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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 22 22
Rank change year-on-year -47 0 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,409 3,814 7,472
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.67% 8.72% 7.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 9.35% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 1,926 5,420
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £43,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,001 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 66,794 40,810 82,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,940 22,598 59,746
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -48 2,100 £55,000 -4.35% 1,209
UK excluding London -53 1,556 £50,001 -9.09% 970
Work from Home -16 844 £57,500 - 420
London -28 674 £70,000 - 411
North of England -29 510 £50,750 -7.73% 234
South East -31 362 £50,000 -13.04% 295
Midlands -67 241 £52,500 - 136
North West -14 234 £48,750 -8.45% 133
West Midlands -54 176 £50,000 -9.09% 85
South West -56 164 £47,500 -13.64% 102
Yorkshire -39 162 £55,000 - 74
East of England -36 131 £75,000 +41.51% 137
North East -16 114 £58,750 +6.82% 29
Northern Ireland -6 69 £55,000 +2.33% 22
East Midlands -62 63 £55,000 +29.41% 51
Scotland -72 51 £40,000 -27.27% 38
Wales -49 35 £42,934 -28.44% 32

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 87 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.99%) Confluence
3 37 (1.54%) CMS
4 32 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.83%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.12%) govService
9 3 (0.12%) SAS
10 2 (0.083%) Apache
10 2 (0.083%) Drupal
10 2 (0.083%) Moodle
10 2 (0.083%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.042%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.042%) IIS
11 1 (0.042%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.042%) Totara
Applications
1 284 (11.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 147 (6.10%) Microsoft Project
3 137 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
4 59 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (0.91%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.79%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.62%) Trello
8 10 (0.42%) AutoCAD
9 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
9 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.33%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
11 4 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.12%) Maya
13 2 (0.083%) Notion
13 2 (0.083%) Weka
14 1 (0.042%) Adobe Captivate
14 1 (0.042%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.042%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
4 19 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 17 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 8 (0.33%) Primavera
7 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.33%) Shopify
8 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.25%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.21%) Fidessa
9 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
10 4 (0.17%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 248 (10.29%) Azure
2 236 (9.80%) Power Platform
3 162 (6.72%) SaaS
4 139 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (4.19%) AWS
6 71 (2.95%) PowerApps
7 52 (2.16%) Power Automate
8 38 (1.58%) GCP
9 35 (1.45%) Asana
10 34 (1.41%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
12 31 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (1.29%) OneDrive
13 30 (1.25%) Smartsheet
14 25 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
15 24 (1.00%) Google Analytics
16 23 (0.95%) Canva
17 22 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
18 21 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
19 20 (0.83%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 40 (1.66%) Broadband
2 33 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (1.33%) Firewall
4 25 (1.04%) CHAP
5 24 (1.00%) WAN
6 18 (0.75%) LAN
7 16 (0.66%) DNS
7 16 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
8 15 (0.62%) Network Security
9 14 (0.58%) DHCP
10 12 (0.50%) VPN
11 11 (0.46%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.46%) TCP/IP
12 10 (0.42%) Internet
13 9 (0.37%) Multicast
13 9 (0.37%) Wireless
14 8 (0.33%) VoIP
15 7 (0.29%) VLAN
16 5 (0.21%) Intranet
17 4 (0.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 197 (8.18%) Power BI
2 154 (6.39%) Tableau
3 121 (5.02%) Data Mining
4 34 (1.41%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.12%) GIS
6 21 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.83%) Data Lake
7 20 (0.83%) QGIS
7 20 (0.83%) Spatial Data
8 19 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.62%) Power Query
10 10 (0.42%) DB2
11 8 (0.33%) Big Data
11 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.25%) Metadata
13 6 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
14 5 (0.21%) MySQL
14 5 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 117 (4.86%) JIRA
2 19 (0.79%) Git
3 11 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.42%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.25%) GitLab
6 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.12%) JUnit
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.083%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.083%) ESLint
8 2 (0.083%) Gradle
8 2 (0.083%) JMeter
8 2 (0.083%) Maven
8 2 (0.083%) Mockito
8 2 (0.083%) Postman
8 2 (0.083%) Selenium
8 2 (0.083%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.083%) TestNG
8 2 (0.083%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.042%) Balsamiq
General
1 959 (39.81%) Social Skills
2 891 (36.99%) Finance
3 528 (21.92%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (11.37%) Marketing
5 220 (9.13%) Organisational Skills
6 167 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 156 (6.48%) Manufacturing
8 146 (6.06%) Retail
9 142 (5.89%) Legal
10 123 (5.11%) Public Sector
11 111 (4.61%) Banking
12 110 (4.57%) Law
13 82 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
14 71 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
15 62 (2.57%) Games
16 59 (2.45%) Telecoms
17 58 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
18 46 (1.91%) Local Government
19 44 (1.83%) Financial Institution
20 41 (1.70%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 419 (17.39%) Project Manager
2 389 (16.15%) Analyst
3 318 (13.20%) Senior
4 178 (7.39%) Business Analyst
4 178 (7.39%) Trainee
5 176 (7.31%) Trainee Analyst
6 171 (7.10%) Senior Manager
7 168 (6.97%) Lead
8 159 (6.60%) IT Manager
9 128 (5.31%) Data Analyst
10 125 (5.19%) Development Manager
11 121 (5.02%) Consultant
12 116 (4.82%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 114 (4.73%) Senior Project Manager
14 89 (3.69%) Product Manager
15 82 (3.40%) Architect
15 82 (3.40%) IT Project Manager
16 62 (2.57%) IT Support
17 60 (2.49%) Trainee Business Analyst
18 57 (2.37%) Product Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.78%) .NET
2 39 (1.62%) HTML
3 35 (1.45%) CSS
4 29 (1.20%) PyTorch
5 25 (1.04%) JSON
6 24 (1.00%) EDI
6 24 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
7 21 (0.87%) .NET Core
8 20 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
9 19 (0.79%) SPFx
10 9 (0.37%) Hugging Face
10 9 (0.37%) TensorFlow
11 8 (0.33%) REST
12 7 (0.29%) Matplotlib
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
12 7 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 7 (0.29%) Seaborn
13 6 (0.25%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (0.25%) React
14 5 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 180 (7.47%) Management Information System
2 103 (4.28%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.20%) Product Ownership
4 71 (2.95%) Data Centre
5 70 (2.91%) Driving Licence
5 70 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (2.62%) FMCG
7 55 (2.28%) Social Media
8 47 (1.95%) Virtual Team
9 44 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 41 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 34 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 31 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (1.16%) Algorithms
14 27 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
15 25 (1.04%) Cyber Defence
16 24 (1.00%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.95%) Cloud Native
18 22 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
19 21 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (2.91%) Windows
2 29 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 24 (1.00%) Android
3 24 (1.00%) Linux
4 13 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.33%) Unix
6 6 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.12%) AIX
8 2 (0.083%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.083%) zOS
9 1 (0.042%) CentOS
9 1 (0.042%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.042%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 647 (26.86%) Agile
2 561 (23.29%) Project Delivery
3 546 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
4 474 (19.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 414 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 394 (16.36%) PRINCE2
7 378 (15.69%) Analytics
8 363 (15.07%) Decision-Making
9 290 (12.04%) Business Analysis
10 273 (11.33%) Change Management
11 265 (11.00%) AI
12 262 (10.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 243 (10.09%) Risk Management
14 237 (9.84%) Data Analysis
15 219 (9.09%) Mentoring
16 217 (9.01%) Roadmaps
17 204 (8.47%) Coaching
18 203 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
19 192 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
20 185 (7.68%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 255 (10.59%) SQL
2 252 (10.46%) Python
3 49 (2.03%) C#
4 38 (1.58%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.29%) PowerShell
6 28 (1.16%) VBA
7 27 (1.12%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.58%) Java
9 9 (0.37%) Bash
10 7 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.25%) C++
11 6 (0.25%) PHP
12 5 (0.21%) C
13 4 (0.17%) COBOL
13 4 (0.17%) Embedded C
13 4 (0.17%) R
14 3 (0.12%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.12%) Dart
14 3 (0.12%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.083%) Scala
Qualifications
1 625 (25.94%) Degree
2 229 (9.51%) PMP
3 222 (9.22%) PMI Certification
4 101 (4.19%) Security Cleared
5 99 (4.11%) DBS Check
6 93 (3.86%) CISSP
7 69 (2.86%) CISM
8 65 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 58 (2.41%) SC Cleared
10 45 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 37 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 34 (1.41%) CISA
13 32 (1.33%) DV Cleared
13 32 (1.33%) HNC
14 30 (1.25%) SANS
15 28 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
15 28 (1.16%) CRISC
16 26 (1.08%) FFIEC
17 25 (1.04%) CGEIT
18 24 (1.00%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (6.31%) QA
2 128 (5.31%) PMO
3 102 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 101 (4.19%) Accessibility
5 93 (3.86%) GDPR
6 89 (3.69%) NIST
7 44 (1.83%) GRC
8 38 (1.58%) ISO 9001
9 36 (1.49%) Data Quality
10 30 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 28 (1.16%) COBIT
12 23 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 21 (0.87%) NIST 800
14 19 (0.79%) SLA
15 12 (0.50%) GAAP
15 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 11 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.46%) IFRS
17 9 (0.37%) ISO 14001
17 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 51 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.87%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
3 6 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.12%) vSphere
5 2 (0.083%) Firmware
5 2 (0.083%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.083%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.042%) IAG
6 1 (0.042%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.75%) SCCM
4 17 (0.71%) Ansible
5 14 (0.58%) Terraform
6 11 (0.46%) Grafana
7 4 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.17%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.083%) Argo
9 2 (0.083%) Puppet
9 2 (0.083%) Salt
10 1 (0.042%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.042%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.042%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.042%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.042%) MOM
10 1 (0.042%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 527 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 89 (3.69%) SAP
3 69 (2.86%) Oracle
4 68 (2.82%) Salesforce
5 65 (2.70%) Adobe
6 59 (2.45%) Google
7 56 (2.32%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.16%) Anaplan
9 25 (1.04%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.83%) Genesys
10 20 (0.83%) Pardot
10 20 (0.83%) Verint
11 17 (0.71%) Cisco
12 14 (0.58%) Apple
13 13 (0.54%) Palo Alto
14 12 (0.50%) Fortinet
14 12 (0.50%) Instagram
15 11 (0.46%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.46%) Wrike
16 10 (0.42%) Workday