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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 17 28
Rank change year-on-year -30 +11 +1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,636 5,287 4,018
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.37% 9.86% 7.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.40% 10.88% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,493 2,267 2,816
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,931 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,922 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% - -3.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -1.87%

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 48,808 48,616 49,870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.95% 90.71% 89.93%
Number of salaries quoted 28,796 23,669 37,967
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,971
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.83% -5.51%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 -31 2,257 £53,000 -7.83% 1,322
UK excluding London -33 1,743 £45,000 -18.18% 1,245
London -19 693 £70,000 +3.70% 297
Work from Home -30 672 £60,000 - 541
North of England -27 477 £40,000 -26.47% 217
South East -26 456 £57,500 - 387
Midlands -44 289 £45,000 -18.18% 212
North West -28 221 £42,500 -19.05% 110
South West -17 196 £47,500 -8.65% 148
West Midlands -37 193 £45,000 -21.74% 126
Yorkshire -22 165 £40,000 -27.27% 79
Scotland -13 158 £40,000 -27.27% 62
East of England -46 111 £55,000 +10.00% 186
East Midlands -56 96 £47,250 -9.13% 86
North East -6 91 £32,500 -37.50% 35
Wales -33 32 £57,500 +12.75% 44
Northern Ireland -16 28 £55,000 -6.38% 31

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
1 152 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.93%) Confluence
3 39 (1.48%) CMS
4 27 (1.02%) WordPress
5 20 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.53%) Kinematics
7 8 (0.30%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.23%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.15%) Drupal
11 3 (0.11%) govService
11 3 (0.11%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.076%) IIS
12 2 (0.076%) TPMS
13 1 (0.038%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.038%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.038%) Magnolia
13 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 411 (15.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 239 (9.07%) Microsoft Office
3 157 (5.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 118 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.10%) Maya
6 27 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 25 (0.95%) AutoCAD
8 24 (0.91%) Trello
9 16 (0.61%) SOLIDWORKS
10 14 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.27%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.27%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.23%) Revit
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.15%) CATIA
14 4 (0.15%) InDesign
15 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.076%) Weka
Business Applications
1 101 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.47%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.40%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (0.72%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
5 17 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.64%) SAP IBP
6 14 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
6 14 (0.53%) SAP CO
6 14 (0.53%) SAP FI
6 14 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 14 (0.53%) Shopify
7 12 (0.46%) NetSuite
8 11 (0.42%) Oracle General Ledger
9 9 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
9 9 (0.34%) SAP FS
9 9 (0.34%) SAP FSCM
9 9 (0.34%) SAP IS-U
10 8 (0.30%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 222 (8.42%) Azure
2 199 (7.55%) Power Platform
3 144 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
4 111 (4.21%) SaaS
5 102 (3.87%) AWS
6 40 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (1.48%) GCP
8 29 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (1.10%) Entra ID
9 27 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
10 25 (0.95%) Smartsheet
10 25 (0.95%) Snowflake
11 22 (0.83%) Power Automate
11 22 (0.83%) PowerApps
12 21 (0.80%) Asana
12 21 (0.80%) PaaS
13 20 (0.76%) Google Workspace
13 20 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
14 17 (0.64%) Google Analytics
15 14 (0.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.56%) Firewall
2 36 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
3 30 (1.14%) WAN
4 27 (1.02%) VPN
5 25 (0.95%) Wireless
6 24 (0.91%) LAN
7 21 (0.80%) Internet
8 19 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
9 18 (0.68%) Network Security
9 18 (0.68%) VLAN
10 16 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 14 (0.53%) CHAP
11 14 (0.53%) DNS
11 14 (0.53%) TCP/IP
12 13 (0.49%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.42%) Broadband
13 11 (0.42%) Intranet
13 11 (0.42%) Multicast
14 10 (0.38%) DHCP
14 10 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (6.71%) Power BI
2 174 (6.60%) Tableau
3 128 (4.86%) Data Mining
4 59 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.80%) SAP BW
7 18 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.61%) Power Query
9 15 (0.57%) Looker
10 14 (0.53%) Metadata
11 13 (0.49%) Big Data
12 12 (0.46%) Qlik Sense
13 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
16 5 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 126 (4.78%) JIRA
2 13 (0.49%) GitLab
3 11 (0.42%) Git
4 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
6 4 (0.15%) LabVIEW
6 4 (0.15%) Maven
6 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.11%) ERwin
7 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
8 2 (0.076%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.076%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.076%) ESLint
8 2 (0.076%) JUnit
8 2 (0.076%) Selenium
8 2 (0.076%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.076%) Subversion
8 2 (0.076%) TestNG
8 2 (0.076%) Vagrant
General
1 1,165 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 1,157 (43.89%) Finance
3 803 (30.46%) Analytical Skills
4 256 (9.71%) Marketing
5 191 (7.25%) Manufacturing
6 173 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 172 (6.53%) Law
8 169 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
9 164 (6.22%) Legal
10 146 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
11 138 (5.24%) Retail
12 136 (5.16%) Public Sector
13 105 (3.98%) Banking
14 78 (2.96%) Telecoms
15 72 (2.73%) Games
16 64 (2.43%) Electronics
16 64 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
17 55 (2.09%) Advertising
18 51 (1.93%) Aviation
19 49 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 445 (16.88%) Analyst
2 403 (15.29%) Senior
3 373 (14.15%) Project Manager
4 257 (9.75%) Trainee
5 248 (9.41%) Trainee Analyst
6 227 (8.61%) Senior Manager
7 223 (8.46%) Lead
8 219 (8.31%) Business Analyst
9 162 (6.15%) IT Manager
10 154 (5.84%) Architect
11 143 (5.42%) Data Analyst
12 125 (4.74%) Trainee Business Analyst
13 123 (4.67%) Trainee Data Analyst
14 113 (4.29%) Development Manager
15 105 (3.98%) Business Manager
16 94 (3.57%) Product Manager
17 89 (3.38%) Consultant
18 85 (3.22%) Senior Project Manager
19 83 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
20 82 (3.11%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.25%) CSS
2 28 (1.06%) Middleware
3 23 (0.87%) HTML
4 18 (0.68%) EDI
5 11 (0.42%) .NET
6 9 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
7 8 (0.30%) Web Services
8 7 (0.27%) FHIR
8 7 (0.27%) React
9 6 (0.23%) Node.js
9 6 (0.23%) REST
10 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
11 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.15%) FIDO
11 4 (0.15%) Flutter
11 4 (0.15%) Pandas
11 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
12 3 (0.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 196 (7.44%) Management Information System
2 126 (4.78%) Self-Motivation
3 122 (4.63%) Onboarding
4 87 (3.30%) FMCG
5 86 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 74 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 73 (2.77%) Robotics
8 71 (2.69%) Product Ownership
9 65 (2.47%) Driving Licence
10 62 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
11 46 (1.75%) Virtual Team
12 43 (1.63%) Social Media
13 33 (1.25%) Algorithms
14 28 (1.06%) IoT
15 27 (1.02%) Blog
16 22 (0.83%) PMI
17 20 (0.76%) Blockchain
18 19 (0.72%) NHS
19 18 (0.68%) Digital Signage
19 18 (0.68%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.35%) Windows
2 29 (1.10%) Linux
3 24 (0.91%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 7 (0.27%) Android
5 7 (0.27%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.27%) VMS
6 5 (0.19%) Unix
7 4 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.038%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 706 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
2 624 (23.67%) Agile
3 609 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 538 (20.41%) Project Delivery
5 451 (17.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 441 (16.73%) Analytics
7 416 (15.78%) Change Management
8 403 (15.29%) Decision-Making
9 365 (13.85%) Business Analysis
10 353 (13.39%) Risk Management
11 311 (11.80%) PRINCE2
12 307 (11.65%) AI
13 277 (10.51%) Process Improvement
14 264 (10.02%) Data Analysis
15 252 (9.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 244 (9.26%) ERP
17 241 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
18 239 (9.07%) Business Strategy
19 229 (8.69%) Roadmaps
20 216 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 279 (10.58%) SQL
2 247 (9.37%) Python
3 34 (1.29%) C#
4 31 (1.18%) C
5 30 (1.14%) Java
6 29 (1.10%) JavaScript
7 23 (0.87%) C++
8 21 (0.80%) VBA
9 17 (0.64%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 12 (0.46%) Perl
11 10 (0.38%) PHP
12 6 (0.23%) Bash
12 6 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.19%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
14 4 (0.15%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.15%) R
14 4 (0.15%) Ruby
14 4 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 831 (31.53%) Degree
2 208 (7.89%) PMP
3 201 (7.63%) PMI Certification
4 182 (6.90%) Security Cleared
5 150 (5.69%) SC Cleared
6 102 (3.87%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.43%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 53 (2.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 43 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 42 (1.59%) CISSP
11 24 (0.91%) CISM
11 24 (0.91%) MBA
12 23 (0.87%) DV Cleared
12 23 (0.87%) HND
13 22 (0.83%) ACCA
14 21 (0.80%) CFA
14 21 (0.80%) PhD
15 20 (0.76%) CISA
15 20 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (7.28%) QA
2 158 (5.99%) PMO
3 90 (3.41%) GDPR
4 47 (1.78%) Accessibility
5 43 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 40 (1.52%) Data Quality
7 35 (1.33%) NIST
8 25 (0.95%) ISO 9001
9 21 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.61%) COBIT
11 15 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 14 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 13 (0.49%) SLA
14 10 (0.38%) GRC
14 10 (0.38%) IEC 61131
14 10 (0.38%) IFRS
15 9 (0.34%) IFRS 17
15 9 (0.34%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.27%) HL7
16 7 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (2.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.72%) Docker
3 17 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.42%) Firmware
6 6 (0.23%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.038%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.038%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.42%) Terraform
4 8 (0.30%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.11%) SCCM
8 2 (0.076%) Nagios
9 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.038%) MOM
9 1 (0.038%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 637 (24.17%) Microsoft
2 220 (8.35%) SAP
3 94 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 71 (2.69%) Oracle
5 63 (2.39%) Google
6 45 (1.71%) Cisco
7 44 (1.67%) ServiceNow
8 37 (1.40%) OpenText
9 36 (1.37%) Ariba
10 32 (1.21%) Adobe
11 27 (1.02%) Anaplan
12 20 (0.76%) Genesys
12 20 (0.76%) Verint
13 19 (0.72%) VMware
14 18 (0.68%) HubSpot
15 17 (0.64%) Databricks
16 15 (0.57%) Sage
17 14 (0.53%) Siemens
17 14 (0.53%) Workday
18 13 (0.49%) NEC