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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -48 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,550 3,872 7,314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.01% 9.40% 7.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.97% 10.11% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 1,972 5,338
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,600 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,992 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.77% +12.37% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £84,464
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 64,151 38,285 80,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.65% 92.95% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,600 22,564 59,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -7.94%

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 14 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 14 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 -49 2,177 £55,000 -4.49% 1,161
UK excluding London -50 1,676 £47,500 -13.64% 919
Work from Home -21 790 £57,500 -3.36% 398
London -29 660 £70,000 - 395
North of England -40 546 £44,000 -20.00% 239
South East -46 396 £50,001 -11.39% 260
Midlands -57 261 £52,500 - 140
North West -36 248 £45,000 -18.03% 114
West Midlands -43 198 £47,500 -13.64% 85
Yorkshire -38 187 £40,000 -27.27% 84
South West -47 168 £45,564 -17.16% 79
East of England -57 116 £55,000 - 126
North East -13 111 £42,417 -25.59% 46
Scotland -39 81 £40,000 -30.43% 47
Northern Ireland -8 79 £47,500 -17.39% 17
East Midlands -74 61 £55,000 +22.22% 54
Wales -46 36 £42,934 -28.44% 32

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 96 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 50 (1.96%) Confluence
3 44 (1.73%) CMS
4 34 (1.33%) WordPress
5 20 (0.78%) ArcGIS
6 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.27%) 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 (0.078%) Drupal
11 2 (0.078%) Kinematics
11 2 (0.078%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.039%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.039%) IIS
12 1 (0.039%) Jupyter
Applications
1 352 (13.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 144 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
3 128 (5.02%) Microsoft Project
4 85 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 18 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.59%) AutoCAD
7 15 (0.59%) Trello
8 10 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 10 (0.39%) SOLIDWORKS
9 9 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
10 3 (0.12%) Final Cut Pro
10 3 (0.12%) Maya
11 2 (0.078%) Adobe After Effects
11 2 (0.078%) Elementor
11 2 (0.078%) Notion
11 2 (0.078%) Weka
12 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 24 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
2 21 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
3 20 (0.78%) Oracle Assets
3 20 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 17 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
5 16 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
6 15 (0.59%) Oracle EBS R12
7 10 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.35%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.24%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
9 6 (0.24%) Primavera
9 6 (0.24%) SAP ERP
9 6 (0.24%) Shopify
10 5 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 5 (0.20%) SAP PM
11 4 (0.16%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 234 (9.18%) Azure
2 224 (8.78%) Power Platform
3 169 (6.63%) SaaS
4 142 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
5 110 (4.31%) AWS
6 59 (2.31%) PowerApps
7 48 (1.88%) Asana
8 40 (1.57%) GCP
9 39 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 34 (1.33%) Entra ID
11 30 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.98%) Smartsheet
13 24 (0.94%) OneDrive
14 23 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
14 23 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
14 23 (0.90%) Google Analytics
15 20 (0.78%) Canva
16 18 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (0.67%) ChatGPT
17 17 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.65%) Broadband
2 36 (1.41%) Firewall
2 36 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 26 (1.02%) CHAP
3 26 (1.02%) WAN
4 22 (0.86%) DNS
5 20 (0.78%) DHCP
6 18 (0.71%) LAN
6 18 (0.71%) Network Security
7 17 (0.67%) Internet
7 17 (0.67%) Structured Cabling
8 15 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 15 (0.59%) Wireless
9 14 (0.55%) VPN
10 12 (0.47%) Intranet
11 11 (0.43%) VLAN
12 10 (0.39%) Multicast
12 10 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 8 (0.31%) VoIP
14 5 (0.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 188 (7.37%) Power BI
2 186 (7.29%) Tableau
3 154 (6.04%) Data Mining
4 30 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 27 (1.06%) GIS
6 22 (0.86%) Data Lake
6 22 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
7 20 (0.78%) QGIS
7 20 (0.78%) Spatial Data
8 18 (0.71%) Power Query
9 14 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.43%) Qlik Sense
11 9 (0.35%) DB2
12 8 (0.31%) Big Data
13 6 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.20%) Metadata
14 5 (0.20%) MySQL
15 4 (0.16%) BusinessObjects
15 4 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 121 (4.75%) JIRA
2 21 (0.82%) Git
3 12 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) GitLab
5 5 (0.20%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.16%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.12%) Storybook
8 2 (0.078%) Checkstyle
8 2 (0.078%) ESLint
8 2 (0.078%) Gradle
8 2 (0.078%) JIRA Agile
8 2 (0.078%) JMeter
8 2 (0.078%) JUnit
8 2 (0.078%) Maven
8 2 (0.078%) Mockito
8 2 (0.078%) Selenium
8 2 (0.078%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.078%) TestNG
8 2 (0.078%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.039%) Postman
General
1 1,057 (41.45%) Social Skills
2 982 (38.51%) Finance
3 625 (24.51%) Analytical Skills
4 297 (11.65%) Marketing
5 225 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
6 189 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 168 (6.59%) Manufacturing
8 159 (6.24%) Legal
9 137 (5.37%) Retail
10 134 (5.25%) Public Sector
11 115 (4.51%) Banking
12 114 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
13 108 (4.24%) Law
14 71 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
15 64 (2.51%) Games
16 54 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
17 53 (2.08%) Telecoms
18 48 (1.88%) Financial Institution
19 38 (1.49%) Advertising
19 38 (1.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 440 (17.25%) Analyst
2 401 (15.73%) Project Manager
3 310 (12.16%) Senior
4 244 (9.57%) Trainee
5 237 (9.29%) Trainee Analyst
6 198 (7.76%) Business Analyst
7 172 (6.75%) Senior Manager
8 162 (6.35%) Data Analyst
9 157 (6.16%) Lead
10 155 (6.08%) IT Manager
11 148 (5.80%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 124 (4.86%) Consultant
13 123 (4.82%) Development Manager
14 95 (3.73%) Senior Project Manager
15 91 (3.57%) Product Manager
16 89 (3.49%) Trainee Business Analyst
17 87 (3.41%) Architect
18 80 (3.14%) Systems Manager
19 76 (2.98%) IT Project Manager
20 71 (2.78%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.25%) .NET
2 31 (1.22%) HTML
3 26 (1.02%) EDI
4 25 (0.98%) CSS
5 23 (0.90%) PyTorch
6 14 (0.55%) JSON
7 12 (0.47%) .NET Core
7 12 (0.47%) HTML5 Canvas
7 12 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
8 10 (0.39%) React
8 10 (0.39%) SPFx
9 9 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (0.35%) REST
10 7 (0.27%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.27%) Matplotlib
10 7 (0.27%) OAuth
10 7 (0.27%) Seaborn
11 6 (0.24%) Middleware
12 5 (0.20%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 192 (7.53%) Management Information System
2 111 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 99 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 83 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 67 (2.63%) Social Media
6 64 (2.51%) FMCG
7 60 (2.35%) Driving Licence
8 55 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 49 (1.92%) Virtual Team
10 40 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 36 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 36 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 35 (1.37%) Blog
12 35 (1.37%) Robotics
13 32 (1.25%) Mobile App
14 30 (1.18%) Security Posture
15 26 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
15 26 (1.02%) Low-Code
16 22 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
17 20 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.78%) Windows
2 31 (1.22%) Apple iOS
3 26 (1.02%) Android
4 25 (0.98%) Linux
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.27%) Unix
7 6 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.078%) AIX
8 2 (0.078%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.078%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.078%) 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
1 642 (25.18%) Agile
2 607 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
3 570 (22.35%) Project Delivery
4 478 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 478 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 447 (17.53%) Analytics
6 406 (15.92%) Decision-Making
7 387 (15.18%) PRINCE2
8 347 (13.61%) Business Analysis
9 321 (12.59%) AI
10 308 (12.08%) Change Management
11 302 (11.84%) Data Analysis
12 265 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 245 (9.61%) Risk Management
14 224 (8.78%) Data Analytics
15 214 (8.39%) Roadmaps
16 213 (8.35%) Mentoring
17 204 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
18 201 (7.88%) Process Improvement
19 190 (7.45%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 288 (11.29%) SQL
2 287 (11.25%) Python
3 42 (1.65%) C#
4 35 (1.37%) VBA
5 31 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.02%) PowerShell
7 21 (0.82%) TypeScript
8 17 (0.67%) Java
9 12 (0.47%) C++
10 11 (0.43%) C
11 10 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 9 (0.35%) Bash
13 6 (0.24%) R
14 5 (0.20%) PHP
15 4 (0.16%) Embedded C
15 4 (0.16%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.12%) COBOL
16 3 (0.12%) Dart
16 3 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
16 3 (0.12%) VB
Qualifications
1 657 (25.76%) Degree
2 246 (9.65%) PMP
3 227 (8.90%) PMI Certification
4 133 (5.22%) Security Cleared
5 91 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 81 (3.18%) CISSP
7 78 (3.06%) DBS Check
8 76 (2.98%) Master's Degree
9 59 (2.31%) CISM
10 35 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (1.33%) HNC
12 31 (1.22%) CISA
12 31 (1.22%) SANS
13 29 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
14 27 (1.06%) FFIEC
15 26 (1.02%) CGEIT
15 26 (1.02%) MBA
16 24 (0.94%) DV Cleared
17 23 (0.90%) ACCA
18 22 (0.86%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (6.51%) QA
2 127 (4.98%) PMO
3 104 (4.08%) GDPR
4 89 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 77 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 69 (2.71%) NIST
7 37 (1.45%) Data Quality
7 37 (1.45%) ISO 9001
8 36 (1.41%) GRC
9 27 (1.06%) COBIT
10 24 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 20 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (0.59%) NIST 800
13 14 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.51%) SLA
15 11 (0.43%) GAAP
15 11 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 9 (0.35%) IFRS
16 9 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 8 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (2.12%) Active Directory
2 25 (0.98%) 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 (0.078%) Time Sharing Option
6 2 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (0.90%) Kubernetes
1 23 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (0.71%) Ansible
3 16 (0.63%) SCCM
4 15 (0.59%) Terraform
5 12 (0.47%) Grafana
6 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.16%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.078%) Argo
9 2 (0.078%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.078%) Puppet
9 2 (0.078%) 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
1 574 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 100 (3.92%) SAP
3 75 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.67%) Oracle
5 66 (2.59%) Google
6 56 (2.20%) Adobe
7 52 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 28 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 25 (0.98%) HubSpot
10 24 (0.94%) Cisco
11 20 (0.78%) Genesys
11 20 (0.78%) Verint
12 19 (0.75%) Pardot
13 15 (0.59%) Apple
13 15 (0.59%) Instagram
13 15 (0.59%) Palo Alto
14 13 (0.51%) Databricks
14 13 (0.51%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.43%) Hootsuite
15 11 (0.43%) Wrike