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 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -38 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,631 4,229 6,902
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.53% 9.81% 8.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.52% 10.49% 9.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,083 5,038
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,125 £73,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,574 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +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 58,145 40,321 73,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.92% 93.51% 87.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35,200 22,427 56,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 16 March 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 16 March 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 -39 2,206 £52,500 -8.70% 1,221
UK excluding London -44 1,743 £45,574 -17.14% 1,049
Work from Home -26 765 £57,500 -4.17% 424
London -29 671 £70,000 - 376
North of England -31 539 £40,000 -27.27% 237
South East -35 404 £52,500 -8.70% 310
Midlands -51 264 £47,500 -12.84% 172
North West -37 243 £42,625 -22.21% 120
West Midlands -41 198 £45,000 -18.18% 100
Yorkshire -34 187 £40,000 -33.33% 94
South West -36 185 £45,000 -16.67% 112
Scotland -14 142 £40,000 -28.89% 57
East of England -41 112 £55,000 +10.00% 135
North East -12 109 £40,000 -32.77% 28
Northern Ireland -11 66 £47,500 - 20
East Midlands -79 65 £52,500 +7.69% 72
Wales -42 38 £42,934 -20.19% 42

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
1 144 (5.47%) SharePoint
2 52 (1.98%) Confluence
3 47 (1.79%) CMS
4 35 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.76%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.23%) Kinematics
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.15%) Apache
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
10 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.076%) Drupal
11 2 (0.076%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.038%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.038%) IIS
12 1 (0.038%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.038%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 424 (16.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 194 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
3 129 (4.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 116 (4.41%) Microsoft Project
5 18 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (0.65%) MS Visio
7 16 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 16 (0.61%) Trello
8 10 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (0.27%) Adobe XD
10 7 (0.27%) Maya
11 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.11%) CATIA
11 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
12 2 (0.076%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.076%) Revit
12 2 (0.076%) Weka
Business Applications
1 39 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 19 (0.72%) Oracle Assets
3 19 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (0.61%) Oracle Cash Management
4 16 (0.61%) SAP MDG
5 14 (0.53%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
7 9 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
8 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.23%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.23%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
9 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.19%) Primavera
9 5 (0.19%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 234 (8.89%) Azure
2 213 (8.10%) Power Platform
3 154 (5.85%) SaaS
4 151 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
5 107 (4.07%) AWS
6 50 (1.90%) PowerApps
7 43 (1.63%) Asana
8 33 (1.25%) GCP
9 30 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.10%) Entra ID
11 26 (0.99%) Smartsheet
12 25 (0.95%) Power Automate
13 23 (0.87%) Google Analytics
14 22 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (0.68%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (0.65%) OneDrive
17 16 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.61%) Canva
18 15 (0.57%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 46 (1.75%) Broadband
2 44 (1.67%) Firewall
3 41 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (1.03%) WAN
5 24 (0.91%) CHAP
6 22 (0.84%) Internet
7 21 (0.80%) DNS
8 20 (0.76%) LAN
9 19 (0.72%) DHCP
9 19 (0.72%) Network Security
9 19 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
9 19 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 18 (0.68%) VPN
11 17 (0.65%) Wireless
12 15 (0.57%) VLAN
13 12 (0.46%) Intranet
13 12 (0.46%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.38%) Multicast
15 8 (0.30%) VoIP
16 6 (0.23%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 211 (8.02%) Tableau
2 182 (6.92%) Data Mining
3 178 (6.77%) Power BI
4 38 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 26 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.84%) GIS
7 20 (0.76%) Data Lake
7 20 (0.76%) QGIS
7 20 (0.76%) Spatial Data
8 16 (0.61%) Power Query
9 14 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
10 12 (0.46%) Metadata
11 8 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.30%) Big Data
12 7 (0.27%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.23%) DB2
13 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
14 5 (0.19%) MySQL
14 5 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 114 (4.33%) JIRA
2 14 (0.53%) Git
3 11 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.30%) GitLab
5 3 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.11%) ERwin
5 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.076%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.076%) ESLint
6 2 (0.076%) Gradle
6 2 (0.076%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.076%) JMeter
6 2 (0.076%) JUnit
6 2 (0.076%) Maven
6 2 (0.076%) Mockito
6 2 (0.076%) Selenium
6 2 (0.076%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.076%) TestNG
6 2 (0.076%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.076%) Zephyr
General
1 1,098 (41.73%) Social Skills
2 1,062 (40.36%) Finance
3 676 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 275 (10.45%) Marketing
5 200 (7.60%) Organisational Skills
6 196 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 161 (6.12%) Manufacturing
8 157 (5.97%) Legal
9 142 (5.40%) Public Sector
10 125 (4.75%) Retail
11 123 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
12 120 (4.56%) Law
13 115 (4.37%) Banking
14 73 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
15 69 (2.62%) Games
16 54 (2.05%) Telecoms
17 53 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
18 49 (1.86%) Financial Institution
19 41 (1.56%) Electronics
20 38 (1.44%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 496 (18.85%) Analyst
2 393 (14.94%) Project Manager
3 357 (13.57%) Senior
4 299 (11.36%) Trainee
5 290 (11.02%) Trainee Analyst
6 223 (8.48%) Business Analyst
7 221 (8.40%) Senior Manager
8 193 (7.34%) Lead
9 189 (7.18%) Data Analyst
10 173 (6.58%) Trainee Data Analyst
11 157 (5.97%) IT Manager
12 119 (4.52%) Consultant
13 117 (4.45%) Development Manager
13 117 (4.45%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 97 (3.69%) Senior Project Manager
15 90 (3.42%) Architect
15 90 (3.42%) Product Manager
16 78 (2.96%) Business Manager
16 78 (2.96%) Systems Manager
17 77 (2.93%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.95%) EDI
2 24 (0.91%) HTML
3 23 (0.87%) .NET
3 23 (0.87%) PyTorch
4 17 (0.65%) CSS
5 11 (0.42%) Middleware
6 10 (0.38%) React
7 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
7 7 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (0.27%) REST
8 6 (0.23%) OAuth
9 5 (0.19%) .NET Core
9 5 (0.19%) JSON
9 5 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.15%) FIDO
10 4 (0.15%) OpenID
10 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.15%) SAML
10 4 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 206 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 113 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
3 112 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 82 (3.12%) Product Ownership
5 68 (2.58%) Driving Licence
6 63 (2.39%) Social Media
7 62 (2.36%) FMCG
8 56 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 45 (1.71%) Virtual Team
10 41 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
11 40 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 39 (1.48%) Algorithms
13 38 (1.44%) Robotics
14 33 (1.25%) Blog
15 30 (1.14%) IoT
15 30 (1.14%) Mobile App
16 28 (1.06%) Low-Code
17 25 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
18 23 (0.87%) Security Posture
19 20 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 64 (2.43%) Windows
2 31 (1.18%) Apple iOS
3 26 (0.99%) Android
4 21 (0.80%) Linux
5 16 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.11%) VMS
9 2 (0.076%) AIX
9 2 (0.076%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.038%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.038%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.038%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (24.52%) Agile
2 644 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
3 531 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 531 (20.18%) Project Delivery
4 468 (17.79%) Analytics
5 463 (17.60%) Stakeholder Management
6 405 (15.39%) Business Analysis
7 400 (15.20%) Decision-Making
8 361 (13.72%) Change Management
8 361 (13.72%) PRINCE2
9 346 (13.15%) AI
10 326 (12.39%) Data Analysis
11 276 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 263 (10.00%) Risk Management
13 256 (9.73%) Coaching
14 245 (9.31%) Data Analytics
15 222 (8.44%) Process Improvement
16 220 (8.36%) Roadmaps
17 205 (7.79%) Business Intelligence
17 205 (7.79%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 302 (11.48%) Python
2 301 (11.44%) SQL
3 37 (1.41%) C#
4 35 (1.33%) VBA
5 25 (0.95%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.68%) Java
7 16 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 15 (0.57%) C++
9 14 (0.53%) TypeScript
10 13 (0.49%) C
11 11 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.27%) PHP
13 6 (0.23%) Bash
13 6 (0.23%) R
14 3 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
14 3 (0.11%) VB
15 2 (0.076%) ANSI SQL
15 2 (0.076%) Perl
15 2 (0.076%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.076%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 695 (26.42%) Degree
2 232 (8.82%) PMP
3 219 (8.32%) PMI Certification
4 144 (5.47%) Security Cleared
5 99 (3.76%) SC Cleared
6 88 (3.34%) Master's Degree
7 65 (2.47%) CISSP
8 64 (2.43%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
9 63 (2.39%) DBS Check
10 47 (1.79%) CISM
11 38 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 34 (1.29%) HNC
13 31 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 28 (1.06%) SANS
15 27 (1.03%) CISA
15 27 (1.03%) MBA
16 26 (0.99%) FFIEC
17 25 (0.95%) ACCA
18 24 (0.91%) CGEIT
19 22 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (7.79%) QA
2 123 (4.68%) PMO
3 101 (3.84%) GDPR
4 95 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 62 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 57 (2.17%) NIST
7 38 (1.44%) Data Quality
8 25 (0.95%) COBIT
8 25 (0.95%) GRC
9 24 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 19 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
11 15 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 14 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (0.42%) SLA
14 10 (0.38%) IFRS
15 9 (0.34%) GAAP
15 9 (0.34%) NIST 800
16 8 (0.30%) PCI DSS
17 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 60 (2.28%) Active Directory
2 24 (0.91%) Docker
3 13 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.46%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.27%) Firmware
6 5 (0.19%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.076%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (0.80%) Kubernetes
1 21 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (0.46%) Ansible
2 12 (0.46%) Terraform
3 10 (0.38%) Grafana
4 8 (0.30%) SCCM
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.076%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.038%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.038%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.038%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.038%) MOM
8 1 (0.038%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 643 (24.44%) Microsoft
2 126 (4.79%) SAP
3 76 (2.89%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.58%) Oracle
5 64 (2.43%) Google
6 49 (1.86%) Adobe
7 42 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 38 (1.44%) Cisco
9 28 (1.06%) Anaplan
10 26 (0.99%) HubSpot
11 20 (0.76%) Genesys
11 20 (0.76%) Verint
12 18 (0.68%) Ariba
13 15 (0.57%) Instagram
13 15 (0.57%) Pardot
14 14 (0.53%) Palo Alto
14 14 (0.53%) VMware
15 13 (0.49%) Apple
15 13 (0.49%) Databricks
15 13 (0.49%) Fortinet