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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,967 5,200 4,155
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.67% 7.72% 7.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.54% 9.32% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 2,221 2,917
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £88,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £54,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.15% -1.36% +4.76%

All Process and 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 45,363 55,823 49,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.65% 82.88% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 26,894 29,023 37,931
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

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 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 18 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 12 November 2025. 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 -18 2,513 £57,000 -0.87% 2,741
UK excluding London -22 1,885 £52,000 -4.15% 2,024
Work from Home -18 845 £60,000 - 881
London -14 834 £70,000 - 967
South East -11 518 £57,500 +4.55% 569
North of England -27 446 £45,000 -16.67% 477
Midlands -34 287 £50,000 -9.09% 395
South West +3 213 £55,000 - 205
North West -48 206 £45,000 -17.87% 271
West Midlands -16 188 £49,000 -14.78% 243
Scotland -19 172 £54,855 +3.50% 85
East of England -32 170 £55,000 +5.77% 228
Yorkshire -16 159 £47,000 -14.55% 137
East Midlands -46 100 £52,500 +0.96% 150
North East +16 81 £32,500 -27.49% 77
Northern Ireland +6 40 £65,000 -3.70% 36
Wales -15 39 £60,000 +20.00% 56
Channel Islands 0 1 £87,500 +75.00%

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
1 163 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 67 (2.26%) Confluence
3 51 (1.72%) CMS
4 39 (1.31%) WordPress
5 28 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 22 (0.74%) Kinematics
7 13 (0.44%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.27%) Apache
9 7 (0.24%) Drupal
10 6 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
11 5 (0.17%) IIS
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
12 4 (0.13%) Moodle
12 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.10%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.067%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.067%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.067%) TPMS
Applications
1 385 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 293 (9.88%) Microsoft Office
3 190 (6.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 126 (4.25%) Microsoft Project
5 39 (1.31%) MS Visio
6 30 (1.01%) Maya
7 26 (0.88%) AutoCAD
8 20 (0.67%) Trello
9 15 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
11 13 (0.44%) Revit
12 11 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe XD
15 7 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
16 6 (0.20%) Navisworks
17 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
17 5 (0.17%) Civil 3D
17 5 (0.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 117 (3.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.19%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 28 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.81%) NetSuite
5 24 (0.81%) SAP CO
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI
5 24 (0.81%) SAP FI/CO
6 21 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
6 21 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (0.67%) SAP IBP
8 19 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
9 17 (0.57%) Sage 200
10 15 (0.51%) Shopify
11 13 (0.44%) Sprinklr
12 12 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
12 12 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
13 11 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
13 11 (0.37%) Sage CRM
13 11 (0.37%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 240 (8.09%) Azure
2 195 (6.57%) Power Platform
3 146 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 113 (3.81%) AWS
5 94 (3.17%) SaaS
6 57 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 45 (1.52%) Power Automate
9 40 (1.35%) GCP
10 35 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
11 34 (1.15%) Smartsheet
11 34 (1.15%) Snowflake
12 29 (0.98%) Entra ID
13 25 (0.84%) Google Analytics
14 24 (0.81%) Google Workspace
14 24 (0.81%) IaaS
14 24 (0.81%) PowerApps
15 20 (0.67%) Asana
16 19 (0.64%) Fivetran
16 19 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.55%) Firewall
2 34 (1.15%) WAN
3 31 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (1.01%) VPN
4 30 (1.01%) Wireless
5 28 (0.94%) LAN
6 22 (0.74%) VLAN
7 19 (0.64%) Internet
7 19 (0.64%) Unified Communications
8 18 (0.61%) SD-WAN
9 17 (0.57%) DNS
10 14 (0.47%) Intranet
11 13 (0.44%) TCP/IP
11 13 (0.44%) VoIP
12 12 (0.40%) Broadband
13 11 (0.37%) DHCP
13 11 (0.37%) MPLS
13 11 (0.37%) Network Security
14 7 (0.24%) Cisco IOS
14 7 (0.24%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (5.49%) Power BI
2 110 (3.71%) Tableau
3 76 (2.56%) Data Mining
4 71 (2.39%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 29 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.67%) Looker
8 17 (0.57%) Metadata
9 16 (0.54%) SAP HANA
10 15 (0.51%) Big Data
11 14 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.34%) GIS
14 10 (0.34%) Power Query
14 10 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
15 9 (0.30%) MySQL
15 9 (0.30%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
16 8 (0.27%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 197 (6.64%) JIRA
2 23 (0.78%) Git
3 9 (0.30%) GitLab
4 8 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.13%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.13%) Subversion
5 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.10%) ERwin
6 3 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.10%) Selenium
7 2 (0.067%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.067%) Maven
7 2 (0.067%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.034%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.034%) gulp
8 1 (0.034%) Redmine
8 1 (0.034%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.034%) webpack
General
1 1,381 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 1,247 (42.03%) Finance
3 850 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (11.12%) Marketing
5 258 (8.70%) Law
6 230 (7.75%) Legal
7 227 (7.65%) Retail
8 220 (7.41%) Manufacturing
9 212 (7.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 184 (6.20%) Organisational Skills
11 179 (6.03%) Public Sector
12 160 (5.39%) Presentation Skills
13 125 (4.21%) Banking
14 94 (3.17%) Telecoms
15 87 (2.93%) Electronics
15 87 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
16 79 (2.66%) Local Government
17 70 (2.36%) Advertising
18 64 (2.16%) Aerospace
19 63 (2.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 488 (16.45%) Senior
2 458 (15.44%) Project Manager
3 337 (11.36%) Analyst
4 295 (9.94%) Lead
5 231 (7.79%) Senior Manager
6 191 (6.44%) IT Manager
7 156 (5.26%) Business Analyst
8 145 (4.89%) Trainee
9 136 (4.58%) Trainee Analyst
10 131 (4.42%) Architect
11 117 (3.94%) Consultant
12 112 (3.77%) Business Manager
13 109 (3.67%) Development Manager
14 98 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
15 97 (3.27%) IT Project Manager
16 96 (3.24%) Product Manager
17 93 (3.13%) Coordinator
18 86 (2.90%) Data Analyst
18 86 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
19 82 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (1.75%) CSS
2 46 (1.55%) HTML
3 40 (1.35%) Middleware
4 26 (0.88%) .NET
5 20 (0.67%) React
6 13 (0.44%) Node.js
6 13 (0.44%) Web Services
7 12 (0.40%) EDI
8 10 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.30%) Kafka
10 8 (0.27%) FHIR
11 6 (0.20%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.20%) PyTorch
11 6 (0.20%) Spring
11 6 (0.20%) TensorFlow
12 5 (0.17%) ASP.NET
12 5 (0.17%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (0.17%) HTML5
12 5 (0.17%) JSON
12 5 (0.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 232 (7.82%) Management Information System
2 141 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 130 (4.38%) Onboarding
4 107 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
5 104 (3.51%) FMCG
6 95 (3.20%) Data Centre
7 88 (2.97%) Robotics
8 83 (2.80%) Driving Licence
9 81 (2.73%) Product Ownership
10 66 (2.22%) Social Media
11 61 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
12 59 (1.99%) NHS
13 49 (1.65%) Virtual Team
14 47 (1.58%) Algorithms
15 33 (1.11%) IoT
16 26 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
17 25 (0.84%) SCADA
18 24 (0.81%) Operational Technology
19 23 (0.78%) Blog
19 23 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 65 (2.19%) Windows
2 26 (0.88%) Linux
3 25 (0.84%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.30%) VMS
6 7 (0.24%) Android
6 7 (0.24%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.10%) Unix
8 3 (0.10%) zOS
9 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (24.84%) Problem-Solving
2 728 (24.54%) Agile
3 693 (23.36%) Project Delivery
4 644 (21.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 513 (17.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 426 (14.36%) Analytics
7 416 (14.02%) Risk Management
8 402 (13.55%) Change Management
9 392 (13.21%) Decision-Making
10 338 (11.39%) PRINCE2
11 315 (10.62%) ERP
12 305 (10.28%) AI
13 274 (9.23%) Business Analysis
14 273 (9.20%) Process Improvement
15 268 (9.03%) Business Strategy
16 266 (8.97%) Roadmaps
17 254 (8.56%) CRM
18 253 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 251 (8.46%) Mentoring
20 245 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 288 (9.71%) SQL
2 196 (6.61%) Python
3 66 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 55 (1.85%) C#
5 41 (1.38%) Java
6 39 (1.31%) C
7 31 (1.04%) C++
8 28 (0.94%) PowerShell
9 17 (0.57%) PHP
9 17 (0.57%) R
9 17 (0.57%) VBA
10 13 (0.44%) TypeScript
11 10 (0.34%) Perl
12 8 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.24%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.20%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.13%) Bash
16 4 (0.13%) VB
16 4 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 930 (31.34%) Degree
2 203 (6.84%) PMI Certification
2 203 (6.84%) PMP
3 200 (6.74%) Security Cleared
4 155 (5.22%) SC Cleared
5 140 (4.72%) Master's Degree
6 71 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 64 (2.16%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 59 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 55 (1.85%) DBS Check
10 45 (1.52%) CISSP
11 43 (1.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 34 (1.15%) PhD
13 33 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 25 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 23 (0.78%) CCNP
15 23 (0.78%) CFA
16 22 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
17 21 (0.71%) APMP
17 21 (0.71%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (8.59%) QA
2 195 (6.57%) PMO
3 105 (3.54%) GDPR
4 98 (3.30%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 32 (1.08%) ISO 9001
8 28 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
8 28 (0.94%) NIST
9 22 (0.74%) SLA
10 21 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (0.64%) MiFID
12 13 (0.44%) IFRS
13 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.37%) GxP
14 11 (0.37%) Solvency II
15 10 (0.34%) COBIT
15 10 (0.34%) IEC 61131
16 9 (0.30%) GRC
16 9 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 62 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.64%) Docker
3 14 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.34%) Firmware
6 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.13%) vSphere
7 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.034%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 31 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (0.37%) Terraform
3 9 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.17%) SCCM
6 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.067%) Ansible
7 2 (0.067%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.067%) Grafana
7 2 (0.067%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.067%) Nagios
8 1 (0.034%) BMC PATROL
8 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.034%) SCOM
8 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.034%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.034%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 656 (22.11%) Microsoft
2 254 (8.56%) SAP
3 100 (3.37%) Salesforce
4 90 (3.03%) Google
5 79 (2.66%) Oracle
6 67 (2.26%) Adobe
7 58 (1.95%) Cisco
8 37 (1.25%) OpenText
9 36 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 35 (1.18%) Ariba
11 31 (1.04%) Sage
12 28 (0.94%) Databricks
13 26 (0.88%) HubSpot
14 19 (0.64%) Atlassian
14 19 (0.64%) VMware
15 18 (0.61%) TikTok
16 17 (0.57%) IBM
17 16 (0.54%) NEC
18 15 (0.51%) Facebook
18 15 (0.51%) Murex