41%) Algorithms
12 36 (1.38%) Robotics
13 34 (1.30%) Blog
14 32 (1.22%) Mobile App
15 29 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
16 27 (1.03%) IoT
16 27 (1.03%) Low-Code
17 26 (0.99%) Security Posture
18 22 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (2.79%) Windows
2 31 (1.19%) Apple iOS
3 26 (0.99%) Android
4 24 (0.92%) Linux
5 16 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.15%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.076%) AIX
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.076%) zOS
10 1 (0.038%) CentOS
10 1 (0.038%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.038%) VMS
10 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 652 (24.93%) Agile
2 620 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
3 575 (21.99%) Project Delivery
4 520 (19.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 483 (18.47%) Stakeholder Management
6 450 (17.21%) Analytics
7 405 (15.49%) Decision-Making
8 379 (14.49%) PRINCE2
9 360 (13.77%) Business Analysis
10 334 (12.77%) Change Management
11 328 (12.54%) AI
12 309 (11.82%) Data Analysis
13 278 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 241 (9.22%) Risk Management
15 229 (8.76%) Coaching
16 228 (8.72%) Data Analytics
17 218 (8.34%) Roadmaps
18 211 (8.07%) Mentoring
19 209 (7.99%) Process Improvement
20 208 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 293 (11.20%) SQL
2 288 (11.01%) Python
3 43 (1.64%) C#
4 36 (1.38%) VBA
5 30 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 22 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 22 (0.84%) TypeScript
7 17 (0.65%) Java
8 13 (0.50%) C++
9 12 (0.46%) C
10 10 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 7 (0.27%) Bash
11 7 (0.27%) PHP
12 6 (0.23%) R
13 4 (0.15%) COBOL
13 4 (0.15%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.11%) Dart
14 3 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
14 3 (0.11%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 674 (25.77%) Degree
2 244 (9.33%) PMP
3 227 (8.68%) PMI Certification
4 135 (5.16%) Security Cleared
5 93 (3.56%) SC Cleared
6 81 (3.10%) Master's Degree
7 76 (2.91%) CISSP
8 75 (2.87%) DBS Check
9 55 (2.10%) CISM
10 48 (1.84%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 36 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 34 (1.30%) HNC
13 31 (1.19%) CISA
13 31 (1.19%) SANS
14 29 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.03%) FFIEC
15 27 (1.03%) MBA
16 26 (0.99%) CGEIT
17 25 (0.96%) ACCA
18 23 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (7.34%) QA
2 124 (4.74%) PMO
3 108 (4.13%) GDPR
4 94 (3.59%) Accessibility
5 73 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 64 (2.45%) NIST
7 37 (1.41%) Data Quality
8 35 (1.34%) ISO 9001
9 33 (1.26%) GRC
10 27 (1.03%) COBIT
11 23 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.50%) SLA
15 11 (0.42%) GAAP
16 10 (0.38%) IFRS
17 9 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 60 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 26 (0.99%) Docker
3 11 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.15%) Firmware
6 3 (0.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.076%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.61%) Ansible
4 15 (0.57%) SCCM
5 13 (0.50%) Terraform
6 11 (0.42%) Grafana
7 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
9 3 (0.11%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.076%) Argo
10 2 (0.076%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.076%) Puppet
10 2 (0.076%) Salt
11 1 (0.038%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
11 1 (0.038%) MOM
11 1 (0.038%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 610 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 108 (4.13%) SAP
3 74 (2.83%) Salesforce
4 66 (2.52%) Oracle
5 64 (2.45%) Google
6 61 (2.33%) Adobe
7 51 (1.95%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.07%) Anaplan
9 27 (1.03%) Cisco
10 23 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 20 (0.76%) Genesys
11 20 (0.76%) Verint
12 17 (0.65%) Pardot
13 16 (0.61%) Palo Alto
14 15 (0.57%) Apple
14 15 (0.57%) Instagram
15 14 (0.54%) Databricks
16 13 (0.50%) Fortinet
17 12 (0.46%) VMware
18 11 (0.42%) Hootsuite