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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 17 22
Rank change year-on-year -37 +5 +6
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,675 4,562 6,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.70% 9.85% 7.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.71% 10.54% 9.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,509 2,081 4,699
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,508
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.51% -8.68%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £68,750
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% -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 56,779 43,287 71,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.47% 93.48% 87.85%
Number of salaries quoted 34,177 22,512 54,463
10th Percentile £29,262 £32,500 £29,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £80,100 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -37 2,246 £52,500 -8.70% 1,262
UK excluding London -42 1,780 £45,000 -18.18% 1,081
Work from Home -29 754 £58,758 -2.07% 479
London -28 666 £70,000 - 389
North of England -26 531 £40,000 -27.27% 222
South East -32 442 £55,000 -4.35% 340
Midlands -48 270 £45,000 -18.18% 179
North West -34 241 £42,800 -19.57% 115
South West -27 196 £45,564 -17.16% 106
West Midlands -41 193 £45,000 -21.05% 100
Yorkshire -35 181 £40,000 -33.33% 86
Scotland -20 140 £40,000 -27.27% 62
North East -8 109 £40,000 -33.33% 25
East of England -40 107 £55,000 +10.00% 152
East Midlands -66 76 £47,250 -3.08% 78
Northern Ireland -6 66 £60,000 +26.32% 17
Wales -42 35 £55,000 +2.24% 38

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
1 144 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.02%) Confluence
3 46 (1.72%) CMS
4 34 (1.27%) WordPress
5 20 (0.75%) ArcGIS
6 13 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.26%) Kinematics
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.15%) Apache
11 3 (0.11%) govService
11 3 (0.11%) SAS
11 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.075%) Drupal
12 2 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.037%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.037%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
13 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 415 (15.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 198 (7.40%) Microsoft Office
3 127 (4.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 113 (4.22%) Microsoft Project
5 21 (0.79%) AutoCAD
6 19 (0.71%) MS Visio
7 18 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 15 (0.56%) Trello
9 11 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
9 11 (0.41%) Maya
9 11 (0.41%) Photoshop
9 11 (0.41%) SOLIDWORKS
10 9 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
12 6 (0.22%) Revit
13 4 (0.15%) CATIA
14 3 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
14 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
14 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
15 2 (0.075%) Weka
Business Applications
1 50 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.01%) SAP MDG
3 18 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 18 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
4 17 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
5 14 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
6 12 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
7 11 (0.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 11 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
8 9 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
8 9 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 8 (0.30%) SAP CO
9 8 (0.30%) SAP FI
9 8 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (0.22%) Elite 3E
10 6 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
10 6 (0.22%) SAP IBP
11 5 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
11 5 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 228 (8.52%) Azure
2 221 (8.26%) Power Platform
3 149 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
4 144 (5.38%) SaaS
5 108 (4.04%) AWS
6 48 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 40 (1.50%) Asana
8 32 (1.20%) GCP
9 28 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (1.05%) Entra ID
10 25 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (0.93%) Smartsheet
11 24 (0.90%) Google Analytics
12 23 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (0.79%) Power Automate
14 19 (0.71%) Microsoft Copilot
15 18 (0.67%) Snowflake
16 16 (0.60%) Miro
17 15 (0.56%) Canva
17 15 (0.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.57%) Firewall
2 40 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
3 38 (1.42%) Broadband
4 30 (1.12%) WAN
5 23 (0.86%) LAN
6 22 (0.82%) CHAP
6 22 (0.82%) Internet
7 21 (0.79%) Network Security
8 20 (0.75%) DNS
8 20 (0.75%) Structured Cabling
8 20 (0.75%) VPN
9 18 (0.67%) DHCP
9 18 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 18 (0.67%) Wireless
10 16 (0.60%) VLAN
11 14 (0.52%) SD-WAN
12 11 (0.41%) Intranet
13 10 (0.37%) Multicast
14 9 (0.34%) BGP
14 9 (0.34%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 201 (7.51%) Tableau
2 186 (6.95%) Power BI
3 167 (6.24%) Data Mining
4 45 (1.68%) SQL Server
5 28 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.82%) GIS
7 20 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 20 (0.75%) QGIS
7 20 (0.75%) Spatial Data
8 17 (0.64%) Power Query
9 16 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
10 13 (0.49%) Metadata
11 12 (0.45%) Big Data
12 10 (0.37%) SAP BW
13 7 (0.26%) Looker
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.22%) DB2
14 6 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
15 5 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (4.22%) JIRA
2 17 (0.64%) Git
3 13 (0.49%) GitLab
4 11 (0.41%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.11%) ERwin
5 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.075%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.075%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.075%) ESLint
6 2 (0.075%) Gradle
6 2 (0.075%) JIRA Agile
6 2 (0.075%) JMeter
6 2 (0.075%) JUnit
6 2 (0.075%) Maven
6 2 (0.075%) Mockito
6 2 (0.075%) Selenium
6 2 (0.075%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.075%) TestNG
6 2 (0.075%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.075%) Zephyr
General
1 1,158 (43.29%) Social Skills
2 1,096 (40.97%) Finance
3 733 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (9.98%) Marketing
5 196 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 192 (7.18%) Organisational Skills
7 170 (6.36%) Legal
8 164 (6.13%) Manufacturing
9 145 (5.42%) Public Sector
10 144 (5.38%) Retail
11 132 (4.93%) Law
12 131 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
13 113 (4.22%) Banking
14 74 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
15 72 (2.69%) Games
16 59 (2.21%) Telecoms
17 54 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
18 49 (1.83%) Financial Institution
19 48 (1.79%) Electronics
20 42 (1.57%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 481 (17.98%) Analyst
2 392 (14.65%) Project Manager
3 381 (14.24%) Senior
4 282 (10.54%) Trainee
5 273 (10.21%) Trainee Analyst
6 222 (8.30%) Senior Manager
7 220 (8.22%) Business Analyst
8 216 (8.07%) Lead
9 176 (6.58%) Data Analyst
10 160 (5.98%) IT Manager
11 158 (5.91%) Trainee Data Analyst
12 118 (4.41%) Consultant
13 115 (4.30%) Trainee Business Analyst
14 114 (4.26%) Development Manager
15 104 (3.89%) Architect
16 99 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
17 98 (3.66%) Business Manager
18 89 (3.33%) Product Manager
18 89 (3.33%) Systems Manager
19 78 (2.92%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (0.93%) EDI
2 24 (0.90%) HTML
3 23 (0.86%) PyTorch
4 21 (0.79%) .NET
5 16 (0.60%) CSS
6 14 (0.52%) Middleware
7 9 (0.34%) React
8 7 (0.26%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.26%) REST
9 6 (0.22%) OAuth
10 5 (0.19%) Node.js
11 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.15%) FIDO
11 4 (0.15%) OpenID
11 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.15%) SAML
11 4 (0.15%) XML
12 3 (0.11%) Flutter
12 3 (0.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 216 (8.07%) Management Information System
2 121 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
3 120 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 80 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 73 (2.73%) Data Centre
6 69 (2.58%) FMCG
7 65 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
8 63 (2.36%) Driving Licence
9 61 (2.28%) Social Media
10 54 (2.02%) Robotics
11 44 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
11 44 (1.64%) Virtual Team
12 43 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 32 (1.20%) Blog
14 30 (1.12%) IoT
15 29 (1.08%) Mobile App
16 28 (1.05%) Low-Code
17 25 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
18 21 (0.79%) Security Posture
19 20 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (2.32%) Windows
2 31 (1.16%) Apple iOS
3 26 (0.97%) Android
4 20 (0.75%) Linux
5 17 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.26%) Unix
7 6 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.11%) VMS
10 2 (0.075%) AIX
10 2 (0.075%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.075%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.037%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.037%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 662 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
2 654 (24.45%) Agile
3 558 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 516 (19.29%) Project Delivery
5 488 (18.24%) Analytics
6 485 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 403 (15.07%) Decision-Making
8 388 (14.50%) Change Management
9 385 (14.39%) Business Analysis
10 367 (13.72%) AI
11 355 (13.27%) PRINCE2
12 318 (11.89%) Data Analysis
13 291 (10.88%) Risk Management
14 278 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 251 (9.38%) Coaching
16 247 (9.23%) Process Improvement
17 237 (8.86%) Roadmaps
18 233 (8.71%) Data Analytics
19 223 (8.34%) Business Intelligence
20 205 (7.66%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 293 (10.95%) Python
2 292 (10.92%) SQL
3 35 (1.31%) VBA
4 29 (1.08%) C#
5 28 (1.05%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.67%) Java
7 17 (0.64%) C++
8 16 (0.60%) C
9 14 (0.52%) PowerShell
10 11 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.41%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.26%) PHP
12 6 (0.22%) Bash
12 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.22%) R
13 3 (0.11%) Google Apps Script
13 3 (0.11%) Ladder Logic
13 3 (0.11%) Tcl
13 3 (0.11%) VB
14 2 (0.075%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 732 (27.36%) Degree
2 229 (8.56%) PMP
3 218 (8.15%) PMI Certification
4 177 (6.62%) Security Cleared
5 130 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 94 (3.51%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.39%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 58 (2.17%) CISSP
8 58 (2.17%) DBS Check
9 48 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 42 (1.57%) CISM
11 36 (1.35%) HNC
12 33 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
13 29 (1.08%) MBA
14 26 (0.97%) SANS
15 25 (0.93%) ACCA
15 25 (0.93%) CISA
15 25 (0.93%) DV Cleared
16 24 (0.90%) FFIEC
17 22 (0.82%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 209 (7.81%) QA
2 136 (5.08%) PMO
3 96 (3.59%) GDPR
4 90 (3.36%) Accessibility
5 54 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 53 (1.98%) NIST
7 38 (1.42%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.86%) COBIT
9 20 (0.75%) ISO 9001
10 19 (0.71%) GRC
11 14 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.49%) SLA
13 10 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.34%) NIST 800
14 9 (0.34%) PCI DSS
15 7 (0.26%) IFRS
16 6 (0.22%) MiFID
17 5 (0.19%) GAAP
System Software
1 59 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 24 (0.90%) Docker
3 13 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.30%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (0.79%) Kubernetes
2 20 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (0.45%) Ansible
3 12 (0.45%) Terraform
4 8 (0.30%) SCCM
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.11%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 3 (0.11%) ServiceCenter
8 2 (0.075%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.037%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.037%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.037%) MOM
9 1 (0.037%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 640 (23.93%) Microsoft
2 149 (5.57%) SAP
3 86 (3.21%) Salesforce
4 68 (2.54%) Google
5 67 (2.50%) Oracle
6 48 (1.79%) Adobe
7 46 (1.72%) Cisco
8 43 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 28 (1.05%) Anaplan
9 28 (1.05%) HubSpot
10 20 (0.75%) Genesys
10 20 (0.75%) Verint
11 19 (0.71%) Ariba
12 15 (0.56%) Databricks
12 15 (0.56%) Instagram
12 15 (0.56%) Pardot
13 14 (0.52%) Palo Alto
13 14 (0.52%) VMware
14 13 (0.49%) Fortinet
14 13 (0.49%) Workday