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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 34 21
Rank change year-on-year -30 -13 +2
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,905 2,975 5,215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.46% 6.06% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 6.82% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,470 1,591 2,333
10th Percentile £31,735 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £53,000 £53,928
% change year-on-year -1.89% -1.72% -3.74%

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 86,825 43,614 58,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.38% 88.89% 82.21%
Number of salaries quoted 59,360 24,460 31,261
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +17.02% -10.48% -2.78%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -27 2,611 £55,000 -4.57% 2,020
UK excluding London -37 1,932 £52,000 -1.89% 1,046
Work from Home -14 1,081 £50,000 -16.67% 863
London -32 842 £63,409 -9.42% 1,094
South East -17 528 £45,250 -22.66% 276
Midlands -6 387 £52,500 - 151
North of England -30 385 £55,000 +13.99% 226
South West -35 250 £55,000 - 105
North West +12 239 £52,500 +5.00% 125
West Midlands -26 211 £51,250 -2.38% 88
East of England -22 201 £50,000 -3.85% 130
East Midlands +12 176 £52,500 +4.44% 63
Yorkshire -49 96 £53,500 +7.00% 85
Scotland -35 85 £70,000 +21.74% 86
Wales -57 52 £60,000 - 27
North East -76 50 £58,000 +78.46% 17
Northern Ireland -67 45 £70,000 +122.22% 59

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
1 139 (4.78%) SharePoint
2 71 (2.44%) CMS
3 65 (2.24%) Confluence
4 27 (0.93%) Sitecore CMS
5 21 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 19 (0.65%) WordPress
7 16 (0.55%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.41%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.31%) IIS
10 8 (0.28%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.24%) Moodle
12 6 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 5 (0.17%) Apache Pig
13 5 (0.17%) MS Project Server
14 3 (0.10%) PowerFactory
14 3 (0.10%) Umbraco
15 2 (0.069%) Totara
16 1 (0.034%) Apache Airflow
16 1 (0.034%) SAS
Applications
1 316 (10.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 310 (10.67%) Microsoft Office
3 292 (10.05%) Microsoft Project
4 102 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 29 (1.00%) EPLAN
6 27 (0.93%) AutoCAD
7 23 (0.79%) MS Visio
8 21 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 19 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
10 17 (0.59%) Trello
11 13 (0.45%) Revit
12 3 (0.10%) Blender
12 3 (0.10%) Maya
12 3 (0.10%) OrCAD
12 3 (0.10%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.069%) Adobe Illustrator
13 2 (0.069%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.069%) PTC Creo
13 2 (0.069%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.069%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 80 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 43 (1.48%) Primavera
3 37 (1.27%) NetSuite
4 28 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
5 25 (0.86%) SAP EHS
6 11 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
7 9 (0.31%) Fidessa
8 8 (0.28%) Infor M3
8 8 (0.28%) Shopify
9 6 (0.21%) iTrent
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.21%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
10 5 (0.17%) Sage 200
10 5 (0.17%) SAP Business One
10 5 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
11 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 238 (8.19%) Azure
2 228 (7.85%) Power Platform
3 173 (5.96%) AWS
4 164 (5.65%) SaaS
5 137 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
6 84 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
7 72 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
8 66 (2.27%) PowerApps
9 55 (1.89%) Smartsheet
10 50 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
11 43 (1.48%) Power Automate
12 35 (1.20%) GCP
13 34 (1.17%) Microsoft Copilot
14 29 (1.00%) LangSmith
14 29 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
15 25 (0.86%) Entra ID
15 25 (0.86%) Serverless
16 22 (0.76%) Google Analytics
17 20 (0.69%) IaaS
18 17 (0.59%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 56 (1.93%) Firewall
2 33 (1.14%) WAN
3 32 (1.10%) LAN
4 31 (1.07%) DNS
5 27 (0.93%) Profibus
6 21 (0.72%) VPN
7 19 (0.65%) DHCP
8 18 (0.62%) Network Security
9 15 (0.52%) BGP
9 15 (0.52%) Wireless
10 14 (0.48%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.45%) Intranet
11 13 (0.45%) Structured Cabling
11 13 (0.45%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.41%) NGN
12 12 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (0.38%) Modbus
14 9 (0.31%) Multicast
15 8 (0.28%) Internet
15 8 (0.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (6.64%) Power BI
2 62 (2.13%) SQL Server
3 25 (0.86%) Metadata
4 24 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 22 (0.76%) Big Data
6 21 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 18 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 18 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.62%) MySQL
8 16 (0.55%) Tableau
9 14 (0.48%) Hadoop
10 13 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.38%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
14 7 (0.24%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.24%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.24%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 247 (8.50%) JIRA
2 19 (0.65%) Git
2 19 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
3 11 (0.38%) Claude Code
3 11 (0.38%) LabVIEW
4 10 (0.34%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (0.24%) GitLab
7 5 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 5 (0.17%) JUnit
8 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.10%) Hudson
9 3 (0.10%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.10%) PHPUnit
9 3 (0.10%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.10%) Taiga
9 3 (0.10%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.10%) TestNG
9 3 (0.10%) VersionOne
General
1 1,240 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 937 (32.25%) Finance
3 554 (19.07%) Analytical Skills
4 378 (13.01%) Organisational Skills
5 308 (10.60%) Marketing
6 212 (7.30%) Legal
7 204 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 200 (6.88%) Manufacturing
9 179 (6.16%) Influencing Skills
10 172 (5.92%) Public Sector
11 151 (5.20%) Retail
12 143 (4.92%) Law
13 131 (4.51%) Aerospace
14 112 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
15 101 (3.48%) Electronics
16 89 (3.06%) Telecoms
17 82 (2.82%) Banking
18 53 (1.82%) Military
19 50 (1.72%) Financial Institution
19 50 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 609 (20.96%) Project Manager
2 428 (14.73%) Senior
3 261 (8.98%) Lead
4 216 (7.44%) Senior Manager
5 198 (6.82%) Analyst
6 185 (6.37%) Consultant
7 181 (6.23%) IT Manager
8 147 (5.06%) Senior Project Manager
9 111 (3.82%) Business Analyst
9 111 (3.82%) IT Project Manager
10 85 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
11 81 (2.79%) Technical Manager
12 74 (2.55%) Coordinator
13 67 (2.31%) Development Manager
14 63 (2.17%) Architect
14 63 (2.17%) Marketing Manager
15 62 (2.13%) Senior Consultant
15 62 (2.13%) Service Manager
16 61 (2.10%) Developer
16 61 (2.10%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.65%) .NET
2 47 (1.62%) HTML
3 45 (1.55%) CSS
4 33 (1.14%) TensorFlow
5 30 (1.03%) PyTorch
6 29 (1.00%) LangChain
6 29 (1.00%) Langfuse
6 29 (1.00%) LlamaIndex
6 29 (1.00%) Model Context Protocol
7 25 (0.86%) Hugging Face
8 22 (0.76%) Flash
9 20 (0.69%) ASP.NET
10 19 (0.65%) jQuery
11 16 (0.55%) Terraform
12 14 (0.48%) Kafka
13 13 (0.45%) JSON
13 13 (0.45%) REST
14 12 (0.41%) .NET Framework
14 12 (0.41%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (0.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 316 (10.88%) Onboarding
2 256 (8.81%) Management Information System
3 212 (7.30%) Data Centre
4 143 (4.92%) Driving Licence
5 136 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
6 86 (2.96%) Product Ownership
7 75 (2.58%) PMI
8 68 (2.34%) Virtual Team
9 63 (2.17%) Social Media
10 62 (2.13%) Blog
11 58 (2.00%) Robotics
12 56 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
13 48 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
13 48 (1.65%) SCADA
14 45 (1.55%) Cloud Native
15 42 (1.45%) AI Agents
16 39 (1.34%) e-Learning
16 39 (1.34%) FMCG
17 33 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
18 32 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.13%) Windows
2 46 (1.58%) Linux
3 22 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (0.17%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.14%) Android
7 4 (0.14%) VMS
8 3 (0.10%) AIX
8 3 (0.10%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.10%) Debian
8 3 (0.10%) Unix
9 2 (0.069%) macOS
9 2 (0.069%) Solaris
10 1 (0.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 858 (29.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 798 (27.47%) Agile
3 797 (27.44%) Problem-Solving
3 797 (27.44%) Project Delivery
4 681 (23.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 501 (17.25%) PRINCE2
6 390 (13.43%) Decision-Making
7 365 (12.56%) AI
8 327 (11.26%) Roadmaps
9 325 (11.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 285 (9.81%) Analytics
11 278 (9.57%) Risk Management
12 263 (9.05%) Mentoring
13 253 (8.71%) CRM
14 251 (8.64%) ERP
15 247 (8.50%) Budget Management
16 245 (8.43%) Coaching
17 235 (8.09%) Change Management
18 231 (7.95%) Cybersecurity
19 220 (7.57%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 170 (5.85%) SQL
2 165 (5.68%) Python
3 74 (2.55%) JavaScript
4 48 (1.65%) PowerShell
5 43 (1.48%) C#
6 42 (1.45%) Java
7 28 (0.96%) TypeScript
8 24 (0.83%) Ladder Logic
9 22 (0.76%) C
10 18 (0.62%) C++
11 13 (0.45%) PHP
12 9 (0.31%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.31%) R
12 9 (0.31%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.21%) Ruby
13 6 (0.21%) VBA
14 4 (0.14%) ABAP
14 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.14%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.10%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 828 (28.50%) Degree
2 286 (9.85%) Security Cleared
3 252 (8.67%) PMI Certification
4 222 (7.64%) PMP
5 160 (5.51%) SC Cleared
6 136 (4.68%) DBS Check
7 115 (3.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 94 (3.24%) HNC
9 83 (2.86%) HND
10 81 (2.79%) DV Cleared
11 70 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 69 (2.38%) Master's Degree
13 67 (2.31%) Chartered Engineer
14 56 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
15 43 (1.48%) CISSP
16 41 (1.41%) ACCA
17 39 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
18 35 (1.20%) CIMA
19 31 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
20 30 (1.03%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (6.92%) PMO
2 158 (5.44%) QA
3 101 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 87 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 87 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 77 (2.65%) GDPR
6 58 (2.00%) SLA
7 49 (1.69%) NIST
8 34 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (0.79%) GRC
10 20 (0.69%) IEC 61131
10 20 (0.69%) ISO 9001
11 18 (0.62%) GMP
12 17 (0.59%) ISO 14000
13 15 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 14 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 11 (0.38%) ISO 14001
16 10 (0.34%) IFRS
16 10 (0.34%) NIST 800
17 9 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 37 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 24 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.59%) Docker
4 16 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (0.41%) Firmware
5 12 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.31%) vSphere
7 5 (0.17%) DFS Replication
8 4 (0.14%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.10%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.069%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.034%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.034%) IAG
11 1 (0.034%) NFS
11 1 (0.034%) Samba
11 1 (0.034%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.034%) XenApp
11 1 (0.034%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (0.72%) SCCM
2 19 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.59%) Puppet
4 16 (0.55%) Kubernetes
5 14 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 13 (0.45%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.38%) Functional Safety
8 8 (0.28%) EnCase
8 8 (0.28%) FTK
9 6 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
10 5 (0.17%) Ansible
10 5 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.069%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.069%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.069%) SCOM
12 2 (0.069%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.034%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.034%) Kibana
13 1 (0.034%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 606 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 177 (6.09%) SAP
3 120 (4.13%) Oracle
4 75 (2.58%) Google
5 72 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 72 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 58 (2.00%) Adobe
7 53 (1.82%) Siemens
8 51 (1.76%) HubSpot
9 39 (1.34%) Sage
10 36 (1.24%) Cisco
11 33 (1.14%) VMware
12 30 (1.03%) Fortinet
13 27 (0.93%) Sitecore
14 24 (0.83%) NEC
15 20 (0.69%) Remedy
15 20 (0.69%) SonicWALL
16 14 (0.48%) HP
17 13 (0.45%) Bloomberg
17 13 (0.45%) YouTube