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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 17 26
Rank change year-on-year -19 +9 0
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,855 5,472 3,971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.28% 8.36% 7.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.27% 9.79% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 2,442 2,811
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £74,000 £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 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £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 £99,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -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 30 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 30 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 -20 2,444 £55,000 -4.35% 1,803
UK excluding London -24 1,840 £50,000 -8.26% 1,686
London -16 788 £70,000 +3.70% 500
Work from Home -24 770 £60,000 +1.69% 405
South East -14 496 £57,500 +4.55% 532
North of England -26 463 £41,075 -23.94% 360
Midlands -31 293 £47,500 -13.64% 328
South West +1 211 £50,000 -7.41% 172
North West -27 211 £45,000 -16.56% 199
West Midlands -21 195 £45,000 -21.74% 205
Scotland -13 169 £54,855 -0.26% 73
Yorkshire -15 165 £41,075 -25.32% 103
East of England -33 154 £55,000 +5.77% 177
East Midlands -42 99 £51,385 -1.18% 122
North East +22 87 £32,500 -28.57% 64
Wales -22 30 £60,000 +16.38% 49
Northern Ireland -10 27 £60,000 -11.11% 25

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
1 154 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 62 (2.17%) Confluence
3 49 (1.72%) CMS
4 39 (1.37%) WordPress
5 24 (0.84%) 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 7 (0.25%) Drupal
10 6 (0.21%) Umbraco
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
11 5 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.11%) Magnolia
12 3 (0.11%) Moodle
12 3 (0.11%) PowerFactory
13 2 (0.070%) IIS
13 2 (0.070%) TPMS
14 1 (0.035%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 398 (13.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 289 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
3 182 (6.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 121 (4.24%) Microsoft Project
5 35 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 32 (1.12%) 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
16 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
17 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 113 (3.96%) 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 15 (0.53%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
10 11 (0.39%) SAP FSCM
10 11 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 231 (8.09%) Azure
2 196 (6.87%) Power Platform
3 147 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
4 112 (3.92%) AWS
5 109 (3.82%) SaaS
6 53 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
7 50 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 40 (1.40%) GCP
9 36 (1.26%) Power Automate
9 36 (1.26%) Smartsheet
10 33 (1.16%) Snowflake
11 31 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
12 27 (0.95%) Entra ID
13 25 (0.88%) Google Analytics
14 24 (0.84%) PaaS
15 23 (0.81%) IaaS
16 22 (0.77%) Google Workspace
17 21 (0.74%) Asana
18 19 (0.67%) PowerApps
19 18 (0.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.65%) Firewall
2 35 (1.23%) WAN
3 34 (1.19%) VPN
4 28 (0.98%) LAN
5 27 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (0.91%) Wireless
7 21 (0.74%) Internet
7 21 (0.74%) SD-WAN
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
12 13 (0.46%) Intranet
13 12 (0.42%) Broadband
13 12 (0.42%) VoIP
14 9 (0.32%) BGP
15 8 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (5.92%) Power BI
2 124 (4.34%) Tableau
3 93 (3.26%) Data Mining
4 66 (2.31%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.12%) SAP BW
6 28 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.70%) Looker
8 18 (0.63%) Metadata
9 16 (0.56%) Big Data
10 15 (0.53%) Power Query
11 14 (0.49%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
13 9 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
13 9 (0.32%) SAP HANA
13 9 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
15 7 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.25%) MySQL
15 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 1,292 (45.25%) Social Skills
2 1,206 (42.24%) Finance
3 839 (29.39%) Analytical Skills
4 320 (11.21%) Marketing
5 242 (8.48%) Law
6 197 (6.90%) Legal
6 197 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 193 (6.76%) Retail
8 192 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 192 (6.73%) Organisational Skills
9 161 (5.64%) Public Sector
10 155 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
11 116 (4.06%) Banking
12 85 (2.98%) Telecoms
13 83 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
14 77 (2.70%) Electronics
15 64 (2.24%) Games
16 63 (2.21%) Local Government
17 61 (2.14%) Advertising
18 56 (1.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 451 (15.80%) Senior
2 431 (15.10%) Project Manager
3 368 (12.89%) Analyst
4 280 (9.81%) Lead
5 225 (7.88%) Senior Manager
6 187 (6.55%) IT Manager
7 177 (6.20%) Trainee
8 172 (6.02%) Business Analyst
9 168 (5.88%) Trainee Analyst
10 136 (4.76%) Architect
11 111 (3.89%) Consultant
12 109 (3.82%) Business Manager
12 109 (3.82%) Development Manager
13 107 (3.75%) Data Analyst
14 97 (3.40%) IT Project Manager
15 96 (3.36%) Product Manager
16 91 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
17 89 (3.12%) Coordinator
18 85 (2.98%) Senior Project Manager
19 84 (2.94%) Trainee Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (1.61%) CSS
2 39 (1.37%) 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%) FIDO
13 4 (0.14%) Flutter
13 4 (0.14%) Pandas
13 4 (0.14%) PyTorch
13 4 (0.14%) Spring
13 4 (0.14%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 209 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 134 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 129 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 107 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 103 (3.61%) FMCG
6 84 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 83 (2.91%) Robotics
8 75 (2.63%) Product Ownership
9 74 (2.59%) Driving Licence
10 63 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
11 59 (2.07%) Social Media
12 46 (1.61%) NHS
12 46 (1.61%) Virtual Team
13 43 (1.51%) Algorithms
14 31 (1.09%) IoT
15 29 (1.02%) Blog
16 24 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
17 22 (0.77%) Life Science
17 22 (0.77%) PMI
18 21 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.24%) 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
1 709 (24.83%) Problem-Solving
2 679 (23.78%) Agile
3 667 (23.36%) Project Delivery
4 609 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 514 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 436 (15.27%) Analytics
7 405 (14.19%) Change Management
8 388 (13.59%) Risk Management
9 386 (13.52%) Decision-Making
10 326 (11.42%) PRINCE2
11 305 (10.68%) Business Analysis
12 298 (10.44%) AI
13 296 (10.37%) ERP
14 268 (9.39%) Process Improvement
15 266 (9.32%) Business Strategy
16 259 (9.07%) Roadmaps
17 251 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 238 (8.34%) Business Intelligence
18 238 (8.34%) Cybersecurity
19 229 (8.02%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 273 (9.56%) SQL
2 209 (7.32%) Python
3 51 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 45 (1.58%) C#
5 36 (1.26%) C
6 32 (1.12%) Java
7 28 (0.98%) C++
8 22 (0.77%) PowerShell
9 15 (0.53%) VBA
10 14 (0.49%) R
11 13 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 12 (0.42%) PHP
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
1 894 (31.31%) Degree
2 201 (7.04%) PMP
3 195 (6.83%) PMI Certification
4 186 (6.51%) Security Cleared
5 149 (5.22%) SC Cleared
6 126 (4.41%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 61 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 53 (1.86%) DBS Check
10 51 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 41 (1.44%) CISSP
12 36 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 27 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
13 27 (0.95%) PhD
14 23 (0.81%) DV Cleared
14 23 (0.81%) HND
15 22 (0.77%) AWS Certification
15 22 (0.77%) CCNP
15 22 (0.77%) CFA
16 20 (0.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (8.13%) QA
2 185 (6.48%) PMO
3 99 (3.47%) GDPR
4 79 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 47 (1.65%) Data Quality
6 40 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 30 (1.05%) ISO 9001
8 27 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.88%) NIST
10 20 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 20 (0.70%) 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
1 652 (22.84%) Microsoft
2 249 (8.72%) SAP
3 100 (3.50%) Salesforce
4 79 (2.77%) Google
5 67 (2.35%) Oracle
6 56 (1.96%) Adobe
7 54 (1.89%) Cisco
8 37 (1.30%) Ariba
8 37 (1.30%) OpenText
9 30 (1.05%) ServiceNow
10 25 (0.88%) HubSpot
11 22 (0.77%) Databricks
12 19 (0.67%) Sage
12 19 (0.67%) VMware
13 18 (0.63%) Atlassian
14 15 (0.53%) NEC
14 15 (0.53%) Siemens
14 15 (0.53%) TikTok
15 13 (0.46%) Guidewire
16 12 (0.42%) Meraki