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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -37 -7 +5
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,530 3,383 6,645
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.52% 6.89% 7.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.43% 7.66% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,447 1,782 4,414
10th Percentile £34,450 £32,500 £32,575
25th Percentile £40,688 £43,984 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -9.48%
75th Percentile £73,250 £77,500 £68,412
90th Percentile £93,484 £92,500 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,473 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +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 73,858 44,154 75,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.61% 89.93% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,064 24,939 51,848
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,599 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -30 2,240 £55,000 -8.33% 1,183
UK excluding London -37 1,610 £52,473 -4.60% 890
Work from Home -14 1,056 £54,300 -5.57% 419
London -29 759 £67,500 -3.57% 471
North of England 0 470 £55,000 +1.85% 228
South East -25 423 £46,525 -16.61% 266
Midlands -51 224 £55,000 - 137
North West +8 218 £55,000 +7.06% 118
South West -45 186 £47,500 -26.92% 99
East of England -30 158 £60,000 +9.09% 95
Yorkshire -15 154 £60,000 +9.09% 84
West Midlands -53 138 £55,000 - 84
North East -19 98 £59,000 +15.69% 28
East Midlands -36 85 £53,750 +7.50% 53
Scotland -40 61 £43,750 -13.27% 41
Northern Ireland -53 51 £47,500 -17.39% 22
Wales -60 40 £60,000 - 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 95 (3.75%) SharePoint
2 59 (2.33%) Confluence
3 37 (1.46%) CMS
4 29 (1.15%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.55%) Apache Spark
7 8 (0.32%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Pig
9 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.16%) Moodle
10 3 (0.12%) IIS
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 3 (0.12%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.079%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.079%) Totara
12 1 (0.040%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 242 (9.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 225 (8.89%) Microsoft Project
3 186 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
4 56 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.75%) Trello
7 17 (0.67%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.40%) Photoshop
9 9 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (0.24%) AutoCAD
11 5 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.12%) Blender
12 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 3 (0.12%) SOLIDWORKS
13 2 (0.079%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.040%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.040%) FrameMaker
14 1 (0.040%) Houdini
14 1 (0.040%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 46 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 33 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 15 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 12 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 11 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
5 11 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
5 11 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (0.43%) Primavera
6 10 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.40%) Shopify
7 7 (0.28%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.24%) iTrent
8 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.24%) SAP Business One
8 6 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
9 5 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 240 (9.49%) Azure
2 215 (8.50%) Power Platform
3 154 (6.09%) AWS
4 147 (5.81%) SaaS
5 137 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (2.81%) PowerApps
7 69 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
8 63 (2.49%) Power Automate
9 50 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (1.50%) Smartsheet
12 33 (1.30%) Asana
13 30 (1.19%) Entra ID
14 28 (1.11%) OneDrive
15 27 (1.07%) GCP
16 25 (0.99%) Canva
17 23 (0.91%) Serverless
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 21 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 50 (1.98%) Firewall
2 43 (1.70%) Broadband
3 27 (1.07%) LAN
3 27 (1.07%) WAN
4 26 (1.03%) DNS
5 24 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
6 19 (0.75%) VPN
7 15 (0.59%) DHCP
7 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.51%) BGP
8 13 (0.51%) NGN
9 12 (0.47%) CHAP
9 12 (0.47%) Internet
9 12 (0.47%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.43%) Network Security
11 9 (0.36%) Wireless
12 8 (0.32%) Intranet
12 8 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.28%) Multicast
13 7 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (7.19%) Power BI
2 79 (3.12%) Tableau
3 63 (2.49%) Data Mining
4 46 (1.82%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.11%) GIS
6 22 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 16 (0.63%) Big Data
8 16 (0.63%) Metadata
8 16 (0.63%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.55%) Hadoop
11 13 (0.51%) Relational Database
12 12 (0.47%) MySQL
12 12 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (0.43%) Apache Hive
13 11 (0.43%) Power Query
14 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 184 (7.27%) JIRA
2 20 (0.79%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.12%) Claude Code
5 3 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.12%) JUnit
5 3 (0.12%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.12%) Storybook
5 3 (0.12%) Taiga
5 3 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.12%) VersionOne
6 2 (0.079%) JMeter
6 2 (0.079%) Pa11y
6 2 (0.079%) PHPUnit
6 2 (0.079%) Postman
6 2 (0.079%) Rational DOORS
6 2 (0.079%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
General
1 1,049 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 800 (31.62%) Finance
3 494 (19.53%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (10.67%) Marketing
5 244 (9.64%) Organisational Skills
6 158 (6.25%) Retail
7 138 (5.45%) Manufacturing
8 133 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 131 (5.18%) Legal
10 126 (4.98%) Public Sector
11 105 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
12 104 (4.11%) Law
13 84 (3.32%) Banking
14 71 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
15 56 (2.21%) Telecoms
16 54 (2.13%) Local Government
17 48 (1.90%) Aerospace
18 45 (1.78%) Advertising
18 45 (1.78%) Financial Institution
19 39 (1.54%) Games
Job Titles
1 519 (20.51%) Project Manager
2 367 (14.51%) Senior
3 268 (10.59%) Analyst
4 190 (7.51%) Lead
5 187 (7.39%) Senior Manager
6 182 (7.19%) IT Manager
7 181 (7.15%) Consultant
8 151 (5.97%) Senior Project Manager
9 126 (4.98%) Business Analyst
10 113 (4.47%) Development Manager
11 105 (4.15%) IT Project Manager
12 73 (2.89%) Data Analyst
12 73 (2.89%) Product Manager
13 67 (2.65%) IT Support
13 67 (2.65%) Senior Consultant
14 64 (2.53%) Developer
14 64 (2.53%) Trainee
14 64 (2.53%) Trainee Analyst
15 62 (2.45%) Delivery Manager
16 61 (2.41%) Trainee Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.90%) HTML
2 46 (1.82%) .NET
3 43 (1.70%) PyTorch
4 40 (1.58%) CSS
5 24 (0.95%) HTML5 Canvas
5 24 (0.95%) JSON
6 23 (0.91%) Hugging Face
6 23 (0.91%) TensorFlow
7 21 (0.83%) .NET Core
7 21 (0.83%) Flash
8 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
8 19 (0.75%) SPFx
9 18 (0.71%) LangChain
9 18 (0.71%) Langfuse
9 18 (0.71%) LlamaIndex
9 18 (0.71%) Model Context Protocol
10 16 (0.63%) Kafka
11 14 (0.55%) Middleware
12 13 (0.51%) EDI
13 12 (0.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 195 (7.71%) Onboarding
2 167 (6.60%) Management Information System
3 132 (5.22%) Data Centre
4 93 (3.68%) Driving Licence
5 81 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 73 (2.89%) Virtual Team
7 59 (2.33%) Social Media
8 56 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 47 (1.86%) FMCG
11 40 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 36 (1.42%) Security Posture
13 35 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
13 35 (1.38%) Mobile App
13 35 (1.38%) PMI
14 29 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 29 (1.15%) Blog
14 29 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
15 27 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
15 27 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 105 (4.15%) Windows
2 43 (1.70%) Linux
3 29 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 25 (0.99%) Android
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.20%) Unix
7 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.079%) AIX
9 2 (0.079%) Debian
9 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.079%) zOS
10 1 (0.040%) CentOS
10 1 (0.040%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.040%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (28.46%) Agile
2 663 (26.21%) Project Delivery
3 603 (23.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 567 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
5 471 (18.62%) PRINCE2
6 454 (17.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 347 (13.72%) Decision-Making
8 295 (11.66%) Analytics
9 283 (11.19%) Mentoring
10 270 (10.67%) AI
11 268 (10.59%) Roadmaps
12 265 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 231 (9.13%) Change Management
14 218 (8.62%) Risk Management
15 213 (8.42%) Coaching
16 212 (8.38%) Budget Management
17 211 (8.34%) Business Analysis
18 208 (8.22%) Logistics
19 207 (8.18%) ERP
20 188 (7.43%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 227 (8.97%) SQL
2 208 (8.22%) Python
3 52 (2.06%) JavaScript
4 50 (1.98%) C#
5 36 (1.42%) TypeScript
6 32 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 20 (0.79%) Java
8 14 (0.55%) C
8 14 (0.55%) VBA
9 13 (0.51%) PHP
10 6 (0.24%) C++
10 6 (0.24%) Ruby
11 5 (0.20%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.16%) ABAP
12 4 (0.16%) Bash
12 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
12 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.12%) Dart
13 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 594 (23.48%) Degree
2 233 (9.21%) PMI Certification
3 228 (9.01%) PMP
4 147 (5.81%) Security Cleared
5 138 (5.45%) DBS Check
6 100 (3.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 69 (2.73%) CISSP
8 64 (2.53%) SC Cleared
9 49 (1.94%) CISM
10 47 (1.86%) Master's Degree
11 43 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 42 (1.66%) DV Cleared
13 34 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
14 24 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 24 (0.95%) CRISC
15 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
16 21 (0.83%) HNC
17 20 (0.79%) ACCA
18 19 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 19 (0.75%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (7.19%) QA
2 167 (6.60%) PMO
3 120 (4.74%) Accessibility
4 106 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 80 (3.16%) GDPR
6 73 (2.89%) NIST
7 46 (1.82%) Data Quality
8 40 (1.58%) ISO 9001
9 39 (1.54%) SLA
10 37 (1.46%) GRC
11 32 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 22 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 19 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 18 (0.71%) NIST 800
15 17 (0.67%) ISO 14000
15 17 (0.67%) ISO 14001
16 16 (0.63%) COBIT
17 13 (0.51%) GAAP
18 11 (0.43%) GMP
18 11 (0.43%) IFRS
System Software
1 41 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.79%) Docker
3 8 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.28%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.079%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.079%) Firmware
7 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.040%) IAG
8 1 (0.040%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (1.11%) SCCM
2 27 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (0.83%) Kubernetes
4 17 (0.67%) Puppet
5 13 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.40%) Terraform
7 9 (0.36%) Ansible
7 9 (0.36%) Grafana
8 6 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
9 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.16%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.16%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
10 2 (0.079%) Argo
10 2 (0.079%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.079%) Salt
11 1 (0.040%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.040%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
11 1 (0.040%) Functional Safety
11 1 (0.040%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 522 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 124 (4.90%) SAP
3 113 (4.47%) Oracle
4 69 (2.73%) Adobe
5 62 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 57 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 45 (1.78%) Google
8 25 (0.99%) HubSpot
9 24 (0.95%) Fortinet
10 21 (0.83%) SonicWALL
11 20 (0.79%) Cisco
12 17 (0.67%) HP
12 17 (0.67%) Remedy
13 16 (0.63%) JD Edwards
13 16 (0.63%) Pardot
14 14 (0.55%) IBM
14 14 (0.55%) Instagram
15 13 (0.51%) Apple
15 13 (0.51%) VMware
16 12 (0.47%) Reuters