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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -34 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,689 5,082 5,537
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.21% 9.84% 7.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 10.73% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,476 2,215 4,046
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -6.54%

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 51,136 47,352 64,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.03% 91.66% 88.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,240 22,667 50,432
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 2 February 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 2 February 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 -34 2,282 £52,500 -8.70% 1,368
UK excluding London -35 1,795 £45,000 -18.18% 1,157
Work from Home -30 689 £57,500 -4.17% 477
London -21 683 £70,000 +3.70% 446
North of England -26 513 £40,000 -27.27% 215
South East -29 464 £57,500 - 359
Midlands -44 289 £45,000 -18.18% 221
North West -31 224 £42,625 -18.81% 102
West Midlands -35 195 £45,000 -21.05% 142
South West -26 183 £45,564 -12.38% 123
Yorkshire -22 180 £40,000 -27.27% 83
Scotland -18 155 £40,000 -27.27% 61
North East -3 109 £40,000 -32.20% 35
East of England -38 109 £55,000 +10.00% 146
East Midlands -49 94 £42,500 -18.27% 79
Northern Ireland +4 54 £55,000 +15.79% 24
Wales -37 33 £60,000 +15.38% 37

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
1 150 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.79%) Confluence
3 40 (1.49%) CMS
4 30 (1.12%) WordPress
5 17 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.45%) Kinematics
7 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.19%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Drupal
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.037%) IIS
12 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 415 (15.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 236 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
3 152 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 116 (4.31%) Microsoft Project
5 27 (1.00%) AutoCAD
5 27 (1.00%) Maya
5 27 (1.00%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.82%) Trello
7 18 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
8 17 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 7 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
9 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
9 7 (0.26%) Photoshop
10 6 (0.22%) Revit
11 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
11 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.15%) CATIA
12 4 (0.15%) InDesign
13 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 95 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.42%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.38%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 20 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 18 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 16 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
7 15 (0.56%) SAP IBP
8 13 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
8 13 (0.48%) SAP CO
8 13 (0.48%) SAP FI
8 13 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
9 12 (0.45%) Shopify
10 11 (0.41%) NetSuite
10 11 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
10 11 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
11 8 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
11 8 (0.30%) SAP FS
11 8 (0.30%) SAP FSCM
11 8 (0.30%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 218 (8.11%) Power Platform
2 214 (7.96%) Azure
3 146 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (4.31%) SaaS
5 96 (3.57%) AWS
6 39 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.38%) PowerApps
8 35 (1.30%) GCP
9 30 (1.12%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (0.89%) Asana
12 24 (0.89%) Smartsheet
13 23 (0.86%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (0.78%) Google Analytics
15 19 (0.71%) Google Workspace
15 19 (0.71%) Power Automate
15 19 (0.71%) Snowflake
16 18 (0.67%) PaaS
17 15 (0.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.56%) Firewall
2 33 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
3 29 (1.08%) WAN
4 25 (0.93%) VPN
4 25 (0.93%) Wireless
5 22 (0.82%) LAN
6 21 (0.78%) Internet
7 19 (0.71%) Broadband
7 19 (0.71%) Network Security
8 18 (0.67%) CHAP
8 18 (0.67%) VLAN
9 17 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
10 15 (0.56%) DNS
10 15 (0.56%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.45%) DHCP
13 11 (0.41%) Intranet
13 11 (0.41%) Multicast
14 10 (0.37%) MPLS
15 9 (0.33%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (6.95%) Power BI
2 178 (6.62%) Tableau
3 141 (5.24%) Data Mining
4 52 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 19 (0.71%) SAP BW
8 16 (0.60%) Metadata
8 16 (0.60%) Power Query
9 14 (0.52%) Big Data
10 12 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
11 11 (0.41%) Looker
12 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.19%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 116 (4.31%) JIRA
2 13 (0.48%) Git
2 13 (0.48%) GitLab
3 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.11%) ERwin
6 3 (0.11%) Maven
6 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.074%) Checkstyle
7 2 (0.074%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.074%) ESLint
7 2 (0.074%) Gradle
7 2 (0.074%) JUnit
7 2 (0.074%) Mockito
7 2 (0.074%) Selenium
7 2 (0.074%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.074%) TestNG
8 1 (0.037%) webpack
General
1 1,197 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 1,135 (42.21%) Finance
3 801 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
4 276 (10.26%) Marketing
5 194 (7.21%) Manufacturing
6 191 (7.10%) Organisational Skills
7 180 (6.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 172 (6.40%) Legal
9 158 (5.88%) Law
10 143 (5.32%) Public Sector
11 140 (5.21%) Retail
12 139 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
13 112 (4.17%) Banking
14 76 (2.83%) Games
15 66 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
15 66 (2.45%) Telecoms
16 57 (2.12%) Electronics
17 51 (1.90%) Advertising
18 50 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
19 46 (1.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 458 (17.03%) Analyst
2 403 (14.99%) Senior
3 362 (13.46%) Project Manager
4 266 (9.89%) Trainee
5 257 (9.56%) Trainee Analyst
6 232 (8.63%) Lead
7 223 (8.29%) Business Analyst
8 222 (8.26%) Senior Manager
9 154 (5.73%) IT Manager
10 152 (5.65%) Architect
11 149 (5.54%) Data Analyst
12 132 (4.91%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 128 (4.76%) Development Manager
14 125 (4.65%) Trainee Business Analyst
15 110 (4.09%) Business Manager
16 108 (4.02%) Product Manager
17 91 (3.38%) Consultant
17 91 (3.38%) Senior Project Manager
18 89 (3.31%) Systems Manager
19 83 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.26%) CSS
2 25 (0.93%) Middleware
3 24 (0.89%) HTML
4 21 (0.78%) EDI
5 12 (0.45%) .NET
6 10 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.33%) React
8 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.26%) Node.js
10 6 (0.22%) FHIR
10 6 (0.22%) REST
11 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.19%) Web Services
12 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.15%) FIDO
12 4 (0.15%) Flutter
12 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.11%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 208 (7.74%) Management Information System
2 126 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
3 122 (4.54%) Onboarding
4 96 (3.57%) FMCG
5 84 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 79 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 70 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 70 (2.60%) Robotics
8 63 (2.34%) Driving Licence
9 61 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 47 (1.75%) Social Media
11 42 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 30 (1.12%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.04%) IoT
13 28 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 27 (1.00%) Blog
15 24 (0.89%) Low-Code
16 23 (0.86%) Blockchain
16 23 (0.86%) PMI
17 21 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.23%) Windows
2 27 (1.00%) Linux
3 21 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.45%) Android
6 8 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.15%) VMS
9 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.037%) AIX
10 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 688 (25.59%) Problem-Solving
2 649 (24.14%) Agile
3 617 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 554 (20.60%) Project Delivery
5 469 (17.44%) Analytics
6 459 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 426 (15.84%) Decision-Making
8 399 (14.84%) Change Management
9 367 (13.65%) Business Analysis
10 345 (12.83%) Risk Management
11 333 (12.38%) AI
11 333 (12.38%) PRINCE2
12 279 (10.38%) Data Analysis
13 277 (10.30%) Process Improvement
14 254 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 248 (9.22%) Coaching
16 240 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
17 238 (8.85%) Roadmaps
18 229 (8.52%) ERP
19 227 (8.44%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 280 (10.41%) SQL
2 256 (9.52%) Python
3 33 (1.23%) VBA
4 32 (1.19%) C#
5 31 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.08%) C
6 29 (1.08%) Java
7 22 (0.82%) C++
8 16 (0.60%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.41%) Perl
11 10 (0.37%) PHP
12 7 (0.26%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.22%) Bash
13 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.19%) R
15 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
15 4 (0.15%) VB
16 3 (0.11%) Ruby
16 3 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 832 (30.94%) Degree
2 197 (7.33%) PMP
3 191 (7.10%) PMI Certification
4 189 (7.03%) Security Cleared
5 150 (5.58%) SC Cleared
6 109 (4.05%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.38%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 52 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 50 (1.86%) DBS Check
10 47 (1.75%) CISSP
11 44 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (1.23%) CISM
13 28 (1.04%) HNC
14 26 (0.97%) MBA
15 25 (0.93%) HND
16 24 (0.89%) DV Cleared
17 21 (0.78%) ACCA
17 21 (0.78%) CFA
17 21 (0.78%) CISA
17 21 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 203 (7.55%) QA
2 164 (6.10%) PMO
3 95 (3.53%) GDPR
4 54 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 49 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (1.60%) NIST
7 41 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.86%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.67%) COBIT
10 16 (0.60%) GRC
11 15 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 14 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 13 (0.48%) SLA
14 10 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.37%) IEC 61131
15 9 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.33%) IFRS
16 8 (0.30%) IFRS 17
16 8 (0.30%) Solvency II
17 7 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 59 (2.19%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.71%) Docker
3 16 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.37%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.63%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.37%) Terraform
4 9 (0.33%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
6 4 (0.15%) SCCM
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.037%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.037%) MOM
8 1 (0.037%) Nagios
8 1 (0.037%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 643 (23.91%) Microsoft
2 206 (7.66%) SAP
3 101 (3.76%) Salesforce
4 72 (2.68%) Oracle
5 67 (2.49%) Google
6 44 (1.64%) Cisco
7 43 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.52%) Adobe
9 37 (1.38%) OpenText
10 35 (1.30%) Ariba
11 28 (1.04%) Anaplan
12 24 (0.89%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.74%) Genesys
13 20 (0.74%) Verint
14 17 (0.63%) Databricks
14 17 (0.63%) VMware
15 13 (0.48%) Workday
16 12 (0.45%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.45%) Fortinet
16 12 (0.45%) Sage