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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -18 +10 -1
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,853 5,434 3,842
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.22% 8.56% 7.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.23% 9.94% 8.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,600 2,425 2,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +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 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +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 45,786 54,654 47,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.83% 86.14% 93.75%
Number of salaries quoted 27,991 28,426 36,268
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 £98,750 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,793 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.31% +4.37% -0.94%

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 3 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 3 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 -19 2,442 £55,000 -4.35% 1,897
UK excluding London -24 1,840 £50,000 -8.26% 1,770
London -16 786 £70,000 +3.70% 508
Work from Home -24 761 £60,000 +2.56% 533
South East -16 484 £57,500 +4.55% 544
North of England -25 472 £40,500 -24.90% 431
Midlands -34 296 £47,500 -13.64% 344
North West -26 218 £45,000 -15.09% 242
South West -3 212 £50,000 -7.41% 160
West Midlands -20 198 £45,000 -21.74% 214
Scotland -12 168 £54,855 -0.26% 73
Yorkshire -14 166 £41,075 -25.32% 132
East of England -32 155 £55,000 +5.77% 181
East Midlands -40 99 £52,500 +0.96% 128
North East +22 88 £32,500 -28.57% 67
Wales -24 30 £60,000 +16.38% 50
Northern Ireland -12 27 £60,000 -11.11% 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
1 155 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 62 (2.17%) Confluence
3 47 (1.65%) CMS
4 38 (1.33%) WordPress
5 25 (0.88%) 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
1 401 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 286 (10.02%) Microsoft Office
3 181 (6.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 119 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 33 (1.16%) Maya
7 25 (0.88%) AutoCAD
8 23 (0.81%) Trello
9 15 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 13 (0.46%) Photoshop
11 12 (0.42%) SOLIDWORKS
12 9 (0.32%) Revit
13 8 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
14 7 (0.25%) Adobe Premiere
14 7 (0.25%) Adobe XD
15 5 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
15 5 (0.18%) InDesign
16 4 (0.14%) CATIA
17 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
17 3 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 112 (3.93%) 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 12 (0.42%) NetSuite
9 12 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
9 12 (0.42%) Sprinklr
10 11 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
10 11 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
10 11 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
10 11 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
11 10 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 230 (8.06%) Azure
2 198 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 148 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
4 114 (4.00%) SaaS
5 111 (3.89%) AWS
6 53 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (1.37%) GCP
9 36 (1.26%) Power Automate
9 36 (1.26%) Smartsheet
10 33 (1.16%) Snowflake
11 31 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 28 (0.98%) Entra ID
13 24 (0.84%) PaaS
14 23 (0.81%) Google Analytics
14 23 (0.81%) IaaS
15 22 (0.77%) Google Workspace
16 21 (0.74%) Asana
17 19 (0.67%) PowerApps
18 18 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.65%) Firewall
2 35 (1.23%) VPN
2 35 (1.23%) WAN
3 28 (0.98%) LAN
4 27 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
5 26 (0.91%) Wireless
6 21 (0.74%) SD-WAN
7 20 (0.70%) Internet
8 18 (0.63%) DNS
8 18 (0.63%) Unified Communications
9 17 (0.60%) Network Security
9 17 (0.60%) VLAN
10 16 (0.56%) TCP/IP
11 14 (0.49%) MPLS
12 13 (0.46%) DHCP
13 12 (0.42%) Broadband
13 12 (0.42%) Intranet
13 12 (0.42%) VoIP
14 9 (0.32%) BGP
15 8 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (5.96%) Power BI
2 128 (4.49%) Tableau
3 97 (3.40%) Data Mining
4 69 (2.42%) 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 16 (0.56%) Big Data
9 16 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.56%) Power Query
10 11 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (0.32%) SAP HANA
11 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.28%) MySQL
13 7 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
13 7 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 167 (5.85%) JIRA
2 17 (0.60%) 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%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.035%) gulp
8 1 (0.035%) LSMW
8 1 (0.035%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.035%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.035%) webpack
General
1 1,277 (44.76%) Social Skills
2 1,216 (42.62%) Finance
3 843 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
4 318 (11.15%) Marketing
5 234 (8.20%) Law
6 199 (6.98%) Manufacturing
7 193 (6.76%) Retail
8 191 (6.69%) Legal
9 190 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 187 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
11 158 (5.54%) Public Sector
12 154 (5.40%) Presentation Skills
13 113 (3.96%) Banking
14 85 (2.98%) Telecoms
15 77 (2.70%) Electronics
15 77 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
16 65 (2.28%) Games
17 63 (2.21%) Local Government
18 61 (2.14%) Advertising
19 55 (1.93%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 441 (15.46%) Senior
2 427 (14.97%) Project Manager
3 380 (13.32%) Analyst
4 274 (9.60%) Lead
5 223 (7.82%) Senior Manager
6 188 (6.59%) IT Manager
6 188 (6.59%) Trainee
7 179 (6.27%) Trainee Analyst
8 178 (6.24%) Business Analyst
9 134 (4.70%) Architect
10 111 (3.89%) Consultant
10 111 (3.89%) Data Analyst
11 110 (3.86%) Development Manager
12 109 (3.82%) Business Manager
13 99 (3.47%) Product Manager
14 96 (3.36%) IT Project Manager
15 91 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
15 91 (3.19%) Trainee Business Analyst
16 88 (3.08%) Trainee Data Analyst
17 86 (3.01%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (1.61%) CSS
2 37 (1.30%) HTML
3 36 (1.26%) Middleware
4 18 (0.63%) .NET
5 14 (0.49%) React
6 12 (0.42%) Web Services
7 11 (0.39%) EDI
8 10 (0.35%) Node.js
8 10 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.28%) FHIR
10 7 (0.25%) Kafka
11 6 (0.21%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.21%) FIX Protocol
12 5 (0.18%) Apache Beam
13 4 (0.14%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.14%) FIDO
13 4 (0.14%) Flutter
13 4 (0.14%) PyTorch
13 4 (0.14%) Spring
13 4 (0.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 209 (7.33%) Management Information System
2 133 (4.66%) Onboarding
3 129 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 106 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 103 (3.61%) FMCG
6 82 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 82 (2.87%) Robotics
7 74 (2.59%) Driving Licence
8 72 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 64 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
10 57 (2.00%) Social Media
11 47 (1.65%) Virtual Team
12 46 (1.61%) NHS
13 43 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 30 (1.05%) IoT
15 29 (1.02%) Blog
16 23 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
17 22 (0.77%) PMI
18 21 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (0.74%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 63 (2.21%) Windows
2 26 (0.91%) Linux
3 23 (0.81%) 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 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.035%) Unix
8 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.035%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (25.06%) Problem-Solving
2 679 (23.80%) Agile
3 661 (23.17%) Project Delivery
4 605 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 508 (17.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 433 (15.18%) Analytics
7 409 (14.34%) Change Management
8 386 (13.53%) Decision-Making
9 385 (13.49%) Risk Management
10 323 (11.32%) PRINCE2
11 314 (11.01%) Business Analysis
12 299 (10.48%) ERP
13 297 (10.41%) AI
14 266 (9.32%) Business Strategy
14 266 (9.32%) Process Improvement
15 257 (9.01%) Roadmaps
16 253 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 242 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
18 235 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
19 231 (8.10%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 279 (9.78%) SQL
2 216 (7.57%) Python
3 52 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 46 (1.61%) C#
5 36 (1.26%) C
6 30 (1.05%) Java
7 28 (0.98%) C++
8 22 (0.77%) 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 10 (0.35%) 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
1 885 (31.02%) Degree
2 194 (6.80%) PMP
3 188 (6.59%) PMI Certification
4 187 (6.55%) Security Cleared
5 150 (5.26%) SC Cleared
6 124 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 58 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 52 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 52 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 41 (1.44%) CISSP
11 36 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 27 (0.95%) PhD
13 26 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
14 23 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 23 (0.81%) HND
15 22 (0.77%) ACCA
15 22 (0.77%) AWS Certification
15 22 (0.77%) CCNP
16 20 (0.70%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (8.17%) QA
2 185 (6.48%) PMO
3 100 (3.51%) GDPR
4 79 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 42 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 29 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 25 (0.88%) NIST
9 22 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 19 (0.67%) SLA
11 17 (0.60%) MiFID
12 13 (0.46%) IFRS
13 12 (0.42%) GxP
13 12 (0.42%) Solvency II
14 11 (0.39%) COBIT
15 10 (0.35%) GRC
15 10 (0.35%) IEC 61131
15 10 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.32%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 58 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.67%) Docker
3 16 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.35%) 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 7 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.18%) Ansible
5 4 (0.14%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
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
1 659 (23.10%) Microsoft
2 248 (8.69%) SAP
3 99 (3.47%) Salesforce
4 77 (2.70%) Google
5 67 (2.35%) Oracle
6 55 (1.93%) Adobe
6 55 (1.93%) 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%) NEC
12 15 (0.53%) Siemens
12 15 (0.53%) TikTok
13 13 (0.46%) Guidewire
14 12 (0.42%) Meraki