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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 20 29
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 +10
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 4,597 7,946 8,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.91% 8.09% 7.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.56% 9.41% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,450 5,406 4,600
10th Percentile £36,971 £32,500 £38,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,130 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -8.70% +1.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,000 £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 48,105 84,479 100,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.22% 86.05% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26,550 59,789 58,948
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.71% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 26 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 26 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 -1 3,994 £57,250 +9.05% 5,539
UK excluding London +6 3,250 £55,000 +10.00% 2,558
Work from Home -3 1,210 £57,500 +4.55% 2,225
London -6 1,037 £70,000 +7.69% 3,369
North of England +6 1,022 £55,000 +10.00% 663
South East +2 694 £57,500 +21.05% 681
North West -2 663 £55,000 +10.00% 396
Midlands -2 608 £52,500 +0.97% 380
West Midlands 0 392 £55,000 +1.85% 234
South West +3 309 £52,000 +9.47% 337
East of England +1 261 £55,000 +10.00% 248
Yorkshire -2 235 £55,000 +7.84% 199
East Midlands -7 208 £40,101 -15.58% 128
Scotland +37 204 £47,292 -5.42% 169
North East +10 123 £55,000 +4.76% 74
Wales +4 114 £57,500 +35.29% 56
Northern Ireland +10 34 £53,750 +26.47% 67
Isle of Man +12 7 £43,000 +14.67% 3
Channel Islands - 3 £78,750 - 2

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
1 171 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 85 (1.85%) Confluence
3 58 (1.26%) CMS
4 52 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (0.80%) WordPress
6 15 (0.33%) IIS
6 15 (0.33%) Kinematics
7 12 (0.26%) Kentico
8 11 (0.24%) Apache Spark
9 10 (0.22%) Apache
10 8 (0.17%) SAS
11 5 (0.11%) Moodle
12 4 (0.087%) SAP Portal
12 4 (0.087%) Tomcat
12 4 (0.087%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.065%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.065%) Drupal
14 2 (0.044%) OpenStack
14 2 (0.044%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.044%) WinCC
Applications
1 323 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 240 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (4.29%) Simulink
4 176 (3.83%) Microsoft Project
5 122 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 52 (1.13%) Trello
7 48 (1.04%) MS Visio
8 25 (0.54%) AutoCAD
8 25 (0.54%) Maya
9 18 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 15 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
11 12 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
12 9 (0.20%) InDesign
13 8 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
13 8 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
13 8 (0.17%) Photoshop
14 6 (0.13%) Chatbot
14 6 (0.13%) Stata
15 4 (0.087%) Adobe XD
15 4 (0.087%) Notion
Business Applications
1 154 (3.35%) Teamcenter
2 81 (1.76%) NetSuite
3 59 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 37 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 20 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 19 (0.41%) Shopify
8 18 (0.39%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 12 (0.26%) Aladdin
10 9 (0.20%) SAP IBP
11 8 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
12 7 (0.15%) Elite 3E
12 7 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite
12 7 (0.15%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
13 6 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
13 6 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
13 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
13 6 (0.13%) Relativity
13 6 (0.13%) SAP CO
13 6 (0.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 375 (8.16%) Azure
2 214 (4.66%) Power Platform
3 210 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
4 163 (3.55%) SaaS
5 146 (3.18%) AWS
6 93 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 79 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
8 67 (1.46%) Power Automate
9 58 (1.26%) GitHub
10 54 (1.17%) Entra ID
10 54 (1.17%) PowerApps
11 51 (1.11%) GCP
12 37 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
13 35 (0.76%) IaaS
14 31 (0.67%) Boomi
14 31 (0.67%) Serverless
15 29 (0.63%) PaaS
16 28 (0.61%) Google Analytics
17 27 (0.59%) Smartsheet
18 26 (0.57%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 55 (1.20%) Firewall
2 53 (1.15%) WAN
3 44 (0.96%) DNS
3 44 (0.96%) Network Security
4 33 (0.72%) DHCP
4 33 (0.72%) Wireless
5 32 (0.70%) VPN
6 30 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 27 (0.59%) SD-WAN
8 23 (0.50%) LAN
9 19 (0.41%) Internet
10 17 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (0.35%) VLAN
12 13 (0.28%) VoIP
13 12 (0.26%) 5G
14 11 (0.24%) Intranet
15 10 (0.22%) Ethernet
16 8 (0.17%) SSL
17 7 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
17 7 (0.15%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (3.28%) Power BI
2 108 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 105 (2.28%) Big Data
4 66 (1.44%) Tableau
5 46 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 43 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 41 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 25 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
10 22 (0.48%) MySQL
11 14 (0.30%) NoSQL
12 12 (0.26%) GIS
12 12 (0.26%) Hadoop
12 12 (0.26%) SAP HANA
13 11 (0.24%) SAP BW
13 11 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 10 (0.22%) Metadata
14 10 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
15 9 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.17%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 263 (5.72%) JIRA
2 148 (3.22%) Rational DOORS
3 74 (1.61%) Git
4 35 (0.76%) Visual Studio
5 15 (0.33%) GitLab
6 10 (0.22%) Postman
7 9 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 8 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.17%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.15%) Selenium
10 5 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (0.11%) Subversion
10 5 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.087%) LSMW
12 3 (0.065%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.044%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.044%) JMeter
13 2 (0.044%) Metasploit
14 1 (0.022%) Bugzilla
14 1 (0.022%) Log4Net
General
1 2,162 (47.03%) Social Skills
2 1,658 (36.07%) Finance
3 880 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 433 (9.42%) Marketing
5 367 (7.98%) Manufacturing
6 324 (7.05%) Law
7 306 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
8 251 (5.46%) Public Sector
9 243 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 235 (5.11%) Legal
11 228 (4.96%) Retail
12 223 (4.85%) Aerospace
13 221 (4.81%) Electronics
14 189 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
15 158 (3.44%) Banking
16 125 (2.72%) Advertising
17 120 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
18 86 (1.87%) Telecoms
19 66 (1.44%) Local Government
20 55 (1.20%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,431 (31.13%) Project Manager
2 864 (18.79%) Senior
3 561 (12.20%) Senior Manager
4 400 (8.70%) Lead
5 360 (7.83%) Senior Project Manager
6 359 (7.81%) Analyst
7 230 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 219 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
9 170 (3.70%) Junior
10 167 (3.63%) Delivery Project Manager
10 167 (3.63%) Developer
11 164 (3.57%) Consultant
12 159 (3.46%) Principal Engineer
13 149 (3.24%) Security Engineer
14 147 (3.20%) Principal Security Engineer
15 145 (3.15%) Junior Systems Engineer
16 138 (3.00%) Architect
17 125 (2.72%) Product Manager
18 121 (2.63%) Development Manager
19 105 (2.28%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (2.07%) .NET
2 93 (2.02%) HTML
3 78 (1.70%) CSS
4 62 (1.35%) XML
5 55 (1.20%) React
6 51 (1.11%) .NET Framework
7 48 (1.04%) JSON
8 35 (0.76%) Middleware
9 31 (0.67%) OAuth
10 26 (0.57%) EDI
10 26 (0.57%) RESTful
11 24 (0.52%) .NET Core
11 24 (0.52%) ASP.NET
11 24 (0.52%) SAML
11 24 (0.52%) Web Services
12 23 (0.50%) HTML5
13 19 (0.41%) Node.js
14 18 (0.39%) Laravel
15 15 (0.33%) JWT
16 14 (0.30%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 307 (6.68%) Management Information System
2 277 (6.03%) Driving Licence
3 178 (3.87%) FMCG
4 129 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 119 (2.59%) Onboarding
6 118 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
7 92 (2.00%) Social Media
8 90 (1.96%) Marketing Technology
9 86 (1.87%) Digital Media
10 81 (1.76%) PMI
11 66 (1.44%) Data Centre
12 62 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 58 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
14 46 (1.00%) Life Science
15 43 (0.94%) Virtual Team
16 38 (0.83%) Mobile App
17 36 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
18 34 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
19 33 (0.72%) NHS
20 27 (0.59%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 178 (3.87%) Windows
2 93 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 46 (1.00%) Linux
4 22 (0.48%) Windows Vista
5 20 (0.44%) Unix
6 19 (0.41%) Android
7 18 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 15 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
11 8 (0.17%) VMS
12 6 (0.13%) AIX
13 5 (0.11%) Mac OS X
14 4 (0.087%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.087%) Windows Server 2012
15 3 (0.065%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.044%) CentOS
16 2 (0.044%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.044%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.022%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,181 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
2 1,005 (21.86%) Project Delivery
3 977 (21.25%) Agile
4 799 (17.38%) Risk Management
5 769 (16.73%) Stakeholder Management
6 728 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 571 (12.42%) PRINCE2
8 510 (11.09%) Mentoring
9 410 (8.92%) Cybersecurity
10 398 (8.66%) Computer Science
11 383 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
12 361 (7.85%) Roadmaps
13 346 (7.53%) Analytics
14 314 (6.83%) ERP
15 304 (6.61%) Information Security
16 301 (6.55%) Change Management
17 297 (6.46%) Decision-Making
18 290 (6.31%) Strategic Thinking
19 283 (6.16%) Coaching
20 281 (6.11%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 261 (5.68%) SQL
2 167 (3.63%) Python
3 150 (3.26%) MATLAB
4 106 (2.31%) C#
5 100 (2.18%) JavaScript
6 79 (1.72%) Java
7 78 (1.70%) PowerShell
8 41 (0.89%) PHP
9 38 (0.83%) C++
10 32 (0.70%) C
11 22 (0.48%) Bash
12 21 (0.46%) R
13 20 (0.44%) TypeScript
14 19 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 15 (0.33%) VBA
16 9 (0.20%) ABAP
17 8 (0.17%) VB
18 7 (0.15%) Ruby
19 6 (0.13%) Ada
19 6 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,462 (31.80%) Degree
2 746 (16.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 267 (5.81%) PMI Certification
4 266 (5.79%) CISSP
5 251 (5.46%) PMP
6 218 (4.74%) Security Cleared
7 167 (3.63%) CISM
8 147 (3.20%) CESG Certified Professional
9 131 (2.85%) Master's Degree
10 104 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 94 (2.04%) DBS Check
12 72 (1.57%) HNC
13 64 (1.39%) SC Cleared
14 51 (1.11%) HND
15 50 (1.09%) DV Cleared
15 50 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
16 49 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
17 42 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 39 (0.85%) MBA
19 34 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (7.00%) QA
2 216 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 175 (3.81%) PMO
4 162 (3.52%) NIST
5 148 (3.22%) JSP 440
6 147 (3.20%) RMADS
7 111 (2.41%) GDPR
8 106 (2.31%) Data Quality
9 99 (2.15%) Accessibility
10 82 (1.78%) NEBOSH
11 35 (0.76%) SLA
12 34 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
13 18 (0.39%) Good Clinical Practice
13 18 (0.39%) PMBOK
14 17 (0.37%) GxP
14 17 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 17 (0.37%) WCAG
15 15 (0.33%) GMP
15 15 (0.33%) PCI DSS
16 14 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 96 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 27 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (0.57%) Docker
4 22 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.22%) Firmware
6 8 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.15%) vSphere
8 4 (0.087%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.065%) DFS Replication
9 3 (0.065%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.044%) KVM
10 2 (0.044%) Postfix
10 2 (0.044%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.022%) HDFS
11 1 (0.022%) NFS
11 1 (0.022%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 46 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (0.94%) Terraform
3 38 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 31 (0.67%) Ansible
5 29 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.22%) SCCM
7 9 (0.20%) ZABBIX
8 6 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.11%) Argo
9 5 (0.11%) QRadar
10 4 (0.087%) CSIRT
10 4 (0.087%) NetBackup
10 4 (0.087%) Puppet
11 3 (0.065%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.065%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.044%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.044%) BMC PATROL
12 2 (0.044%) Grafana
12 2 (0.044%) Nagios
12 2 (0.044%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 793 (17.25%) Microsoft
2 261 (5.68%) SAP
3 153 (3.33%) IBM
4 131 (2.85%) Salesforce
5 115 (2.50%) Google
6 92 (2.00%) Oracle
7 78 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 65 (1.41%) Cisco
9 54 (1.17%) Adobe
10 50 (1.09%) MathWorks
11 41 (0.89%) VMware
12 40 (0.87%) YouTube
13 31 (0.67%) Workday
14 28 (0.61%) Meraki
15 26 (0.57%) Facebook
16 25 (0.54%) MuleSoft
17 24 (0.52%) Concur
18 23 (0.50%) Siemens
18 23 (0.50%) SolarWinds
19 22 (0.48%) Informatica