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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -21 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,854 5,464 3,829
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.13% 8.64% 7.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.11% 9.98% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,602 2,447 2,757
10th Percentile £29,775 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,647 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% -0.64% +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 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 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 -25 2,441 £55,000 -4.35% 3,045
UK excluding London -30 1,846 £50,000 -8.50% 2,921
London -17 781 £70,000 +3.70% 544
Work from Home -25 764 £60,000 +1.69% 1,204
South East -18 484 £57,500 +4.55% 757
North of England -23 477 £40,000 -24.88% 714
Midlands -46 297 £46,250 -15.91% 576
North West -25 219 £45,000 -15.83% 367
South West -2 211 £50,000 -7.41% 284
West Midlands -35 198 £45,000 -21.74% 333
Yorkshire -14 170 £41,075 -25.32% 266
Scotland -13 169 £54,855 -0.26% 140
East of England -34 154 £55,000 +5.77% 370
East Midlands -42 99 £52,500 +0.96% 231
North East +21 88 £32,500 -28.57% 90
Wales -24 31 £60,000 +16.38% 84
Northern Ireland -9 27 £60,000 -11.11% 48

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
1 156 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 60 (2.10%) Confluence
3 48 (1.68%) CMS
4 38 (1.33%) WordPress
5 24 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.67%) Kinematics
7 10 (0.35%) Apache
7 10 (0.35%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.21%) Drupal
9 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
10 5 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
10 5 (0.18%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.11%) Magnolia
11 3 (0.11%) Moodle
11 3 (0.11%) PowerFactory
12 2 (0.070%) IIS
12 2 (0.070%) TPMS
13 1 (0.035%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 400 (14.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 287 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
3 178 (6.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 118 (4.13%) Microsoft Project
5 33 (1.16%) Maya
5 33 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 24 (0.84%) AutoCAD
7 23 (0.81%) Trello
8 15 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 13 (0.46%) Photoshop
10 12 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
11 8 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
11 8 (0.28%) Revit
12 7 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
12 7 (0.25%) Adobe XD
13 5 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.18%) InDesign
14 4 (0.14%) CATIA
15 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
15 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 112 (3.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.28%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 25 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 25 (0.88%) SAP CO
4 25 (0.88%) SAP FI
4 25 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
5 21 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
5 21 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
6 20 (0.70%) SAP IBP
7 19 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
8 16 (0.56%) Shopify
9 13 (0.46%) NetSuite
9 13 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.42%) Sprinklr
11 11 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
11 11 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
11 11 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
11 11 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
12 10 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 233 (8.16%) Azure
2 198 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 149 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (3.92%) SaaS
5 108 (3.78%) AWS
6 54 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (1.37%) GCP
9 36 (1.26%) Power Automate
10 35 (1.23%) Smartsheet
11 33 (1.16%) Snowflake
12 30 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (1.05%) Entra ID
13 24 (0.84%) PaaS
14 23 (0.81%) Google Analytics
15 22 (0.77%) Google Workspace
15 22 (0.77%) IaaS
16 21 (0.74%) Asana
17 19 (0.67%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.61%) Firewall
2 36 (1.26%) VPN
3 35 (1.23%) WAN
4 28 (0.98%) Wireless
5 27 (0.95%) LAN
5 27 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (0.74%) Internet
6 21 (0.74%) SD-WAN
7 17 (0.60%) DNS
7 17 (0.60%) Network Security
7 17 (0.60%) Unified Communications
7 17 (0.60%) VLAN
8 16 (0.56%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.49%) MPLS
10 13 (0.46%) DHCP
11 12 (0.42%) Broadband
11 12 (0.42%) Intranet
11 12 (0.42%) VoIP
12 9 (0.32%) BGP
13 8 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (5.96%) Power BI
2 131 (4.59%) Tableau
3 100 (3.50%) Data Mining
4 68 (2.38%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.12%) SAP BW
6 30 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.70%) Looker
8 18 (0.63%) Metadata
9 17 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 16 (0.56%) Big Data
10 16 (0.56%) Power Query
11 11 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
12 9 (0.32%) SAP HANA
12 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
14 7 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
14 7 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 165 (5.78%) JIRA
2 16 (0.56%) Git
3 11 (0.39%) GitLab
4 10 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.14%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.14%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.11%) ERwin
6 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.070%) Maven
7 2 (0.070%) Subversion
7 2 (0.070%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.035%) gulp
8 1 (0.035%) LSMW
8 1 (0.035%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.035%) webpack
General
1 1,276 (44.71%) Social Skills
2 1,227 (42.99%) Finance
3 840 (29.43%) Analytical Skills
4 317 (11.11%) Marketing
5 231 (8.09%) Law
6 197 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 194 (6.80%) Retail
8 193 (6.76%) Legal
9 191 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 187 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
11 154 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
11 154 (5.40%) Public Sector
12 112 (3.92%) Banking
13 82 (2.87%) Telecoms
14 79 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
15 76 (2.66%) Electronics
16 65 (2.28%) Games
17 63 (2.21%) Local Government
18 61 (2.14%) Advertising
19 55 (1.93%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 440 (15.42%) Senior
2 423 (14.82%) Project Manager
3 390 (13.67%) Analyst
4 273 (9.57%) Lead
5 222 (7.78%) Senior Manager
6 194 (6.80%) Trainee
7 188 (6.59%) IT Manager
8 185 (6.48%) Trainee Analyst
9 183 (6.41%) Business Analyst
10 133 (4.66%) Architect
11 114 (3.99%) Data Analyst
12 111 (3.89%) Consultant
12 111 (3.89%) Development Manager
13 109 (3.82%) Business Manager
14 98 (3.43%) Product Manager
15 97 (3.40%) IT Project Manager
16 94 (3.29%) Trainee Business Analyst
17 91 (3.19%) Trainee Data Analyst
18 87 (3.05%) Delivery Manager
19 84 (2.94%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (1.58%) CSS
2 36 (1.26%) HTML
2 36 (1.26%) Middleware
3 18 (0.63%) .NET
4 12 (0.42%) React
4 12 (0.42%) Web Services
5 11 (0.39%) EDI
6 10 (0.35%) Node.js
6 10 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (0.28%) FHIR
8 6 (0.21%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.21%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.21%) Kafka
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Beam
10 4 (0.14%) FIDO
10 4 (0.14%) Flutter
10 4 (0.14%) Pandas
10 4 (0.14%) PyTorch
10 4 (0.14%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 213 (7.46%) Management Information System
2 132 (4.63%) Onboarding
3 131 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (3.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 103 (3.61%) FMCG
6 82 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 82 (2.87%) Robotics
7 75 (2.63%) Driving Licence
8 71 (2.49%) Product Ownership
9 64 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 56 (1.96%) Social Media
11 47 (1.65%) Virtual Team
12 46 (1.61%) NHS
13 43 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.05%) IoT
15 28 (0.98%) Blog
16 21 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
16 21 (0.74%) Life Science
16 21 (0.74%) PMI
16 21 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.17%) Windows
2 26 (0.91%) Linux
3 22 (0.77%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.28%) Android
5 8 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.28%) VMS
6 5 (0.18%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.11%) zOS
8 2 (0.070%) Unix
9 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (25.05%) Problem-Solving
2 674 (23.62%) Agile
3 656 (22.99%) Project Delivery
4 605 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 510 (17.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 438 (15.35%) Analytics
7 412 (14.44%) Change Management
8 388 (13.59%) Risk Management
9 386 (13.52%) Decision-Making
10 323 (11.32%) PRINCE2
11 320 (11.21%) Business Analysis
12 300 (10.51%) ERP
13 298 (10.44%) AI
14 269 (9.43%) Process Improvement
15 268 (9.39%) Business Strategy
16 261 (9.15%) Roadmaps
17 255 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 240 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
19 234 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
20 233 (8.16%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 280 (9.81%) SQL
2 219 (7.67%) Python
3 50 (1.75%) JavaScript
4 46 (1.61%) C#
5 36 (1.26%) C
6 29 (1.02%) Java
7 28 (0.98%) C++
8 21 (0.74%) PowerShell
9 15 (0.53%) VBA
10 14 (0.49%) PHP
10 14 (0.49%) R
11 13 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.42%) TypeScript
13 11 (0.39%) Perl
14 7 (0.25%) Bash
14 7 (0.25%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.21%) MATLAB
16 4 (0.14%) COBOL
16 4 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
16 4 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 887 (31.08%) Degree
2 195 (6.83%) PMP
3 188 (6.59%) PMI Certification
3 188 (6.59%) Security Cleared
4 150 (5.26%) SC Cleared
5 124 (4.34%) Master's Degree
6 64 (2.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
7 58 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (1.89%) DBS Check
9 52 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 40 (1.40%) CISSP
11 37 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 27 (0.95%) PhD
13 26 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.81%) ACCA
14 23 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 23 (0.81%) HND
15 22 (0.77%) CCNP
16 20 (0.70%) CIMA
16 20 (0.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 229 (8.02%) QA
2 184 (6.45%) PMO
3 98 (3.43%) GDPR
4 79 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 43 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.88%) NIST
10 20 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 19 (0.67%) SLA
12 17 (0.60%) MiFID
13 13 (0.46%) IFRS
14 12 (0.42%) GxP
14 12 (0.42%) Solvency II
15 11 (0.39%) COBIT
15 11 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 10 (0.35%) GRC
16 10 (0.35%) IEC 61131
17 9 (0.32%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 60 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.63%) Docker
3 16 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.39%) Firmware
5 9 (0.32%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.18%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.035%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 24 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (0.49%) Terraform
3 6 (0.21%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.18%) Ansible
4 5 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.14%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.070%) Grafana
6 2 (0.070%) Nagios
6 2 (0.070%) SCCM
7 1 (0.035%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.035%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.035%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.035%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.035%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.035%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.035%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.035%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.035%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 664 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 247 (8.65%) SAP
3 98 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 76 (2.66%) Google
5 67 (2.35%) Oracle
6 54 (1.89%) Adobe
6 54 (1.89%) Cisco
7 37 (1.30%) Ariba
7 37 (1.30%) OpenText
8 30 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 24 (0.84%) Databricks
9 24 (0.84%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.70%) Sage
11 19 (0.67%) Atlassian
11 19 (0.67%) VMware
12 15 (0.53%) Siemens
13 14 (0.49%) NEC
13 14 (0.49%) TikTok
14 13 (0.46%) Guidewire
14 13 (0.46%) Workday