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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -49 +6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,539 3,867 7,399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.89% 9.22% 7.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 9.93% 9.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,517 1,992 5,370
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,249 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,250 £43,922 £41,005
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.36% +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 66,065 38,941 81,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.24% 92.85% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40,765 22,745 59,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -47 2,192 £55,000 -4.49% 1,188
UK excluding London -51 1,666 £48,750 -11.36% 961
Work from Home -18 807 £57,500 - 410
London -31 669 £70,000 - 399
North of England -35 556 £45,000 -18.18% 224
South East -46 394 £50,001 -12.66% 278
Midlands -63 256 £50,000 -4.76% 157
North West -20 254 £45,250 -17.42% 119
West Midlands -42 194 £47,500 -13.64% 88
Yorkshire -40 185 £40,000 -27.27% 73
South West -49 167 £45,000 -18.18% 99
East of England -52 125 £62,500 +13.64% 124
North East -14 117 £43,708 -20.53% 37
Northern Ireland -6 78 £47,500 -11.63% 30
Scotland -60 63 £40,000 -27.27% 45
East Midlands -75 60 £55,000 +25.71% 68
Wales -44 34 £42,934 -25.33% 23

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 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.01%) Confluence
3 44 (1.73%) CMS
4 35 (1.38%) WordPress
5 20 (0.79%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 3 (0.12%) govService
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.079%) Drupal
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Kinematics
12 1 (0.039%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 325 (12.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 132 (5.20%) Microsoft Project
3 130 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
4 69 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 24 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.59%) AutoCAD
8 14 (0.55%) Trello
9 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
9 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
9 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
10 7 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.079%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.079%) Elementor
12 2 (0.079%) Notion
12 2 (0.079%) Weka
13 1 (0.039%) Final Cut Pro
13 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
4 19 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
5 17 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 17 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.28%) Shopify
10 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
10 6 (0.24%) Primavera
10 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle General Ledger
11 5 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 235 (9.26%) Azure
2 227 (8.94%) Power Platform
3 167 (6.58%) SaaS
4 141 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
5 105 (4.14%) AWS
6 64 (2.52%) PowerApps
7 47 (1.85%) Asana
8 44 (1.73%) Power Automate
9 38 (1.50%) GCP
10 33 (1.30%) Entra ID
11 32 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
12 29 (1.14%) OneDrive
12 29 (1.14%) Smartsheet
13 28 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
14 26 (1.02%) Google Analytics
15 24 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
16 21 (0.83%) Canva
17 19 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
18 18 (0.71%) PaaS
19 17 (0.67%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.65%) Broadband
2 35 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
3 34 (1.34%) Firewall
4 28 (1.10%) CHAP
5 24 (0.95%) WAN
6 21 (0.83%) DNS
7 19 (0.75%) DHCP
8 17 (0.67%) Network Security
8 17 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
9 16 (0.63%) LAN
10 13 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.51%) Wireless
11 12 (0.47%) Intranet
11 12 (0.47%) VPN
12 11 (0.43%) Internet
13 10 (0.39%) Multicast
14 9 (0.35%) SD-WAN
14 9 (0.35%) VLAN
15 8 (0.32%) VoIP
16 5 (0.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (7.56%) Power BI
2 187 (7.37%) Tableau
3 153 (6.03%) Data Mining
4 30 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.06%) GIS
6 22 (0.87%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.79%) QGIS
7 20 (0.79%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (0.63%) Power Query
10 10 (0.39%) DB2
10 10 (0.39%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (0.35%) Big Data
12 6 (0.24%) Metadata
12 6 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.20%) MySQL
14 4 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.16%) DB2 UDB
14 4 (0.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 127 (5.00%) JIRA
2 21 (0.83%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.28%) GitLab
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 2 (0.079%) Checkstyle
7 2 (0.079%) ESLint
7 2 (0.079%) Gradle
7 2 (0.079%) JIRA Agile
7 2 (0.079%) JMeter
7 2 (0.079%) JUnit
7 2 (0.079%) Maven
7 2 (0.079%) Mockito
7 2 (0.079%) Selenium
7 2 (0.079%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.079%) TestNG
7 2 (0.079%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.039%) Balsamiq
General
1 1,042 (41.04%) Social Skills
2 999 (39.35%) Finance
3 621 (24.46%) Analytical Skills
4 291 (11.46%) Marketing
5 233 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
6 184 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 163 (6.42%) Manufacturing
8 154 (6.07%) Legal
9 149 (5.87%) Retail
10 130 (5.12%) Public Sector
11 117 (4.61%) Banking
12 114 (4.49%) Presentation Skills
13 103 (4.06%) Law
14 75 (2.95%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (2.60%) Games
16 56 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
17 53 (2.09%) Telecoms
18 49 (1.93%) Financial Institution
19 43 (1.69%) Advertising
20 41 (1.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 444 (17.49%) Analyst
2 404 (15.91%) Project Manager
3 305 (12.01%) Senior
4 243 (9.57%) Trainee
5 236 (9.29%) Trainee Analyst
6 202 (7.96%) Business Analyst
7 162 (6.38%) Lead
8 161 (6.34%) Senior Manager
9 159 (6.26%) Data Analyst
10 153 (6.03%) IT Manager
11 147 (5.79%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 127 (5.00%) Consultant
13 126 (4.96%) Development Manager
14 99 (3.90%) Senior Project Manager
15 91 (3.58%) Product Manager
16 89 (3.51%) Trainee Business Analyst
17 88 (3.47%) Architect
18 82 (3.23%) Systems Manager
19 77 (3.03%) IT Project Manager
20 73 (2.88%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.50%) .NET
2 36 (1.42%) HTML
3 30 (1.18%) CSS
4 26 (1.02%) EDI
5 22 (0.87%) PyTorch
6 21 (0.83%) JSON
7 19 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
8 17 (0.67%) .NET Core
9 16 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
10 15 (0.59%) SPFx
11 9 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 9 (0.35%) React
11 9 (0.35%) REST
12 7 (0.28%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.28%) Matplotlib
12 7 (0.28%) OAuth
12 7 (0.28%) Seaborn
13 6 (0.24%) Middleware
14 5 (0.20%) .NET Framework
14 5 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 194 (7.64%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.37%) Onboarding
3 101 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
4 80 (3.15%) Product Ownership
5 64 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 63 (2.48%) FMCG
7 62 (2.44%) Social Media
8 60 (2.36%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.93%) Virtual Team
10 39 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
11 37 (1.46%) Security Posture
12 36 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
13 34 (1.34%) Robotics
14 32 (1.26%) Blog
14 32 (1.26%) Mobile App
15 31 (1.22%) Algorithms
16 27 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (0.98%) Low-Code
18 22 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
19 21 (0.83%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.80%) Windows
2 31 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.02%) Android
4 25 (0.98%) Linux
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.32%) Unix
7 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
9 2 (0.079%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.079%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.079%) zOS
10 1 (0.039%) CentOS
10 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 650 (25.60%) Agile
2 608 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
3 570 (22.45%) Project Delivery
4 486 (19.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 462 (18.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 434 (17.09%) Analytics
7 402 (15.83%) Decision-Making
8 386 (15.20%) PRINCE2
9 345 (13.59%) Business Analysis
10 302 (11.89%) AI
10 302 (11.89%) Change Management
11 291 (11.46%) Data Analysis
12 269 (10.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 258 (10.16%) Risk Management
14 221 (8.70%) Data Analytics
15 216 (8.51%) Mentoring
16 213 (8.39%) Roadmaps
17 206 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
18 203 (8.00%) Process Improvement
19 194 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 288 (11.34%) SQL
2 284 (11.19%) Python
3 47 (1.85%) C#
4 36 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 34 (1.34%) VBA
6 29 (1.14%) PowerShell
7 25 (0.98%) TypeScript
8 16 (0.63%) Java
9 11 (0.43%) C++
10 9 (0.35%) Bash
10 9 (0.35%) C
11 8 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.20%) PHP
12 5 (0.20%) R
12 5 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.16%) COBOL
13 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.12%) Dart
14 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
14 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 664 (26.15%) Degree
2 246 (9.69%) PMP
3 229 (9.02%) PMI Certification
4 133 (5.24%) Security Cleared
5 90 (3.54%) SC Cleared
6 89 (3.51%) CISSP
7 88 (3.47%) DBS Check
8 73 (2.88%) Master's Degree
9 67 (2.64%) CISM
10 36 (1.42%) CISA
11 35 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 34 (1.34%) HNC
13 33 (1.30%) SANS
14 32 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
15 29 (1.14%) FFIEC
16 28 (1.10%) CGEIT
16 28 (1.10%) DV Cleared
17 27 (1.06%) CRISC
18 25 (0.98%) MBA
19 24 (0.95%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (6.10%) QA
2 127 (5.00%) PMO
3 103 (4.06%) GDPR
4 91 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 90 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 83 (3.27%) NIST
7 43 (1.69%) GRC
8 38 (1.50%) ISO 9001
9 34 (1.34%) Data Quality
10 29 (1.14%) COBIT
11 25 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 20 (0.79%) NIST 800
13 16 (0.63%) SLA
14 13 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.47%) GAAP
16 11 (0.43%) IFRS
17 10 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
19 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (2.01%) Active Directory
2 25 (0.98%) Docker
3 9 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.079%) Firmware
6 2 (0.079%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.079%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 22 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (0.71%) Ansible
4 17 (0.67%) SCCM
5 15 (0.59%) Terraform
6 11 (0.43%) Grafana
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.079%) Argo
9 2 (0.079%) Puppet
9 2 (0.079%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.039%) MOM
10 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 557 (21.94%) Microsoft
2 96 (3.78%) SAP
3 71 (2.80%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.68%) Oracle
5 65 (2.56%) Google
6 62 (2.44%) Adobe
7 50 (1.97%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 27 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 21 (0.83%) Cisco
11 20 (0.79%) Genesys
11 20 (0.79%) Pardot
11 20 (0.79%) Verint
12 14 (0.55%) Apple
13 13 (0.51%) Instagram
13 13 (0.51%) Palo Alto
14 11 (0.43%) Databricks
14 11 (0.43%) Fortinet
14 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
14 11 (0.43%) Wrike