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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,427 3,501 7,622
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.60% 7.85% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.57% 8.48% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,431 1,707 5,424
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £43,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 67,964 41,274 88,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.59% 81.93%
Number of salaries quoted 46,731 22,044 62,765
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £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 16 June 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 June 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 -31 2,109 £55,000 -8.33% 1,693
UK excluding London -36 1,573 £52,500 -4.55% 1,661
Work from Home -9 974 £55,000 -4.35% 1,181
London -28 686 £70,000 -3.45% 438
North of England -15 467 £55,000 +0.38% 363
South East -29 393 £50,000 -13.04% 423
Midlands -49 229 £55,000 +4.76% 231
North West +15 221 £55,000 +8.04% 166
South West -40 172 £47,500 -20.17% 138
Yorkshire -36 150 £60,000 +9.09% 124
West Midlands -45 144 £55,000 - 125
East of England -39 139 £65,000 +22.64% 228
North East -31 96 £60,000 +9.09% 78
East Midlands -32 84 £55,000 +25.71% 105
Northern Ireland -11 71 £47,500 -11.63% 110
Scotland -49 68 £40,000 -20.71% 123
Wales -57 38 £42,934 -32.92% 85

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 (3.58%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.22%) Confluence
3 37 (1.52%) CMS
4 34 (1.40%) WordPress
5 20 (0.82%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.16%) Moodle
7 4 (0.16%) WebLogic
7 4 (0.16%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.12%) govService
8 3 (0.12%) SAS
9 2 (0.082%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.082%) Drupal
9 2 (0.082%) Totara
9 2 (0.082%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.041%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 244 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 211 (8.69%) Microsoft Project
3 169 (6.96%) Microsoft Office
4 54 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 19 (0.78%) MS Visio
7 14 (0.58%) Trello
8 8 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
8 8 (0.33%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.29%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
10 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.12%) Blender
11 3 (0.12%) Maya
12 2 (0.082%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.041%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 38 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
3 20 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
4 18 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
5 16 (0.66%) Oracle Assets
5 16 (0.66%) Oracle Cash Management
6 15 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
7 9 (0.37%) Fidessa
8 8 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.33%) Shopify
9 7 (0.29%) NetSuite
9 7 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
9 7 (0.29%) Primavera
10 6 (0.25%) Elite 3E
11 5 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
11 5 (0.21%) SAP Business One
11 5 (0.21%) SAP ERP
11 5 (0.21%) SAP PM
12 4 (0.16%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 237 (9.77%) Azure
2 210 (8.65%) Power Platform
3 143 (5.89%) SaaS
4 127 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (4.16%) AWS
6 77 (3.17%) PowerApps
7 57 (2.35%) Power Automate
8 43 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (1.40%) GCP
10 32 (1.32%) Asana
10 32 (1.32%) Smartsheet
11 29 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (1.19%) OneDrive
12 27 (1.11%) Entra ID
13 25 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (1.03%) Canva
14 22 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
15 21 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
15 21 (0.87%) Google Analytics
16 19 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (1.77%) Broadband
2 35 (1.44%) Firewall
3 30 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (1.03%) WAN
5 22 (0.91%) CHAP
6 19 (0.78%) LAN
7 17 (0.70%) Structured Cabling
8 14 (0.58%) DNS
9 12 (0.49%) DHCP
9 12 (0.49%) Network Security
9 12 (0.49%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.45%) Multicast
10 11 (0.45%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.33%) Wireless
12 7 (0.29%) VoIP
13 6 (0.25%) Internet
13 6 (0.25%) Intranet
13 6 (0.25%) VPN
14 5 (0.21%) BGP
14 5 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 169 (6.96%) Power BI
2 98 (4.04%) Tableau
3 86 (3.54%) Data Mining
4 35 (1.44%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.15%) GIS
6 21 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.82%) QGIS
7 20 (0.82%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (0.62%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.45%) Power Query
11 10 (0.41%) Db2
12 9 (0.37%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 8 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.21%) Big Data
15 4 (0.16%) DB2 UDB
15 4 (0.16%) Metadata
15 4 (0.16%) Qlik Sense
15 4 (0.16%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 145 (5.97%) JIRA
2 24 (0.99%) Git
3 11 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 8 (0.33%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.21%) Cypress.io
5 5 (0.21%) JUnit
6 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
7 3 (0.12%) TestNG
8 2 (0.082%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.082%) ESLint
8 2 (0.082%) Gradle
8 2 (0.082%) JMeter
8 2 (0.082%) Maven
8 2 (0.082%) Mockito
8 2 (0.082%) Postman
8 2 (0.082%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.082%) Yeoman
8 2 (0.082%) Zephyr
General
1 1,005 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 835 (34.40%) Finance
3 473 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (10.88%) Marketing
5 222 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
6 152 (6.26%) Retail
7 145 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 145 (5.97%) Manufacturing
8 140 (5.77%) Legal
9 123 (5.07%) Public Sector
10 106 (4.37%) Law
11 101 (4.16%) Banking
12 79 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
13 62 (2.55%) Telecoms
14 61 (2.51%) Local Government
15 50 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (1.94%) Advertising
16 47 (1.94%) Financial Institution
17 44 (1.81%) Aviation
17 44 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 498 (20.52%) Project Manager
2 339 (13.97%) Senior
3 323 (13.31%) Analyst
4 188 (7.75%) Senior Manager
5 187 (7.70%) Lead
6 176 (7.25%) IT Manager
7 161 (6.63%) Business Analyst
8 155 (6.39%) Senior Project Manager
9 139 (5.73%) Consultant
10 118 (4.86%) Development Manager
11 111 (4.57%) Trainee
11 111 (4.57%) Trainee Analyst
12 101 (4.16%) IT Project Manager
13 90 (3.71%) Data Analyst
14 82 (3.38%) Trainee Data Analyst
15 74 (3.05%) Product Manager
16 61 (2.51%) IT Support
17 60 (2.47%) Architect
18 58 (2.39%) Business Manager
18 58 (2.39%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (1.77%) .NET
1 43 (1.77%) PyTorch
2 41 (1.69%) HTML
3 38 (1.57%) CSS
4 24 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
4 24 (0.99%) JSON
5 23 (0.95%) Hugging Face
5 23 (0.95%) TensorFlow
6 21 (0.87%) .NET Core
7 19 (0.78%) EDI
7 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 19 (0.78%) SPFx
8 13 (0.54%) LangChain
8 13 (0.54%) LlamaIndex
8 13 (0.54%) Model Context Protocol
9 12 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
10 10 (0.41%) Middleware
11 9 (0.37%) FIX Protocol
11 9 (0.37%) Flash
12 7 (0.29%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 178 (7.33%) Management Information System
2 117 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 87 (3.58%) Data Centre
4 80 (3.30%) Driving Licence
5 76 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 57 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 56 (2.31%) Social Media
8 53 (2.18%) FMCG
9 47 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 46 (1.90%) Security Posture
11 45 (1.85%) Virtual Team
12 33 (1.36%) Cyber Defence
12 33 (1.36%) Mobile App
13 32 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
14 31 (1.28%) Cloud Native
15 30 (1.24%) Algorithms
16 26 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
17 25 (1.03%) PMI
18 24 (0.99%) AI Agents
18 24 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 75 (3.09%) Windows
2 29 (1.19%) Linux
3 28 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 23 (0.95%) Android
5 15 (0.62%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.33%) Unix
7 5 (0.21%) Windows 7
7 5 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.12%) AIX
8 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.082%) zOS
10 1 (0.041%) CentOS
10 1 (0.041%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.041%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.041%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 715 (29.46%) Agile
2 586 (24.15%) Project Delivery
3 549 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
4 492 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 462 (19.04%) PRINCE2
6 392 (16.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 330 (13.60%) Decision-Making
8 318 (13.10%) Analytics
9 260 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 251 (10.34%) AI
11 250 (10.30%) Roadmaps
12 247 (10.18%) Mentoring
13 245 (10.09%) Business Analysis
14 240 (9.89%) Coaching
15 235 (9.68%) Change Management
16 233 (9.60%) Risk Management
17 206 (8.49%) Budget Management
18 199 (8.20%) Logistics
19 195 (8.03%) ERP
20 193 (7.95%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 231 (9.52%) SQL
2 228 (9.39%) Python
3 47 (1.94%) C#
4 45 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 31 (1.28%) PowerShell
5 31 (1.28%) TypeScript
6 27 (1.11%) VBA
7 16 (0.66%) Java
8 7 (0.29%) C
8 7 (0.29%) C++
9 6 (0.25%) Bash
10 5 (0.21%) PHP
11 4 (0.16%) Assembly Language
11 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
11 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.12%) ABAP
12 3 (0.12%) COBOL
12 3 (0.12%) Dart
12 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 588 (24.23%) Degree
2 213 (8.78%) PMP
3 208 (8.57%) PMI Certification
4 121 (4.99%) DBS Check
5 111 (4.57%) Security Cleared
6 90 (3.71%) CISSP
6 90 (3.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 64 (2.64%) SC Cleared
8 63 (2.60%) CISM
9 58 (2.39%) Master's Degree
10 42 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
11 35 (1.44%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.19%) CISA
13 28 (1.15%) CRISC
14 27 (1.11%) SANS
15 26 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
15 26 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
16 25 (1.03%) HNC
17 23 (0.95%) FFIEC
18 22 (0.91%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (7.25%) QA
2 152 (6.26%) PMO
3 108 (4.45%) Accessibility
4 99 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 95 (3.91%) NIST
6 89 (3.67%) GDPR
7 42 (1.73%) GRC
8 40 (1.65%) ISO 9001
9 31 (1.28%) Data Quality
10 30 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 26 (1.07%) COBIT
12 24 (0.99%) SLA
13 23 (0.95%) NIST 800
14 22 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 16 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 13 (0.54%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.45%) GAAP
18 10 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
18 10 (0.41%) IFRS
19 9 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 44 (1.81%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.74%) Docker
3 6 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.12%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.082%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.082%) Firmware
6 2 (0.082%) Time Sharing Option
7 1 (0.041%) IAG
7 1 (0.041%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.041%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (0.91%) SCCM
2 20 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (0.54%) Ansible
5 11 (0.45%) Grafana
6 10 (0.41%) Terraform
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.082%) Argo
9 2 (0.082%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.082%) Puppet
9 2 (0.082%) Salt
10 1 (0.041%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.041%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.041%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.041%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.041%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.041%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 497 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 96 (3.96%) Oracle
2 96 (3.96%) SAP
3 65 (2.68%) Adobe
4 61 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 55 (2.27%) Google
5 55 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.11%) HubSpot
7 20 (0.82%) Pardot
8 17 (0.70%) Cisco
9 15 (0.62%) Fortinet
10 14 (0.58%) Apple
11 13 (0.54%) Bloomberg
11 13 (0.54%) JD Edwards
11 13 (0.54%) Reuters
11 13 (0.54%) SonicWALL
12 12 (0.49%) Instagram
13 11 (0.45%) Hootsuite
13 11 (0.45%) Wrike
14 10 (0.41%) Intapp