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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -36 +7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,741 4,782 5,834
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.97% 9.87% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 10.66% 8.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,520 2,117 4,267
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £32,660
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.48% -8.09%
75th Percentile £70,814 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +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 54,541 44,858 66,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.08% 92.63% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32,717 22,158 51,477
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 -37 2,306 £52,500 -8.70% 1,067
UK excluding London -39 1,839 £45,000 -18.18% 973
Work from Home -28 728 £60,000 - 386
London -25 675 £69,250 +2.59% 313
North of England -27 534 £40,000 -27.27% 198
South East -25 480 £57,062 -0.76% 306
Midlands -49 280 £45,000 -17.43% 163
North West -31 237 £42,442 -19.16% 98
West Midlands -39 193 £45,000 -21.05% 82
South West -27 190 £45,000 -13.46% 113
Yorkshire -25 189 £40,000 -30.43% 82
Scotland -19 147 £40,000 -27.27% 46
East of England -37 110 £55,000 +10.00% 124
North East -9 108 £40,000 -32.20% 25
East Midlands -58 87 £43,700 -15.96% 80
Northern Ireland -5 67 £60,000 +26.32% 15
Wales -37 38 £56,258 +7.58% 36

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
1 143 (5.22%) SharePoint
2 51 (1.86%) Confluence
3 41 (1.50%) CMS
4 32 (1.17%) WordPress
5 16 (0.58%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (0.33%) Kinematics
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.15%) Apache
10 4 (0.15%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.11%) govService
11 3 (0.11%) SAS
12 2 (0.073%) Drupal
12 2 (0.073%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.036%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.036%) IIS
13 1 (0.036%) PowerFactory
13 1 (0.036%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 437 (15.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 212 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
3 134 (4.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 116 (4.23%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.06%) AutoCAD
6 27 (0.99%) MS Visio
7 18 (0.66%) Maya
7 18 (0.66%) SOLIDWORKS
7 18 (0.66%) Trello
8 17 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
9 9 (0.33%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 6 (0.22%) Revit
12 4 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.15%) CATIA
13 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.11%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 77 (2.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 51 (1.86%) SAP MDG
3 23 (0.84%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (0.69%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
6 16 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
6 16 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
7 12 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
8 11 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
9 10 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
9 10 (0.36%) SAP CO
9 10 (0.36%) SAP FI
9 10 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
9 10 (0.36%) SAP IBP
9 10 (0.36%) Shopify
10 9 (0.33%) NetSuite
10 9 (0.33%) Oracle General Ledger
11 8 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
12 6 (0.22%) SAP FS
Cloud Services
1 228 (8.32%) Azure
2 221 (8.06%) Power Platform
3 147 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
4 135 (4.93%) SaaS
5 106 (3.87%) AWS
6 46 (1.68%) PowerApps
7 33 (1.20%) GCP
8 32 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (1.09%) Asana
10 28 (1.02%) Entra ID
11 27 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
12 25 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.91%) Google Analytics
13 24 (0.88%) Smartsheet
14 23 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (0.73%) Power Automate
15 20 (0.73%) Snowflake
16 17 (0.62%) Google Workspace
16 17 (0.62%) PaaS
17 16 (0.58%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.50%) Firewall
2 38 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (1.02%) Broadband
3 28 (1.02%) WAN
4 23 (0.84%) Internet
5 21 (0.77%) LAN
5 21 (0.77%) Network Security
5 21 (0.77%) Wireless
6 20 (0.73%) CHAP
6 20 (0.73%) DNS
6 20 (0.73%) Structured Cabling
6 20 (0.73%) VPN
7 18 (0.66%) DHCP
8 16 (0.58%) VLAN
9 15 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 14 (0.51%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.36%) Intranet
11 10 (0.36%) Multicast
12 9 (0.33%) BGP
12 9 (0.33%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (7.70%) Tableau
2 188 (6.86%) Power BI
3 176 (6.42%) Data Mining
4 48 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 17 (0.62%) Power Query
8 16 (0.58%) GIS
8 16 (0.58%) QGIS
8 16 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
8 16 (0.58%) Spatial Data
9 14 (0.51%) Big Data
9 14 (0.51%) SAP BW
10 13 (0.47%) Metadata
11 9 (0.33%) Looker
12 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.18%) MySQL
13 5 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 111 (4.05%) JIRA
2 14 (0.51%) Git
3 13 (0.47%) GitLab
4 10 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.11%) ERwin
5 3 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.073%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.073%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.073%) ESLint
6 2 (0.073%) Gradle
6 2 (0.073%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.073%) JUnit
6 2 (0.073%) Maven
6 2 (0.073%) Mockito
6 2 (0.073%) Selenium
6 2 (0.073%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.073%) TestNG
6 2 (0.073%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.036%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1,222 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 1,155 (42.14%) Finance
3 808 (29.48%) Analytical Skills
4 250 (9.12%) Marketing
5 195 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 193 (7.04%) Organisational Skills
7 171 (6.24%) Legal
8 170 (6.20%) Manufacturing
9 151 (5.51%) Retail
10 147 (5.36%) Public Sector
11 136 (4.96%) Law
12 132 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
13 115 (4.20%) Banking
14 73 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
15 71 (2.59%) Games
16 64 (2.33%) Telecoms
17 57 (2.08%) Electronics
18 56 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
19 47 (1.71%) Aviation
19 47 (1.71%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 491 (17.91%) Analyst
2 413 (15.07%) Senior
3 391 (14.26%) Project Manager
4 301 (10.98%) Trainee
5 292 (10.65%) Trainee Analyst
6 240 (8.76%) Lead
7 226 (8.25%) Senior Manager
8 223 (8.14%) Business Analyst
9 184 (6.71%) Data Analyst
10 167 (6.09%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 154 (5.62%) IT Manager
12 134 (4.89%) Architect
13 125 (4.56%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 115 (4.20%) Consultant
15 109 (3.98%) Development Manager
16 106 (3.87%) Business Manager
17 102 (3.72%) Senior Project Manager
18 95 (3.47%) Systems Manager
19 84 (3.06%) Product Manager
20 78 (2.85%) Quality Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.17%) CSS
2 25 (0.91%) EDI
3 24 (0.88%) HTML
4 21 (0.77%) Middleware
5 19 (0.69%) PyTorch
6 18 (0.66%) .NET
7 9 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.33%) React
8 7 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.26%) Node.js
9 6 (0.22%) OAuth
9 6 (0.22%) REST
10 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.15%) FIDO
10 4 (0.15%) Flutter
10 4 (0.15%) OpenID
10 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.15%) SAML
10 4 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 221 (8.06%) Management Information System
2 132 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 126 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
4 82 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 79 (2.88%) Data Centre
5 79 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 71 (2.59%) FMCG
7 67 (2.44%) Robotics
8 61 (2.23%) Driving Licence
9 52 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
9 52 (1.90%) Social Media
10 45 (1.64%) Virtual Team
11 40 (1.46%) Algorithms
12 31 (1.13%) Blog
13 30 (1.09%) IoT
14 29 (1.06%) Low-Code
15 27 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
16 21 (0.77%) Blockchain
16 21 (0.77%) PMI
16 21 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 57 (2.08%) Windows
2 27 (0.99%) Linux
3 22 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 17 (0.62%) Android
4 17 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.26%) Unix
6 6 (0.22%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) VMS
7 3 (0.11%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.073%) AIX
8 2 (0.073%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.073%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.073%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.036%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
2 654 (23.86%) Agile
3 593 (21.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 534 (19.48%) Project Delivery
5 522 (19.04%) Analytics
6 502 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
7 421 (15.36%) Change Management
8 400 (14.59%) Business Analysis
9 396 (14.45%) Decision-Making
10 363 (13.24%) AI
11 353 (12.88%) PRINCE2
12 334 (12.19%) Risk Management
13 333 (12.15%) Data Analysis
14 277 (10.11%) Process Improvement
15 274 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 254 (9.27%) Coaching
17 241 (8.79%) Data Analytics
18 233 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
18 233 (8.50%) Roadmaps
19 226 (8.25%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 313 (11.42%) SQL
2 303 (11.05%) Python
3 36 (1.31%) VBA
4 31 (1.13%) C#
5 30 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.02%) Java
7 26 (0.95%) C
8 19 (0.69%) C++
9 13 (0.47%) PowerShell
10 11 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 10 (0.36%) Perl
11 10 (0.36%) TypeScript
12 7 (0.26%) PHP
13 6 (0.22%) Bash
13 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.18%) R
15 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
16 3 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.11%) Scala
16 3 (0.11%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 764 (27.87%) Degree
2 225 (8.21%) PMP
3 215 (7.84%) PMI Certification
4 191 (6.97%) Security Cleared
5 143 (5.22%) SC Cleared
6 105 (3.83%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.33%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 56 (2.04%) CISSP
9 55 (2.01%) DBS Check
10 47 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 42 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 40 (1.46%) CISM
13 36 (1.31%) HNC
14 27 (0.99%) MBA
15 25 (0.91%) HND
16 24 (0.88%) ACCA
16 24 (0.88%) DV Cleared
16 24 (0.88%) SANS
17 23 (0.84%) CISA
18 22 (0.80%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (7.88%) QA
2 133 (4.85%) PMO
3 98 (3.58%) GDPR
4 80 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 54 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 52 (1.90%) NIST
7 36 (1.31%) Data Quality
8 21 (0.77%) COBIT
8 21 (0.77%) ISO 9001
9 20 (0.73%) GRC
10 15 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.47%) SLA
13 10 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (0.36%) IEC 61131
14 9 (0.33%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.29%) IFRS
15 8 (0.29%) PCI DSS
16 6 (0.22%) Solvency II
System Software
1 58 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.77%) Docker
3 13 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.29%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 19 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.44%) Ansible
4 10 (0.36%) Terraform
5 5 (0.18%) SCCM
5 5 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.11%) Grafana
8 2 (0.073%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.036%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.036%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.036%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.036%) MOM
9 1 (0.036%) ServiceCenter
9 1 (0.036%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 665 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 182 (6.64%) SAP
3 94 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 70 (2.55%) Google
5 69 (2.52%) Oracle
6 45 (1.64%) Cisco
7 44 (1.61%) Adobe
8 41 (1.50%) ServiceNow
9 33 (1.20%) Ariba
10 28 (1.02%) Anaplan
10 28 (1.02%) HubSpot
11 23 (0.84%) OpenText
12 20 (0.73%) Genesys
12 20 (0.73%) Verint
13 16 (0.58%) Databricks
14 15 (0.55%) Pardot
15 14 (0.51%) VMware
15 14 (0.51%) Workday
16 12 (0.44%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.44%) Palo Alto