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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 31 23
Rank change year-on-year -34 -8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,777 3,149 5,215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.39% 6.43% 6.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 7.26% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 1,641 2,530
10th Percentile £31,495 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,865 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.70% +4.76% -4.55%

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 84,843 43,391 61,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.66% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,659 24,441 34,825
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,969 £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 £77,500
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 22 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 22 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 2,499 £55,000 -8.33% 3,593
UK excluding London -36 1,833 £51,865 -5.70% 2,294
Work from Home -21 1,070 £50,000 -16.67% 1,636
London -34 815 £65,000 -7.14% 1,630
South East -23 510 £45,000 -22.91% 651
North of England -29 398 £55,000 +10.00% 502
Midlands -20 345 £52,500 - 357
North West +9 232 £52,500 +5.00% 277
South West -37 229 £55,000 - 249
West Midlands -35 195 £52,500 -2.78% 206
East of England -26 185 £55,000 +3.77% 222
East Midlands 0 149 £55,000 +10.00% 151
Yorkshire -49 114 £60,000 +20.00% 162
Scotland -51 70 £70,000 +16.67% 171
North East -71 52 £58,000 +74.71% 67
Northern Ireland -69 49 £70,000 +57.30% 112
Wales -62 48 £65,000 +7.00% 58

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
1 137 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 73 (2.63%) Confluence
3 70 (2.52%) CMS
4 27 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
5 20 (0.72%) WordPress
6 16 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 15 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.40%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.32%) IIS
10 8 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
11 5 (0.18%) Moodle
11 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.072%) Totara
14 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.036%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 290 (10.44%) Microsoft Project
2 287 (10.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 277 (9.97%) Microsoft Office
4 95 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 21 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 18 (0.65%) AutoCAD
7 18 (0.65%) Trello
8 15 (0.54%) EPLAN
8 15 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
9 8 (0.29%) Revit
10 3 (0.11%) Blender
10 3 (0.11%) Maya
10 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.072%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.072%) PTC Creo
11 2 (0.072%) Siemens NX
11 2 (0.072%) Solid Edge
11 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 82 (2.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.51%) Primavera
3 35 (1.26%) NetSuite
4 30 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
5 25 (0.90%) SAP EHS
6 9 (0.32%) Fidessa
6 9 (0.32%) Shopify
7 7 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 7 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 6 (0.22%) Infor M3
8 6 (0.22%) iTrent
9 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.14%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 238 (8.57%) Azure
2 234 (8.43%) Power Platform
3 162 (5.83%) AWS
4 149 (5.37%) SaaS
5 127 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
7 74 (2.66%) PowerApps
8 62 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 55 (1.98%) Power Automate
9 55 (1.98%) Smartsheet
10 52 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
11 33 (1.19%) GCP
12 29 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
13 26 (0.94%) LangSmith
14 25 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
15 24 (0.86%) Entra ID
16 23 (0.83%) Serverless
17 20 (0.72%) Canva
17 20 (0.72%) IaaS
18 19 (0.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 54 (1.94%) Firewall
2 29 (1.04%) LAN
2 29 (1.04%) WAN
3 27 (0.97%) DNS
4 18 (0.65%) VPN
5 17 (0.61%) Network Security
5 17 (0.61%) Profibus
6 15 (0.54%) DHCP
7 14 (0.50%) BGP
7 14 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.47%) NGN
9 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 11 (0.40%) Intranet
10 11 (0.40%) Wireless
11 9 (0.32%) Internet
11 9 (0.32%) Multicast
11 9 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (0.25%) Broadband
12 7 (0.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (7.35%) Power BI
2 60 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.83%) Big Data
4 22 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.76%) Metadata
5 21 (0.76%) Tableau
6 20 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 20 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.61%) MySQL
8 15 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.50%) Hadoop
9 14 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.40%) Apache Hive
10 11 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.36%) GIS
12 8 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 241 (8.68%) JIRA
2 23 (0.83%) Git
3 14 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (0.40%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.25%) GitLab
6 7 (0.25%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.18%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.18%) JUnit
8 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.11%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.11%) Selenium
9 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.11%) TestNG
9 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,213 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 870 (31.33%) Finance
3 542 (19.52%) Analytical Skills
4 343 (12.35%) Organisational Skills
5 297 (10.69%) Marketing
6 200 (7.20%) Legal
7 175 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 171 (6.16%) Influencing Skills
9 161 (5.80%) Manufacturing
10 154 (5.55%) Public Sector
11 152 (5.47%) Retail
12 121 (4.36%) Law
13 111 (4.00%) Aerospace
14 96 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
15 83 (2.99%) Telecoms
16 82 (2.95%) Banking
17 77 (2.77%) Electronics
18 53 (1.91%) Local Government
19 48 (1.73%) Military
20 45 (1.62%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 577 (20.78%) Project Manager
2 404 (14.55%) Senior
3 249 (8.97%) Lead
4 203 (7.31%) Senior Manager
5 199 (7.17%) Analyst
6 185 (6.66%) Consultant
7 180 (6.48%) IT Manager
8 141 (5.08%) Senior Project Manager
9 120 (4.32%) Business Analyst
10 108 (3.89%) IT Project Manager
11 77 (2.77%) Development Manager
12 73 (2.63%) Technical Manager
13 72 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
14 70 (2.52%) Coordinator
15 64 (2.30%) Architect
16 63 (2.27%) Developer
17 61 (2.20%) Senior Consultant
18 60 (2.16%) Product Manager
19 56 (2.02%) Service Manager
20 55 (1.98%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (1.84%) HTML
2 49 (1.76%) .NET
2 49 (1.76%) CSS
3 33 (1.19%) TensorFlow
4 30 (1.08%) PyTorch
5 26 (0.94%) LangChain
5 26 (0.94%) Langfuse
5 26 (0.94%) LlamaIndex
5 26 (0.94%) Model Context Protocol
6 25 (0.90%) Hugging Face
7 21 (0.76%) Flash
8 19 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
8 19 (0.68%) JSON
9 18 (0.65%) ASP.NET
10 17 (0.61%) jQuery
11 15 (0.54%) Kafka
11 15 (0.54%) Terraform
12 14 (0.50%) .NET Core
12 14 (0.50%) Microsoft Graph
12 14 (0.50%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 287 (10.33%) Onboarding
2 213 (7.67%) Management Information System
3 193 (6.95%) Data Centre
4 133 (4.79%) Driving Licence
4 133 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
5 91 (3.28%) Product Ownership
6 72 (2.59%) PMI
7 67 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 66 (2.38%) Blog
9 65 (2.34%) Social Media
10 54 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
11 47 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
12 43 (1.55%) Cloud Native
12 43 (1.55%) Robotics
13 38 (1.37%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 37 (1.33%) FMCG
15 35 (1.26%) e-Learning
16 34 (1.22%) SCADA
17 32 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 118 (4.25%) Windows
2 47 (1.69%) Linux
3 17 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) AIX
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 (0.072%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.072%) Solaris
9 1 (0.036%) CentOS
9 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.036%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 784 (28.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 780 (28.09%) Agile
3 765 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
4 762 (27.44%) Project Delivery
5 637 (22.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 509 (18.33%) PRINCE2
7 374 (13.47%) Decision-Making
8 322 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 319 (11.49%) AI
10 307 (11.06%) Roadmaps
11 280 (10.08%) Analytics
12 259 (9.33%) Risk Management
13 258 (9.29%) Mentoring
14 247 (8.89%) ERP
15 245 (8.82%) Budget Management
16 243 (8.75%) CRM
17 231 (8.32%) Coaching
18 230 (8.28%) Change Management
19 219 (7.89%) Service Delivery
20 208 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 185 (6.66%) SQL
2 157 (5.65%) Python
3 80 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 53 (1.91%) PowerShell
5 44 (1.58%) C#
6 37 (1.33%) Java
7 33 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 20 (0.72%) C
9 16 (0.58%) Ladder Logic
10 14 (0.50%) PHP
11 13 (0.47%) C++
12 9 (0.32%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.29%) R
14 6 (0.22%) Ruby
14 6 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.22%) VBA
15 5 (0.18%) Bash
15 5 (0.18%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 767 (27.62%) Degree
2 258 (9.29%) Security Cleared
3 254 (9.15%) PMI Certification
4 224 (8.07%) PMP
5 146 (5.26%) DBS Check
6 141 (5.08%) SC Cleared
7 111 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 77 (2.77%) DV Cleared
9 75 (2.70%) HNC
10 68 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 65 (2.34%) HND
12 54 (1.94%) Master's Degree
13 53 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
14 51 (1.84%) CISSP
15 50 (1.80%) Chartered Engineer
16 39 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
17 37 (1.33%) CISM
18 34 (1.22%) ACCA
19 29 (1.04%) CIMA
20 27 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (6.99%) PMO
2 173 (6.23%) QA
3 98 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 95 (3.42%) Data Quality
5 83 (2.99%) Accessibility
6 76 (2.74%) GDPR
7 57 (2.05%) NIST
8 56 (2.02%) SLA
9 35 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 31 (1.12%) ISO 9001
11 28 (1.01%) GRC
12 22 (0.79%) GMP
13 20 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.61%) ISO 14000
14 17 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 14 (0.50%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.50%) NIST 800
16 12 (0.43%) IEC 61131
16 12 (0.43%) IFRS
17 10 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.61%) Docker
4 11 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.36%) vSphere
6 8 (0.29%) Firmware
7 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.072%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.036%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.036%) IAG
10 1 (0.036%) NFS
10 1 (0.036%) Samba
10 1 (0.036%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.036%) XenApp
10 1 (0.036%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (0.94%) SCCM
2 17 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.61%) Puppet
3 15 (0.54%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.47%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.36%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.29%) Ansible
7 6 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
8 5 (0.18%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.14%) EnCase
9 4 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.14%) FTK
10 2 (0.072%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.072%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.036%) Argo
11 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.036%) Grafana
11 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 560 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 184 (6.63%) SAP
3 117 (4.21%) Oracle
4 74 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 70 (2.52%) Salesforce
6 66 (2.38%) Google
7 62 (2.23%) Adobe
8 46 (1.66%) HubSpot
9 36 (1.30%) Sage
10 33 (1.19%) Cisco
10 33 (1.19%) Siemens
11 32 (1.15%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.01%) Sitecore
13 27 (0.97%) VMware
14 21 (0.76%) SonicWALL
15 20 (0.72%) NEC
16 19 (0.68%) Remedy
17 15 (0.54%) Intapp
18 13 (0.47%) Bloomberg
18 13 (0.47%) Databricks