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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,540 3,408 6,940
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.54% 6.91% 7.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 7.67% 8.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,447 1,795 4,672
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,825 £44,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%
75th Percentile £73,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,484 £92,500 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

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 73,502 44,419 78,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 90.05% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,918 25,002 54,550
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -29 2,224 £55,000 -8.33% 1,086
UK excluding London -39 1,619 £52,500 -4.55% 810
Work from Home -11 1,054 £55,000 -4.35% 365
London -33 752 £67,500 -4.93% 425
North of England -1 468 £55,000 +0.38% 214
South East -24 422 £47,125 -15.36% 259
Midlands -54 229 £55,000 - 120
North West +10 218 £55,000 +7.06% 119
South West -48 178 £47,500 -26.92% 77
East of England -39 154 £60,000 +9.09% 84
Yorkshire -12 153 £60,000 +9.09% 76
West Midlands -45 141 £55,000 - 74
North East -15 97 £60,000 +17.65% 20
East Midlands -30 87 £52,500 - 46
Northern Ireland -30 72 £47,500 -17.39% 17
Scotland -52 61 £47,500 -9.91% 34
Wales -63 39 £60,000 - 23

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 91 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 55 (2.17%) Confluence
3 38 (1.50%) CMS
4 29 (1.14%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.31%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.079%) IIS
11 2 (0.079%) Totara
12 1 (0.039%) Drupal
Applications
1 239 (9.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 226 (8.90%) Microsoft Project
3 185 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 20 (0.79%) Trello
7 17 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.35%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 3 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
12 2 (0.079%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.039%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.039%) Houdini
13 1 (0.039%) InDesign
13 1 (0.039%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 46 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
3 16 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle Assets
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
4 12 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (0.47%) Primavera
5 11 (0.43%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.43%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.39%) Shopify
7 7 (0.28%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.28%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.24%) iTrent
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 238 (9.37%) Azure
2 216 (8.50%) Power Platform
3 154 (6.06%) AWS
4 144 (5.67%) SaaS
5 137 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (2.87%) PowerApps
7 70 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
8 62 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 48 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
10 41 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (1.50%) Smartsheet
12 33 (1.30%) Asana
13 31 (1.22%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.10%) OneDrive
15 27 (1.06%) GCP
16 25 (0.98%) Canva
17 23 (0.91%) Serverless
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (0.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.97%) Firewall
2 43 (1.69%) Broadband
3 27 (1.06%) DNS
3 27 (1.06%) LAN
3 27 (1.06%) WAN
4 25 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (0.75%) VPN
6 16 (0.63%) DHCP
7 15 (0.59%) CHAP
7 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.51%) BGP
8 13 (0.51%) NGN
9 12 (0.47%) Internet
9 12 (0.47%) Network Security
9 12 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.39%) Wireless
11 9 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (0.28%) Intranet
12 7 (0.28%) Multicast
12 7 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (7.13%) Power BI
2 79 (3.11%) Tableau
3 63 (2.48%) Data Mining
4 45 (1.77%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.10%) GIS
6 22 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 16 (0.63%) Big Data
8 16 (0.63%) Metadata
8 16 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.47%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
12 11 (0.43%) MySQL
12 11 (0.43%) Power Query
13 9 (0.35%) Db2
Development Applications
1 180 (7.09%) JIRA
2 21 (0.83%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
5 3 (0.12%) Taiga
5 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.079%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.079%) Gatling
6 2 (0.079%) JMeter
6 2 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.079%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.079%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.079%) Postman
6 2 (0.079%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.079%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
General
1 1,072 (42.20%) Social Skills
2 806 (31.73%) Finance
3 483 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (10.59%) Marketing
5 252 (9.92%) Organisational Skills
6 154 (6.06%) Retail
7 138 (5.43%) Manufacturing
8 137 (5.39%) Legal
9 133 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 125 (4.92%) Public Sector
11 107 (4.21%) Law
12 93 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
13 88 (3.46%) Banking
14 72 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
15 58 (2.28%) Telecoms
16 57 (2.24%) Local Government
17 48 (1.89%) Advertising
17 48 (1.89%) Financial Institution
18 46 (1.81%) Aerospace
19 39 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 519 (20.43%) Project Manager
2 370 (14.57%) Senior
3 265 (10.43%) Analyst
4 195 (7.68%) Lead
5 187 (7.36%) Senior Manager
6 183 (7.20%) Consultant
7 181 (7.13%) IT Manager
8 152 (5.98%) Senior Project Manager
9 124 (4.88%) Business Analyst
10 113 (4.45%) Development Manager
11 103 (4.06%) IT Project Manager
12 72 (2.83%) Data Analyst
13 71 (2.80%) Product Manager
14 70 (2.76%) Senior Consultant
15 66 (2.60%) IT Support
16 64 (2.52%) Trainee
16 64 (2.52%) Trainee Analyst
17 63 (2.48%) Developer
18 61 (2.40%) Coordinator
18 61 (2.40%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (1.85%) HTML
2 45 (1.77%) .NET
3 43 (1.69%) PyTorch
4 39 (1.54%) CSS
5 24 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.94%) JSON
6 23 (0.91%) Hugging Face
6 23 (0.91%) TensorFlow
7 21 (0.83%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.83%) Flash
8 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (0.75%) SPFx
9 17 (0.67%) LangChain
9 17 (0.67%) Langfuse
9 17 (0.67%) LlamaIndex
9 17 (0.67%) Model Context Protocol
10 16 (0.63%) Kafka
11 15 (0.59%) Middleware
12 13 (0.51%) EDI
13 12 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 195 (7.68%) Onboarding
2 171 (6.73%) Management Information System
3 128 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 92 (3.62%) Driving Licence
5 79 (3.11%) Product Ownership
6 66 (2.60%) Virtual Team
7 59 (2.32%) Social Media
8 56 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 47 (1.85%) FMCG
11 40 (1.57%) Cloud Native
12 38 (1.50%) Security Posture
13 36 (1.42%) Mobile App
14 35 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 34 (1.34%) PMI
16 30 (1.18%) Enterprise Cloud
16 30 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
17 29 (1.14%) Algorithms
18 28 (1.10%) Blog
19 27 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 104 (4.09%) Windows
2 43 (1.69%) Linux
3 29 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 25 (0.98%) Android
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Unix
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.12%) AIX
10 2 (0.079%) Debian
10 2 (0.079%) zOS
11 1 (0.039%) CentOS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (28.46%) Agile
2 674 (26.54%) Project Delivery
3 583 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 564 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
5 491 (19.33%) PRINCE2
6 440 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 346 (13.62%) Decision-Making
8 298 (11.73%) Analytics
9 295 (11.61%) Mentoring
10 266 (10.47%) AI
10 266 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 265 (10.43%) Roadmaps
12 230 (9.06%) Change Management
13 228 (8.98%) Logistics
14 225 (8.86%) Coaching
15 220 (8.66%) Risk Management
16 213 (8.39%) Budget Management
17 209 (8.23%) Business Analysis
18 208 (8.19%) ERP
19 188 (7.40%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 225 (8.86%) SQL
2 206 (8.11%) Python
3 51 (2.01%) JavaScript
4 50 (1.97%) C#
5 35 (1.38%) TypeScript
6 33 (1.30%) PowerShell
7 20 (0.79%) Java
8 17 (0.67%) VBA
9 13 (0.51%) C
9 13 (0.51%) PHP
10 6 (0.24%) C++
10 6 (0.24%) Ruby
11 4 (0.16%) ABAP
11 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.16%) Bash
11 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.12%) COBOL
12 3 (0.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 595 (23.43%) Degree
2 230 (9.06%) PMI Certification
3 225 (8.86%) PMP
4 149 (5.87%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.43%) DBS Check
6 101 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 76 (2.99%) CISSP
8 64 (2.52%) SC Cleared
9 54 (2.13%) CISM
10 49 (1.93%) Master's Degree
11 42 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
11 42 (1.65%) DV Cleared
12 34 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (1.02%) CRISC
14 22 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
14 22 (0.87%) CISA
14 22 (0.87%) HNC
14 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
15 20 (0.79%) SANS
16 19 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (7.72%) QA
2 172 (6.77%) PMO
3 119 (4.69%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 84 (3.31%) GDPR
6 79 (3.11%) NIST
7 45 (1.77%) Data Quality
8 40 (1.57%) GRC
8 40 (1.57%) ISO 9001
9 39 (1.54%) SLA
10 33 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 20 (0.79%) NIST 800
13 19 (0.75%) COBIT
13 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 17 (0.67%) ISO 14001
15 14 (0.55%) ISO 14000
16 13 (0.51%) GAAP
17 11 (0.43%) GMP
17 11 (0.43%) IFRS
System Software
1 42 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.83%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.079%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.079%) Firmware
7 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.039%) IAG
8 1 (0.039%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (1.06%) SCCM
2 26 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.67%) Puppet
5 13 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.39%) Ansible
6 10 (0.39%) Terraform
7 9 (0.35%) Grafana
8 6 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
10 2 (0.079%) Argo
10 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.079%) Salt
11 1 (0.039%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.039%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 1 (0.039%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.039%) SCOM
Vendors
1 519 (20.43%) Microsoft
2 122 (4.80%) SAP
3 112 (4.41%) Oracle
4 67 (2.64%) Adobe
5 63 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 57 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 47 (1.85%) Google
8 25 (0.98%) HubSpot
9 23 (0.91%) Fortinet
10 21 (0.83%) Cisco
11 20 (0.79%) SonicWALL
12 17 (0.67%) HP
12 17 (0.67%) Remedy
13 16 (0.63%) JD Edwards
13 16 (0.63%) Pardot
14 14 (0.55%) IBM
14 14 (0.55%) Instagram
15 13 (0.51%) Apple
15 13 (0.51%) VMware
16 12 (0.47%) Reuters