Project Management Jobs

Project Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Project Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Project Management over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 22 28
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +11
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 4,870 7,668 8,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 8.26% 7.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.30% 9.52% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,605 5,209 4,840
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,628 £41,250 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -8.70% +0.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £84,964 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +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 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Project Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Project Management.

Salary trend for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Management in the UK

Project Management
Top 19 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 3 April 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 +5 4,296 £57,000 +8.57% 5,329
UK excluding London +9 3,516 £55,000 +10.00% 2,640
Work from Home -4 1,229 £57,500 +4.55% 2,207
North of England +10 1,191 £55,043 +10.09% 671
London -6 1,065 £70,000 +7.69% 3,124
North West +9 835 £56,000 +12.00% 388
South East +2 735 £57,000 +21.28% 723
Midlands -2 690 £52,500 - 401
West Midlands +1 450 £55,000 +1.85% 240
South West +3 310 £51,000 +7.37% 297
East of England +3 246 £53,250 +6.50% 283
Yorkshire -2 230 £55,000 +4.76% 214
East Midlands +1 229 £42,500 -11.46% 150
Scotland +29 195 £44,000 -12.00% 191
North East +15 125 £57,000 +8.57% 77
Wales +6 109 £51,546 +14.55% 63
Northern Ireland +14 34 £53,750 +26.47% 62
Isle of Man +12 7 £43,000 +14.67%
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 - 1

Project Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 191 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 83 (1.70%) Confluence
3 62 (1.27%) CMS
4 49 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (0.80%) WordPress
6 13 (0.27%) Kentico
7 12 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 12 (0.25%) IIS
7 12 (0.25%) Kinematics
7 12 (0.25%) SAS
8 9 (0.18%) Apache
9 6 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.10%) Umbraco
11 4 (0.082%) CloudStack
11 4 (0.082%) Moodle
11 4 (0.082%) SAP Portal
12 3 (0.062%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
12 3 (0.062%) Drupal
13 2 (0.041%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 370 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
2 273 (5.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (4.05%) Simulink
4 189 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
5 120 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 57 (1.17%) Trello
7 44 (0.90%) MS Visio
8 28 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 20 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 18 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
11 16 (0.33%) Maya
12 12 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
13 11 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
13 11 (0.23%) InDesign
14 10 (0.21%) Photoshop
15 9 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
16 6 (0.12%) Chatbot
16 6 (0.12%) Stata
17 4 (0.082%) Adobe XD
17 4 (0.082%) Notion
Business Applications
1 154 (3.16%) Teamcenter
2 64 (1.31%) NetSuite
3 61 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 37 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
5 25 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 22 (0.45%) Shopify
7 19 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
8 18 (0.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 12 (0.25%) Aladdin
10 9 (0.18%) SAP HR
11 7 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
11 7 (0.14%) Oracle Retail
11 7 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
11 7 (0.14%) SAP CO
11 7 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
12 6 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite
12 6 (0.12%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
12 6 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
12 6 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
12 6 (0.12%) Relativity
Cloud Services
1 360 (7.39%) Azure
2 198 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
2 198 (4.07%) Power Platform
3 158 (3.24%) SaaS
4 138 (2.83%) AWS
5 106 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (1.60%) GitHub
7 69 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
8 51 (1.05%) Power Automate
9 47 (0.97%) PowerApps
10 44 (0.90%) Entra ID
11 42 (0.86%) GCP
12 36 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
12 36 (0.74%) IaaS
13 31 (0.64%) Boomi
13 31 (0.64%) PaaS
14 28 (0.57%) Serverless
15 27 (0.55%) Smartsheet
16 26 (0.53%) Asana
17 25 (0.51%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 52 (1.07%) Firewall
2 49 (1.01%) Network Security
3 48 (0.99%) WAN
4 42 (0.86%) DNS
5 31 (0.64%) DHCP
6 27 (0.55%) VPN
7 26 (0.53%) Wireless
8 25 (0.51%) TCP/IP
9 24 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 22 (0.45%) LAN
11 19 (0.39%) Internet
12 18 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (0.27%) VLAN
14 12 (0.25%) Intranet
15 11 (0.23%) 5G
15 11 (0.23%) Ethernet
16 10 (0.21%) VoIP
17 8 (0.16%) Unified Communications
18 7 (0.14%) Cisco Firepower
19 6 (0.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (2.90%) Power BI
2 118 (2.42%) SQL Server
3 100 (2.05%) Big Data
4 59 (1.21%) Tableau
5 46 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 34 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 34 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 33 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 28 (0.57%) Electronic Patient Records
9 25 (0.51%) MySQL
10 19 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (0.33%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.23%) GIS
13 11 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.21%) Metadata
14 10 (0.21%) MS Access
15 9 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
15 9 (0.18%) Hadoop
15 9 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 259 (5.32%) JIRA
2 148 (3.04%) Rational DOORS
3 84 (1.72%) Git
4 37 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 18 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 12 (0.25%) SonarQube
7 10 (0.21%) GitLab
8 9 (0.18%) Postman
9 6 (0.12%) Subversion
10 5 (0.10%) Jenkins
10 5 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.10%) Selenium
10 5 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.082%) LSMW
12 3 (0.062%) Ant
12 3 (0.062%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.041%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.041%) Metasploit
13 2 (0.041%) TestRail
13 2 (0.041%) webpack
General
1 2,208 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 1,739 (35.71%) Finance
3 837 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 447 (9.18%) Marketing
5 397 (8.15%) Manufacturing
6 311 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
7 296 (6.08%) Law
8 257 (5.28%) Public Sector
9 235 (4.83%) Legal
10 229 (4.70%) Retail
11 227 (4.66%) Aerospace
12 216 (4.44%) Electronics
13 210 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 193 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
15 148 (3.04%) Banking
16 122 (2.51%) Advertising
17 119 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
18 81 (1.66%) Telecoms
19 68 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
20 62 (1.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,693 (34.76%) Project Manager
2 876 (17.99%) Senior
3 574 (11.79%) Senior Manager
4 409 (8.40%) Lead
5 389 (7.99%) Senior Project Manager
6 383 (7.86%) Analyst
7 262 (5.38%) IT Manager
8 214 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
9 192 (3.94%) Delivery Project Manager
10 177 (3.63%) Developer
11 170 (3.49%) Security Engineer
12 169 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
12 169 (3.47%) Principal Security Engineer
13 167 (3.43%) Junior
14 161 (3.31%) Consultant
14 161 (3.31%) Development Manager
15 145 (2.98%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 140 (2.87%) IT Project Manager
17 130 (2.67%) Product Manager
18 112 (2.30%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (2.24%) .NET
2 99 (2.03%) HTML
3 89 (1.83%) CSS
4 66 (1.36%) .NET Framework
5 63 (1.29%) React
6 61 (1.25%) XML
7 47 (0.97%) JSON
8 33 (0.68%) ASP.NET
9 32 (0.66%) HTML5
10 26 (0.53%) .NET Core
10 26 (0.53%) OAuth
11 24 (0.49%) Middleware
11 24 (0.49%) RESTful
11 24 (0.49%) Web Services
12 23 (0.47%) EDI
13 22 (0.45%) Laravel
14 20 (0.41%) SAML
15 18 (0.37%) Sass
16 16 (0.33%) CSS3
16 16 (0.33%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 310 (6.37%) Management Information System
2 305 (6.26%) Driving Licence
3 168 (3.45%) FMCG
4 148 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
5 125 (2.57%) Onboarding
5 125 (2.57%) Product Ownership
6 94 (1.93%) Marketing Technology
7 89 (1.83%) Digital Media
8 88 (1.81%) Social Media
9 76 (1.56%) PMI
10 51 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 51 (1.05%) Data Centre
11 50 (1.03%) Life Science
12 44 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
13 43 (0.88%) Virtual Team
14 40 (0.82%) Mobile App
15 32 (0.66%) IoT
16 30 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
17 27 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
18 24 (0.49%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 177 (3.63%) Windows
2 94 (1.93%) Windows Server
3 52 (1.07%) Linux
4 22 (0.45%) Windows Vista
5 20 (0.41%) Android
6 19 (0.39%) Unix
7 18 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.31%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.12%) AIX
10 6 (0.12%) CentOS
11 5 (0.10%) Mac OS X
11 5 (0.10%) VMS
12 4 (0.082%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.062%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.041%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.041%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,145 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
2 1,049 (21.54%) Project Delivery
3 1,003 (20.60%) Agile
4 861 (17.68%) Risk Management
5 767 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 762 (15.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 661 (13.57%) PRINCE2
8 433 (8.89%) Mentoring
9 406 (8.34%) Cybersecurity
10 385 (7.91%) Computer Science
11 381 (7.82%) Collaborative Working
12 339 (6.96%) ERP
13 335 (6.88%) Roadmaps
14 328 (6.74%) Change Management
15 311 (6.39%) Decision-Making
16 306 (6.28%) Analytics
17 304 (6.24%) Coaching
18 298 (6.12%) Process Improvement
19 297 (6.10%) Budget Management
20 291 (5.98%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 264 (5.42%) SQL
2 174 (3.57%) Python
3 149 (3.06%) MATLAB
4 106 (2.18%) C#
5 101 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 90 (1.85%) Java
7 65 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 53 (1.09%) PHP
9 44 (0.90%) C++
10 38 (0.78%) C
11 27 (0.55%) T-SQL
12 20 (0.41%) TypeScript
13 19 (0.39%) Bash
14 15 (0.31%) VBA
15 14 (0.29%) Objective-C
16 13 (0.27%) R
17 12 (0.25%) ABAP
18 8 (0.16%) PL/SQL
18 8 (0.16%) Ruby
18 8 (0.16%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,508 (30.97%) Degree
2 673 (13.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 248 (5.09%) PMI Certification
4 246 (5.05%) PMP
5 228 (4.68%) CISSP
6 188 (3.86%) Security Cleared
7 186 (3.82%) CISM
8 169 (3.47%) CESG Certified Professional
9 137 (2.81%) Master's Degree
10 103 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 96 (1.97%) DBS Check
12 77 (1.58%) HNC
13 57 (1.17%) SC Cleared
14 56 (1.15%) HND
15 54 (1.11%) MBA
16 51 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
17 47 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 37 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
18 37 (0.76%) MRICS
19 36 (0.74%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 337 (6.92%) QA
2 218 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 186 (3.82%) PMO
4 179 (3.68%) NIST
5 169 (3.47%) JSP 440
5 169 (3.47%) RMADS
6 108 (2.22%) NEBOSH
7 99 (2.03%) Data Quality
8 98 (2.01%) Accessibility
9 91 (1.87%) GDPR
10 38 (0.78%) IFRS
10 38 (0.78%) SLA
11 30 (0.62%) GMP
12 28 (0.57%) GAAP
13 22 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
13 22 (0.45%) Good Clinical Practice
14 15 (0.31%) PCI DSS
14 15 (0.31%) WCAG
15 14 (0.29%) NCSC
16 13 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 88 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 29 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (0.57%) Docker
4 24 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.23%) Firmware
6 9 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.18%) vSphere
7 8 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.082%) pfSense
10 3 (0.062%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.062%) Terminal Server
10 3 (0.062%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.041%) KVM
11 2 (0.041%) Postfix
11 2 (0.041%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.021%) HDFS
12 1 (0.021%) NFS
12 1 (0.021%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 46 (0.94%) Terraform
2 43 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 34 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 32 (0.66%) Ansible
5 19 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.25%) SCCM
7 10 (0.21%) ZABBIX
8 6 (0.12%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.082%) BMC PATROL
9 4 (0.082%) NetBackup
9 4 (0.082%) QRadar
10 3 (0.062%) CSIRT
10 3 (0.062%) Puppet
11 2 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.041%) Argo
11 2 (0.041%) Grafana
11 2 (0.041%) Nagios
11 2 (0.041%) Nessus
11 2 (0.041%) Nmap
11 2 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 835 (17.15%) Microsoft
2 285 (5.85%) SAP
3 154 (3.16%) IBM
4 120 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 95 (1.95%) Oracle
6 76 (1.56%) Google
7 66 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 58 (1.19%) Cisco
9 50 (1.03%) MathWorks
10 48 (0.99%) Adobe
11 44 (0.90%) VMware
12 30 (0.62%) Workday
13 28 (0.57%) NEC
14 26 (0.53%) YouTube
15 25 (0.51%) SolarWinds
16 23 (0.47%) Concur
16 23 (0.47%) Informatica
17 22 (0.45%) Atlassian
17 22 (0.45%) Meraki
18 21 (0.43%) Siemens