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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 29 23
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,708 3,211 5,270
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.37% 6.50% 6.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 7.33% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,413 1,687 2,607
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,250 £76,250 £70,863
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 83,236 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.95% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 57,755 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £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 16 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 16 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 2,426 £55,000 -8.33% 4,792
UK excluding London -38 1,780 £52,000 -5.45% 2,654
Work from Home -17 1,059 £50,000 -16.67% 1,951
London -33 800 £65,000 -7.14% 2,588
South East -26 489 £45,000 -23.73% 676
North of England -31 391 £55,000 +10.00% 580
Midlands -25 319 £52,500 - 414
North West +14 227 £52,500 +5.00% 330
South West -34 223 £55,000 - 303
East of England -23 186 £55,000 - 256
West Midlands -32 183 £52,500 -2.78% 251
East Midlands -4 135 £52,500 +4.72% 163
Yorkshire -40 111 £60,000 +20.00% 186
Scotland -46 69 £70,000 +16.67% 252
Northern Ireland -55 56 £70,000 +40.00% 136
North East -67 53 £58,000 +70.09% 68
Wales -63 48 £60,000 -1.23% 63

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
1 141 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 70 (2.58%) Confluence
3 67 (2.47%) CMS
4 27 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
5 19 (0.70%) WordPress
6 16 (0.59%) Apache Spark
7 10 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 9 (0.33%) IIS
8 9 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 8 (0.30%) WebSphere
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
11 4 (0.15%) Moodle
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.074%) Totara
14 1 (0.037%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 283 (10.45%) Microsoft Project
2 274 (10.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 259 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
4 89 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 21 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.70%) Trello
8 13 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
9 12 (0.44%) EPLAN
10 11 (0.41%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.22%) Revit
12 3 (0.11%) Blender
12 3 (0.11%) Maya
12 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.074%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.074%) InDesign
13 2 (0.074%) OrCAD
14 1 (0.037%) Adobe Premiere
14 1 (0.037%) Houdini
Business Applications
1 83 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 37 (1.37%) Primavera
3 34 (1.26%) NetSuite
4 30 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 20 (0.74%) SAP EHS
6 10 (0.37%) Shopify
7 9 (0.33%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.22%) iTrent
8 6 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.18%) Infor M3
9 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
10 4 (0.15%) Misys Midas
10 4 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.15%) Sage 200
10 4 (0.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 236 (8.71%) Azure
2 230 (8.49%) Power Platform
3 161 (5.95%) AWS
4 152 (5.61%) SaaS
5 131 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
6 77 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
6 77 (2.84%) PowerApps
7 58 (2.14%) Power Automate
8 56 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 51 (1.88%) Smartsheet
10 49 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 33 (1.22%) GCP
12 27 (1.00%) Entra ID
13 26 (0.96%) LangSmith
14 25 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
15 24 (0.89%) Microsoft Purview
16 23 (0.85%) Serverless
17 21 (0.78%) IaaS
18 20 (0.74%) Canva
18 20 (0.74%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.07%) Firewall
2 28 (1.03%) LAN
2 28 (1.03%) WAN
3 26 (0.96%) DNS
4 19 (0.70%) VPN
5 18 (0.66%) Network Security
6 15 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (0.52%) BGP
7 14 (0.52%) DHCP
7 14 (0.52%) Profibus
8 13 (0.48%) NGN
9 12 (0.44%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.41%) Intranet
10 11 (0.41%) TCP/IP
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%) FIX Connectivity
13 7 (0.26%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (7.50%) Power BI
2 60 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.85%) Big Data
4 22 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (0.78%) Metadata
5 21 (0.78%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.78%) Tableau
6 20 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 17 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.63%) MySQL
9 14 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 14 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.41%) Apache Hive
10 11 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (0.33%) GIS
12 8 (0.30%) Power Query
12 8 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.26%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 236 (8.71%) 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 8 (0.30%) GitLab
7 6 (0.22%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.22%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.15%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.11%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.11%) Selenium
10 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.11%) TestNG
10 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,188 (43.87%) Social Skills
2 847 (31.28%) Finance
3 519 (19.17%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (12.19%) Organisational Skills
5 288 (10.64%) Marketing
6 186 (6.87%) Legal
7 160 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 159 (5.87%) Influencing Skills
9 152 (5.61%) Retail
10 148 (5.47%) Manufacturing
11 145 (5.35%) Public Sector
12 110 (4.06%) Law
13 104 (3.84%) Aerospace
14 90 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
15 85 (3.14%) Banking
16 76 (2.81%) Telecoms
17 67 (2.47%) Electronics
18 52 (1.92%) Local Government
19 46 (1.70%) Military
20 45 (1.66%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 559 (20.64%) Project Manager
2 399 (14.73%) Senior
3 237 (8.75%) Lead
4 201 (7.42%) Senior Manager
5 197 (7.27%) Analyst
6 182 (6.72%) Consultant
7 181 (6.68%) IT Manager
8 142 (5.24%) Senior Project Manager
9 117 (4.32%) Business Analyst
10 109 (4.03%) IT Project Manager
11 74 (2.73%) Development Manager
12 69 (2.55%) Coordinator
13 66 (2.44%) Delivery Manager
13 66 (2.44%) Technical Manager
14 64 (2.36%) Developer
15 63 (2.33%) Architect
16 61 (2.25%) Senior Consultant
17 57 (2.10%) Product Manager
18 53 (1.96%) Service Manager
19 52 (1.92%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (1.99%) HTML
2 51 (1.88%) .NET
2 51 (1.88%) CSS
3 33 (1.22%) TensorFlow
4 30 (1.11%) PyTorch
5 26 (0.96%) LangChain
5 26 (0.96%) Langfuse
5 26 (0.96%) LlamaIndex
5 26 (0.96%) Model Context Protocol
6 25 (0.92%) Hugging Face
7 21 (0.78%) Flash
7 21 (0.78%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (0.78%) JSON
8 18 (0.66%) ASP.NET
9 17 (0.63%) jQuery
10 16 (0.59%) .NET Core
10 16 (0.59%) Kafka
10 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Graph
10 16 (0.59%) SPFx
11 14 (0.52%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 282 (10.41%) Onboarding
2 202 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 190 (7.02%) Data Centre
4 125 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 124 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
6 88 (3.25%) Product Ownership
7 69 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 67 (2.47%) PMI
9 66 (2.44%) Blog
10 62 (2.29%) Social Media
11 54 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
12 44 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
13 43 (1.59%) Cloud Native
14 40 (1.48%) Robotics
15 38 (1.40%) AI Agents
16 35 (1.29%) Cyber Defence
16 35 (1.29%) e-Learning
16 35 (1.29%) FMCG
17 34 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
17 34 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.43%) Windows
2 48 (1.77%) 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%) 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 (0.074%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.074%) Solaris
8 2 (0.074%) zOS
9 1 (0.037%) CentOS
9 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.037%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 759 (28.03%) Agile
2 749 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
3 736 (27.18%) Problem-Solving
4 734 (27.10%) Project Delivery
5 608 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 504 (18.61%) PRINCE2
7 354 (13.07%) Decision-Making
8 312 (11.52%) AI
8 312 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 304 (11.23%) Roadmaps
10 273 (10.08%) Analytics
11 260 (9.60%) Risk Management
12 259 (9.56%) Mentoring
13 243 (8.97%) ERP
14 238 (8.79%) Budget Management
15 237 (8.75%) CRM
16 228 (8.42%) Coaching
17 225 (8.31%) Change Management
18 209 (7.72%) Service Delivery
19 206 (7.61%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 190 (7.02%) SQL
2 157 (5.80%) Python
3 82 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.03%) PowerShell
5 46 (1.70%) C#
6 35 (1.29%) Java
7 34 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 20 (0.74%) C
9 14 (0.52%) C++
9 14 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
9 14 (0.52%) PHP
10 9 (0.33%) Assembly Language
10 9 (0.33%) VB.NET
11 8 (0.30%) R
12 6 (0.22%) Embedded C
12 6 (0.22%) Ruby
12 6 (0.22%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.22%) VBA
13 5 (0.18%) Bash
14 4 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 732 (27.03%) Degree
2 246 (9.08%) Security Cleared
3 245 (9.05%) PMI Certification
4 220 (8.12%) PMP
5 144 (5.32%) DBS Check
6 133 (4.91%) SC Cleared
7 109 (4.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 77 (2.84%) DV Cleared
9 68 (2.51%) HNC
10 66 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 59 (2.18%) HND
12 53 (1.96%) CISSP
13 51 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
13 51 (1.88%) Master's Degree
14 48 (1.77%) Chartered Engineer
15 39 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
15 39 (1.44%) CISM
16 30 (1.11%) ACCA
17 26 (0.96%) CIMA
17 26 (0.96%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (7.09%) PMO
2 170 (6.28%) QA
3 98 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 93 (3.43%) Data Quality
5 81 (2.99%) Accessibility
6 75 (2.77%) GDPR
7 59 (2.18%) NIST
8 54 (1.99%) SLA
9 34 (1.26%) ISO 9001
10 33 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 31 (1.14%) GRC
12 22 (0.81%) GMP
13 20 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.63%) ISO 14000
15 16 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 15 (0.55%) NIST 800
17 14 (0.52%) ISO 14001
18 11 (0.41%) IFRS
19 10 (0.37%) IEC 61131
19 10 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.66%) Docker
2 18 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.33%) vSphere
5 8 (0.30%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.074%) DFS Replication
8 2 (0.074%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.037%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.037%) IAG
9 1 (0.037%) NFS
9 1 (0.037%) Samba
9 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.037%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (0.96%) SCCM
2 18 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.66%) Puppet
3 15 (0.55%) Kubernetes
4 13 (0.48%) Progress Chef
5 10 (0.37%) FortiGate
6 9 (0.33%) Ansible
7 6 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
8 4 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.11%) EnCase
9 3 (0.11%) FTK
9 3 (0.11%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.074%) Argo
10 2 (0.074%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.074%) Salt
10 2 (0.074%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.037%) Grafana
11 1 (0.037%) Kibana
11 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.037%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 541 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 178 (6.57%) SAP
3 117 (4.32%) Oracle
4 74 (2.73%) ServiceNow
5 68 (2.51%) Salesforce
6 64 (2.36%) Adobe
7 63 (2.33%) Google
8 43 (1.59%) HubSpot
9 36 (1.33%) Sage
10 34 (1.26%) Cisco
11 32 (1.18%) Fortinet
12 28 (1.03%) Sitecore
13 26 (0.96%) Siemens
14 25 (0.92%) VMware
15 21 (0.78%) SonicWALL
16 19 (0.70%) NEC
17 15 (0.55%) Remedy
18 14 (0.52%) IBM
18 14 (0.52%) Intapp
19 13 (0.48%) Databricks