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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -45 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,587 3,897 7,306
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.12% 9.53% 7.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 10.25% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 2,000 5,269
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,927 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,875 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +10.24% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,875 £84,964
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +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 63,076 38,012 79,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.08% 92.99% 86.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38,955 22,518 58,781
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +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 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -8.26%

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 9 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 9 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 -48 2,198 £55,000 -4.35% 1,263
UK excluding London -48 1,700 £47,500 -13.64% 1,056
Work from Home -20 796 £57,500 -3.36% 423
London -26 668 £70,000 - 403
North of England -39 549 £43,294 -21.28% 233
South East -43 398 £50,500 -9.48% 313
Midlands -56 260 £51,250 -2.38% 175
North West -38 248 £45,000 -17.87% 119
West Midlands -40 198 £47,500 -13.64% 98
Yorkshire -31 191 £40,000 -28.89% 85
South West -44 173 £45,282 -17.67% 104
East of England -52 118 £55,000 - 137
North East -14 110 £40,000 -29.82% 31
Scotland -23 99 £40,000 -30.43% 53
Northern Ireland -9 72 £47,500 -17.39% 24
East Midlands -84 60 £55,000 +22.22% 76
Wales -44 38 £42,934 -25.33% 49

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
1 113 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.93%) Confluence
3 44 (1.70%) CMS
4 35 (1.35%) WordPress
5 20 (0.77%) ArcGIS
6 11 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.19%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.12%) Apache
10 3 (0.12%) govService
10 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.077%) Drupal
11 2 (0.077%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.077%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
Applications
1 370 (14.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 166 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 124 (4.79%) Microsoft Project
4 101 (3.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 17 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.58%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.58%) Trello
8 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 6 (0.23%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.077%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.077%) Elementor
12 2 (0.077%) Notion
12 2 (0.077%) Weka
Business Applications
1 25 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
3 20 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
5 15 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
5 15 (0.58%) Oracle EBS R12
6 10 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 7 (0.27%) Shopify
9 6 (0.23%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.23%) Primavera
9 6 (0.23%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.19%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.15%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 235 (9.08%) Azure
2 223 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 167 (6.46%) SaaS
4 148 (5.72%) Microsoft 365
5 113 (4.37%) AWS
6 60 (2.32%) PowerApps
7 48 (1.86%) Asana
8 40 (1.55%) GCP
9 38 (1.47%) Power Automate
10 32 (1.24%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.97%) Google Analytics
12 25 (0.97%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.93%) OneDrive
14 23 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
15 21 (0.81%) Canva
16 18 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.66%) ChatGPT
17 17 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.62%) Broadband
2 36 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
3 35 (1.35%) Firewall
4 26 (1.01%) CHAP
4 26 (1.01%) WAN
5 22 (0.85%) DNS
6 20 (0.77%) DHCP
7 19 (0.73%) Internet
8 18 (0.70%) LAN
8 18 (0.70%) Network Security
9 17 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
10 15 (0.58%) TCP/IP
10 15 (0.58%) Wireless
11 14 (0.54%) VPN
12 12 (0.46%) Intranet
13 11 (0.43%) VLAN
14 10 (0.39%) Multicast
14 10 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 8 (0.31%) VoIP
16 5 (0.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (7.31%) Tableau
2 186 (7.19%) Power BI
3 156 (6.03%) Data Mining
4 30 (1.16%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.04%) GIS
6 23 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
7 22 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 20 (0.77%) QGIS
8 20 (0.77%) Spatial Data
9 19 (0.73%) Power Query
10 15 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
12 9 (0.35%) DB2
13 7 (0.27%) Big Data
14 6 (0.23%) Oracle Reports
15 5 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.19%) Metadata
15 5 (0.19%) MySQL
15 5 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 119 (4.60%) JIRA
2 21 (0.81%) Git
3 12 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 5 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.15%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.077%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.077%) ESLint
8 2 (0.077%) Gradle
8 2 (0.077%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.077%) JMeter
8 2 (0.077%) JUnit
8 2 (0.077%) Maven
8 2 (0.077%) Mockito
8 2 (0.077%) Selenium
8 2 (0.077%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.077%) TestNG
8 2 (0.077%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.039%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1,067 (41.24%) Social Skills
2 996 (38.50%) Finance
3 631 (24.39%) Analytical Skills
4 300 (11.60%) Marketing
5 212 (8.19%) Organisational Skills
6 198 (7.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 170 (6.57%) Manufacturing
8 159 (6.15%) Legal
9 139 (5.37%) Retail
10 133 (5.14%) Public Sector
11 117 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
12 114 (4.41%) Banking
13 111 (4.29%) Law
14 72 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
15 63 (2.44%) Games
16 55 (2.13%) Telecoms
17 54 (2.09%) Pharmaceutical
18 49 (1.89%) Financial Institution
19 38 (1.47%) Advertising
20 37 (1.43%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 450 (17.39%) Analyst
2 406 (15.69%) Project Manager
3 329 (12.72%) Senior
4 253 (9.78%) Trainee
5 246 (9.51%) Trainee Analyst
6 205 (7.92%) Business Analyst
7 192 (7.42%) Senior Manager
8 164 (6.34%) Data Analyst
9 162 (6.26%) Lead
10 156 (6.03%) IT Manager
11 150 (5.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 123 (4.75%) Development Manager
13 122 (4.72%) Consultant
14 98 (3.79%) Senior Project Manager
15 96 (3.71%) Trainee Business Analyst
16 91 (3.52%) Product Manager
17 87 (3.36%) Architect
18 80 (3.09%) Systems Manager
19 78 (3.02%) IT Project Manager
20 72 (2.78%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.24%) .NET
1 32 (1.24%) HTML
2 26 (1.01%) EDI
3 25 (0.97%) CSS
4 23 (0.89%) PyTorch
5 14 (0.54%) JSON
6 12 (0.46%) .NET Core
6 12 (0.46%) HTML5 Canvas
6 12 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 12 (0.46%) React
7 10 (0.39%) SPFx
8 9 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (0.35%) REST
9 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.27%) Matplotlib
9 7 (0.27%) Middleware
9 7 (0.27%) OAuth
9 7 (0.27%) Seaborn
10 5 (0.19%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 197 (7.61%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 100 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
4 84 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.59%) Social Media
6 64 (2.47%) FMCG
7 61 (2.36%) Driving Licence
8 56 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.89%) Virtual Team
10 40 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 40 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 35 (1.35%) Blog
12 35 (1.35%) Robotics
13 32 (1.24%) Mobile App
14 29 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
15 28 (1.08%) Security Posture
16 26 (1.01%) Low-Code
17 23 (0.89%) IoT
18 22 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.74%) Windows
2 31 (1.20%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.01%) Android
4 25 (0.97%) Linux
5 16 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.23%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.077%) AIX
8 2 (0.077%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.077%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.077%) zOS
9 1 (0.039%) CentOS
9 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.039%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.039%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (25.16%) Agile
2 616 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 572 (22.11%) Project Delivery
4 499 (19.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 482 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 454 (17.55%) Analytics
7 405 (15.66%) Decision-Making
8 377 (14.57%) PRINCE2
9 363 (14.03%) Business Analysis
10 328 (12.68%) AI
10 328 (12.68%) Change Management
11 307 (11.87%) Data Analysis
12 278 (10.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 244 (9.43%) Risk Management
14 227 (8.77%) Data Analytics
15 216 (8.35%) Roadmaps
16 213 (8.23%) Mentoring
17 212 (8.19%) Coaching
18 204 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
18 204 (7.89%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 293 (11.33%) SQL
2 288 (11.13%) Python
3 44 (1.70%) C#
4 35 (1.35%) VBA
5 31 (1.20%) JavaScript
6 25 (0.97%) PowerShell
7 23 (0.89%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.66%) Java
9 12 (0.46%) C++
10 11 (0.43%) C
10 11 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (0.31%) Bash
12 7 (0.27%) PHP
13 6 (0.23%) R
14 4 (0.15%) COBOL
14 4 (0.15%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.12%) Dart
15 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
15 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 669 (25.86%) Degree
2 242 (9.35%) PMP
3 225 (8.70%) PMI Certification
4 137 (5.30%) Security Cleared
5 93 (3.59%) SC Cleared
6 79 (3.05%) CISSP
7 77 (2.98%) Master's Degree
8 75 (2.90%) DBS Check
9 57 (2.20%) CISM
10 36 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (1.31%) HNC
12 32 (1.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
13 31 (1.20%) CISA
13 31 (1.20%) SANS
14 30 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
15 27 (1.04%) FFIEC
16 26 (1.01%) CGEIT
16 26 (1.01%) MBA
17 24 (0.93%) ACCA
17 24 (0.93%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (6.88%) QA
2 124 (4.79%) PMO
3 108 (4.17%) GDPR
4 96 (3.71%) Accessibility
5 75 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 67 (2.59%) NIST
7 37 (1.43%) Data Quality
8 35 (1.35%) ISO 9001
9 34 (1.31%) GRC
10 27 (1.04%) COBIT
11 23 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
12 20 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.54%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 13 (0.50%) SLA
15 11 (0.43%) GAAP
16 10 (0.39%) IFRS
17 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (2.09%) Active Directory
2 27 (1.04%) Docker
3 10 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.12%) Firmware
5 3 (0.12%) vSphere
6 2 (0.077%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.89%) Kubernetes
1 23 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.66%) Ansible
3 15 (0.58%) SCCM
4 14 (0.54%) Terraform
5 12 (0.46%) Grafana
6 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.15%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.15%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.077%) Argo
9 2 (0.077%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.077%) Puppet
9 2 (0.077%) Salt
10 1 (0.039%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
10 1 (0.039%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.039%) MOM
10 1 (0.039%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 593 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 105 (4.06%) SAP
3 75 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.63%) Google
5 67 (2.59%) Oracle
6 63 (2.44%) Adobe
7 51 (1.97%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.08%) Anaplan
9 25 (0.97%) Cisco
9 25 (0.97%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.77%) Genesys
10 20 (0.77%) Verint
11 19 (0.73%) Pardot
12 16 (0.62%) Palo Alto
13 15 (0.58%) Apple
13 15 (0.58%) Instagram
14 13 (0.50%) Databricks
14 13 (0.50%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.43%) Wrike