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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 18 24
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,982 5,270 4,098
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.62% 7.84% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 9.38% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 2,263 2,872
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,783 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% -5.00% +3.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,950 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,213 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.77% -1.43% +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 45,477 56,157 48,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.69% 83.58% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 27,500 29,119 37,204
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £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 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 November 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 20 November 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 -18 2,537 £55,000 -4.35% 2,590
UK excluding London -19 1,902 £50,000 -7.77% 1,941
Work from Home -18 834 £60,000 - 865
London -14 831 £70,000 - 881
South East -11 511 £57,772 +5.04% 528
North of England -22 467 £42,500 -21.30% 437
Midlands -30 297 £49,000 -10.91% 400
South West +3 218 £52,846 -3.92% 204
North West -27 214 £45,000 -16.56% 247
West Midlands -15 197 £45,000 -21.05% 245
Scotland -15 173 £54,855 +0.49% 88
Yorkshire -11 167 £45,000 -18.18% 121
East of England -34 167 £55,000 +7.84% 226
East Midlands -41 101 £51,385 -1.18% 154
North East +19 86 £32,500 -31.07% 75
Wales -15 36 £60,000 +18.16% 57
Northern Ireland -2 35 £65,000 -3.70% 34

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
1 160 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 67 (2.25%) Confluence
3 50 (1.68%) CMS
4 39 (1.31%) WordPress
5 24 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (0.70%) Kinematics
7 12 (0.40%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.30%) Apache
9 7 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.23%) Drupal
10 6 (0.20%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
12 4 (0.13%) Moodle
12 4 (0.13%) PowerFactory
13 3 (0.10%) Magnolia
14 2 (0.067%) IIS
14 2 (0.067%) Skype for Business
14 2 (0.067%) TPMS
15 1 (0.034%) Tomcat
Applications
1 403 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 298 (9.99%) Microsoft Office
3 190 (6.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 127 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
5 40 (1.34%) MS Visio
6 30 (1.01%) Maya
7 27 (0.91%) AutoCAD
8 22 (0.74%) Trello
9 15 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.47%) Photoshop
11 13 (0.44%) Revit
12 12 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
13 9 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
14 8 (0.27%) Adobe XD
15 7 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
16 6 (0.20%) Navisworks
17 5 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
17 5 (0.17%) Civil 3D
17 5 (0.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 116 (3.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.18%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.24%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 27 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
5 24 (0.80%) SAP CO
5 24 (0.80%) SAP FI
5 24 (0.80%) SAP FI/CO
6 21 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
6 21 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 20 (0.67%) SAP IBP
8 19 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
9 15 (0.50%) NetSuite
9 15 (0.50%) Shopify
10 13 (0.44%) Sprinklr
11 12 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
11 12 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
12 11 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
12 11 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
12 11 (0.37%) SAP FSCM
12 11 (0.37%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 243 (8.15%) Azure
2 202 (6.77%) Power Platform
3 147 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (3.89%) AWS
5 101 (3.39%) SaaS
6 57 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 56 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 41 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 39 (1.31%) GCP
10 36 (1.21%) Smartsheet
11 34 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
11 34 (1.14%) Snowflake
12 27 (0.91%) Entra ID
12 27 (0.91%) Google Analytics
13 22 (0.74%) Google Workspace
13 22 (0.74%) IaaS
14 21 (0.70%) PaaS
14 21 (0.70%) PowerApps
15 20 (0.67%) Asana
16 19 (0.64%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 48 (1.61%) Firewall
2 36 (1.21%) WAN
3 32 (1.07%) VPN
4 30 (1.01%) LAN
5 29 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
5 29 (0.97%) Wireless
6 20 (0.67%) Internet
6 20 (0.67%) SD-WAN
6 20 (0.67%) VLAN
7 19 (0.64%) Unified Communications
8 18 (0.60%) DNS
9 15 (0.50%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.47%) Intranet
11 13 (0.44%) MPLS
11 13 (0.44%) Network Security
11 13 (0.44%) VoIP
12 12 (0.40%) Broadband
12 12 (0.40%) DHCP
13 9 (0.30%) BGP
14 7 (0.23%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 171 (5.73%) Power BI
2 123 (4.12%) Tableau
3 88 (2.95%) Data Mining
4 69 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 29 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.67%) Looker
8 17 (0.57%) Metadata
9 16 (0.54%) Big Data
10 15 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.50%) Power Query
11 14 (0.47%) SAP HANA
12 12 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.37%) Qlik Sense
14 10 (0.34%) MySQL
15 9 (0.30%) Relational Database
15 9 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.27%) GIS
16 8 (0.27%) MS Access
17 7 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 188 (6.30%) JIRA
2 21 (0.70%) Git
3 10 (0.34%) GitLab
4 8 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.13%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.13%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.13%) Subversion
5 4 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.10%) ERwin
6 3 (0.10%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.067%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.067%) Maven
7 2 (0.067%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.034%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.034%) gulp
8 1 (0.034%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.034%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.034%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.034%) webpack
General
1 1,364 (45.74%) Social Skills
2 1,258 (42.19%) Finance
3 862 (28.91%) Analytical Skills
4 333 (11.17%) Marketing
5 254 (8.52%) Law
6 223 (7.48%) Retail
7 222 (7.44%) Legal
8 212 (7.11%) Manufacturing
9 211 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 192 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
11 173 (5.80%) Public Sector
12 163 (5.47%) Presentation Skills
13 124 (4.16%) Banking
14 92 (3.09%) Telecoms
15 84 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
16 83 (2.78%) Electronics
17 73 (2.45%) Local Government
18 67 (2.25%) Advertising
19 63 (2.11%) Games
20 61 (2.05%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 476 (15.96%) Senior
2 454 (15.22%) Project Manager
3 373 (12.51%) Analyst
4 294 (9.86%) Lead
5 227 (7.61%) Senior Manager
6 189 (6.34%) IT Manager
7 172 (5.77%) Business Analyst
8 170 (5.70%) Trainee
9 161 (5.40%) Trainee Analyst
10 135 (4.53%) Architect
11 114 (3.82%) Consultant
12 111 (3.72%) Business Manager
13 109 (3.66%) Development Manager
14 103 (3.45%) Data Analyst
15 98 (3.29%) IT Project Manager
15 98 (3.29%) Product Manager
16 94 (3.15%) Delivery Manager
17 92 (3.09%) Coordinator
18 84 (2.82%) Senior Project Manager
19 83 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.68%) CSS
2 44 (1.48%) HTML
3 39 (1.31%) Middleware
4 22 (0.74%) .NET
5 18 (0.60%) React
6 12 (0.40%) EDI
6 12 (0.40%) Node.js
6 12 (0.40%) Web Services
7 10 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.27%) FHIR
8 8 (0.27%) Kafka
9 6 (0.20%) AngularJS
9 6 (0.20%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.20%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.20%) Spring
9 6 (0.20%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.17%) Flutter
10 5 (0.17%) Hugging Face
10 5 (0.17%) JSON
11 4 (0.13%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 230 (7.71%) Management Information System
2 134 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
3 130 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 108 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
5 103 (3.45%) FMCG
6 93 (3.12%) Data Centre
7 86 (2.88%) Robotics
8 83 (2.78%) Product Ownership
9 79 (2.65%) Driving Licence
10 66 (2.21%) Social Media
11 61 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
12 57 (1.91%) NHS
13 48 (1.61%) Virtual Team
14 45 (1.51%) Algorithms
15 34 (1.14%) IoT
16 26 (0.87%) Blog
16 26 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
17 24 (0.80%) Life Science
17 24 (0.80%) SCADA
18 22 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.15%) Windows
2 27 (0.91%) Linux
3 24 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 11 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.30%) VMS
6 7 (0.23%) Android
6 7 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.10%) zOS
9 2 (0.067%) Unix
10 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.034%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 734 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
2 715 (23.98%) Agile
3 698 (23.41%) Project Delivery
4 637 (21.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 532 (17.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 448 (15.02%) Analytics
7 413 (13.85%) Change Management
8 408 (13.68%) Risk Management
9 394 (13.21%) Decision-Making
10 340 (11.40%) PRINCE2
11 308 (10.33%) ERP
12 301 (10.09%) Business Analysis
13 295 (9.89%) AI
14 277 (9.29%) Process Improvement
15 266 (8.92%) Roadmaps
16 265 (8.89%) Business Strategy
17 257 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 246 (8.25%) Mentoring
19 242 (8.12%) CRM
20 241 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 291 (9.76%) SQL
2 213 (7.14%) Python
3 62 (2.08%) JavaScript
4 51 (1.71%) C#
5 40 (1.34%) Java
6 38 (1.27%) C
7 31 (1.04%) C++
8 26 (0.87%) PowerShell
9 17 (0.57%) R
10 16 (0.54%) PHP
10 16 (0.54%) VBA
11 13 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.40%) TypeScript
13 10 (0.34%) Perl
14 7 (0.23%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.20%) Bash
15 6 (0.20%) MATLAB
16 5 (0.17%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.13%) COBOL
17 4 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 937 (31.42%) Degree
2 207 (6.94%) PMP
3 205 (6.87%) PMI Certification
4 200 (6.71%) Security Cleared
5 154 (5.16%) SC Cleared
6 133 (4.46%) Master's Degree
7 73 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 64 (2.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 59 (1.98%) DBS Check
10 58 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 43 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 41 (1.37%) CISSP
13 33 (1.11%) PhD
14 27 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
15 25 (0.84%) AWS Certification
15 25 (0.84%) CFA
16 22 (0.74%) CCNP
16 22 (0.74%) DV Cleared
17 21 (0.70%) APMP
17 21 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 244 (8.18%) QA
2 199 (6.67%) PMO
3 107 (3.59%) GDPR
4 98 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 48 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 42 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 33 (1.11%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.84%) NIST
10 20 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (0.67%) SLA
11 19 (0.64%) MiFID
12 13 (0.44%) IFRS
13 12 (0.40%) COBIT
13 12 (0.40%) GxP
13 12 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.37%) Solvency II
15 10 (0.34%) IEC 61131
16 9 (0.30%) GRC
16 9 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.67%) Docker
3 14 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.34%) Firmware
4 10 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.10%) Time Sharing Option
6 3 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.034%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.40%) Terraform
3 9 (0.30%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.13%) Ansible
5 4 (0.13%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.13%) SCCM
6 2 (0.067%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.067%) Grafana
6 2 (0.067%) Nagios
7 1 (0.034%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.034%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.034%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.034%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.034%) SmoothWall
7 1 (0.034%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 670 (22.47%) Microsoft
2 255 (8.55%) SAP
3 102 (3.42%) Salesforce
4 88 (2.95%) Google
5 76 (2.55%) Oracle
6 66 (2.21%) Adobe
7 57 (1.91%) Cisco
8 37 (1.24%) OpenText
9 35 (1.17%) Ariba
9 35 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 26 (0.87%) Databricks
11 25 (0.84%) HubSpot
12 21 (0.70%) Sage
13 19 (0.64%) Atlassian
14 18 (0.60%) TikTok
15 17 (0.57%) VMware
16 16 (0.54%) NEC
17 15 (0.50%) Murex
17 15 (0.50%) Siemens
18 14 (0.47%) Autodesk