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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 33 21
Rank change year-on-year -29 -12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,847 3,064 5,267
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.41% 6.16% 7.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 6.91% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,449 1,618 2,448
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,889 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,865 £53,000 £52,977
% change year-on-year -2.14% +0.04% -3.68%

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 86,432 44,324 60,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.10% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 59,358 24,582 33,017
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -29 2,555 £54,925 -5.30% 4,498
UK excluding London -36 1,888 £51,865 -2.14% 3,029
Work from Home -16 1,077 £50,000 -16.67% 2,145
London -34 828 £63,705 -8.99% 2,101
South East -19 519 £45,000 -24.05% 752
North of England -30 393 £55,000 +10.00% 611
Midlands -6 366 £52,500 - 423
South West -32 240 £55,000 - 290
North West +12 235 £53,500 +7.00% 323
West Midlands -22 204 £52,500 - 241
East of England -21 191 £51,000 -2.86% 305
East Midlands -1 162 £53,750 +10.82% 182
Yorkshire -49 107 £56,250 +15.98% 206
Scotland -40 78 £70,000 +21.74% 353
Northern Ireland -64 52 £70,000 +122.22% 161
North East -64 51 £58,000 +71.85% 89
Wales -58 50 £65,000 +8.33% 180

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
1 138 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 73 (2.56%) CMS
3 68 (2.39%) Confluence
4 27 (0.95%) Sitecore CMS
5 21 (0.74%) WordPress
6 19 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 16 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 12 (0.42%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.32%) IIS
10 8 (0.28%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.28%) WebSphere
11 6 (0.21%) Moodle
12 5 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
12 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
13 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 2 (0.070%) PowerFactory
14 2 (0.070%) Totara
15 1 (0.035%) Apache Airflow
15 1 (0.035%) SAS
Applications
1 291 (10.22%) Microsoft Project
2 288 (10.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 284 (9.98%) Microsoft Office
4 98 (3.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.88%) MS Visio
6 21 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 21 (0.74%) AutoCAD
7 20 (0.70%) EPLAN
8 17 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
8 17 (0.60%) Trello
9 10 (0.35%) Revit
10 3 (0.11%) Blender
10 3 (0.11%) Maya
10 3 (0.11%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.070%) Camtasia
11 2 (0.070%) PTC Creo
11 2 (0.070%) Siemens NX
11 2 (0.070%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 79 (2.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 42 (1.48%) Primavera
3 36 (1.26%) NetSuite
4 29 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
5 25 (0.88%) SAP EHS
6 9 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.32%) Fidessa
7 8 (0.28%) Infor M3
7 8 (0.28%) Shopify
8 7 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 7 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.21%) iTrent
10 5 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
10 5 (0.18%) Sage 200
10 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.14%) Elite 3E
11 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
11 4 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
11 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
11 4 (0.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 245 (8.61%) Azure
2 224 (7.87%) Power Platform
3 169 (5.94%) AWS
4 155 (5.44%) SaaS
5 131 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
7 71 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (2.39%) PowerApps
9 56 (1.97%) Smartsheet
10 49 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
11 47 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 38 (1.33%) GCP
13 33 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
14 28 (0.98%) LangSmith
15 27 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
16 25 (0.88%) Entra ID
16 25 (0.88%) Serverless
17 24 (0.84%) Google Analytics
18 20 (0.70%) IaaS
19 18 (0.63%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 53 (1.86%) Firewall
2 31 (1.09%) WAN
3 30 (1.05%) LAN
4 29 (1.02%) DNS
5 21 (0.74%) Profibus
6 20 (0.70%) VPN
7 17 (0.60%) DHCP
8 16 (0.56%) Network Security
9 14 (0.49%) BGP
9 14 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.46%) TCP/IP
11 12 (0.42%) NGN
11 12 (0.42%) SD-WAN
11 12 (0.42%) Wireless
12 11 (0.39%) Intranet
13 10 (0.35%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (0.32%) Multicast
15 8 (0.28%) Internet
15 8 (0.28%) Modbus
16 7 (0.25%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (6.78%) Power BI
2 62 (2.18%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.81%) Big Data
3 23 (0.81%) Metadata
4 22 (0.77%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 20 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (0.63%) Data Lake
7 18 (0.63%) MySQL
8 16 (0.56%) Tableau
9 14 (0.49%) Hadoop
10 13 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.39%) Apache Hive
11 11 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.25%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 247 (8.68%) JIRA
2 19 (0.67%) Git
3 17 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
4 11 (0.39%) Claude Code
4 11 (0.39%) Visual Studio
5 9 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
5 9 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (0.28%) LabVIEW
7 7 (0.25%) GitLab
8 5 (0.18%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.18%) JUnit
9 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.11%) PHPUnit
10 3 (0.11%) Selenium
10 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.11%) Taiga
10 3 (0.11%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.11%) TestNG
10 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,232 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 919 (32.28%) Finance
3 545 (19.14%) Analytical Skills
4 372 (13.07%) Organisational Skills
5 309 (10.85%) Marketing
6 207 (7.27%) Legal
7 191 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 187 (6.57%) Manufacturing
9 181 (6.36%) Influencing Skills
10 167 (5.87%) Public Sector
11 157 (5.51%) Retail
12 137 (4.81%) Law
13 126 (4.43%) Aerospace
14 104 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
15 87 (3.06%) Banking
15 87 (3.06%) Electronics
16 84 (2.95%) Telecoms
17 54 (1.90%) Local Government
18 49 (1.72%) Financial Institution
19 48 (1.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 591 (20.76%) Project Manager
2 421 (14.79%) Senior
3 257 (9.03%) Lead
4 212 (7.45%) Senior Manager
5 196 (6.88%) Analyst
6 185 (6.50%) Consultant
7 181 (6.36%) IT Manager
8 145 (5.09%) Senior Project Manager
9 113 (3.97%) Business Analyst
10 110 (3.86%) IT Project Manager
11 81 (2.85%) Technical Manager
12 77 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
13 73 (2.56%) Coordinator
14 71 (2.49%) Development Manager
15 63 (2.21%) Architect
16 62 (2.18%) Product Manager
16 62 (2.18%) Senior Consultant
17 61 (2.14%) Developer
18 59 (2.07%) Marketing Manager
18 59 (2.07%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (1.76%) HTML
2 49 (1.72%) .NET
3 47 (1.65%) CSS
4 33 (1.16%) TensorFlow
5 30 (1.05%) PyTorch
6 28 (0.98%) LangChain
6 28 (0.98%) Langfuse
6 28 (0.98%) LlamaIndex
6 28 (0.98%) Model Context Protocol
7 25 (0.88%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.74%) Flash
9 19 (0.67%) ASP.NET
10 18 (0.63%) jQuery
11 17 (0.60%) Terraform
12 16 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (0.56%) JSON
13 14 (0.49%) Kafka
14 12 (0.42%) Node.js
15 11 (0.39%) .NET Framework
15 11 (0.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 295 (10.36%) Onboarding
2 233 (8.18%) Management Information System
3 197 (6.92%) Data Centre
4 139 (4.88%) Driving Licence
5 131 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
6 92 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 74 (2.60%) PMI
8 68 (2.39%) Virtual Team
9 67 (2.35%) Social Media
10 64 (2.25%) Blog
11 55 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
12 49 (1.72%) Robotics
13 48 (1.69%) Marketing Technology
14 47 (1.65%) Cloud Native
15 41 (1.44%) AI Agents
16 39 (1.37%) SCADA
17 38 (1.33%) e-Learning
18 37 (1.30%) FMCG
19 34 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
20 32 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 117 (4.11%) Windows
2 47 (1.65%) Linux
3 19 (0.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (0.14%) VMS
6 4 (0.14%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.11%) AIX
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Debian
7 3 (0.11%) Unix
8 2 (0.070%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.070%) Solaris
9 1 (0.035%) CentOS
9 1 (0.035%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.035%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (28.98%) Stakeholder Management
2 795 (27.92%) Agile
3 784 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
4 779 (27.36%) Project Delivery
5 662 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 508 (17.84%) PRINCE2
7 380 (13.35%) Decision-Making
8 349 (12.26%) AI
9 327 (11.49%) Roadmaps
10 325 (11.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 284 (9.98%) Analytics
12 270 (9.48%) Risk Management
13 260 (9.13%) Mentoring
14 253 (8.89%) ERP
15 250 (8.78%) Budget Management
16 249 (8.75%) CRM
17 244 (8.57%) Coaching
18 234 (8.22%) Change Management
19 221 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
20 217 (7.62%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 175 (6.15%) SQL
2 157 (5.51%) Python
3 77 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 52 (1.83%) PowerShell
5 44 (1.55%) C#
6 40 (1.40%) Java
7 30 (1.05%) TypeScript
8 21 (0.74%) C
9 18 (0.63%) Ladder Logic
10 15 (0.53%) C++
11 13 (0.46%) PHP
12 9 (0.32%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.32%) R
12 9 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.21%) Ruby
13 6 (0.21%) VBA
14 5 (0.18%) Bash
14 5 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.18%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 789 (27.71%) Degree
2 275 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 250 (8.78%) PMI Certification
4 219 (7.69%) PMP
5 153 (5.37%) SC Cleared
6 143 (5.02%) DBS Check
7 111 (3.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 82 (2.88%) HNC
9 80 (2.81%) DV Cleared
10 72 (2.53%) HND
11 69 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 61 (2.14%) Master's Degree
13 57 (2.00%) Chartered Engineer
14 52 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
15 48 (1.69%) CISSP
16 39 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
17 38 (1.33%) ACCA
18 35 (1.23%) CISM
19 32 (1.12%) CIMA
20 30 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (7.02%) PMO
2 163 (5.73%) QA
3 99 (3.48%) Data Quality
4 94 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 86 (3.02%) Accessibility
6 77 (2.70%) GDPR
7 56 (1.97%) NIST
7 56 (1.97%) SLA
8 35 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 26 (0.91%) GRC
9 26 (0.91%) ISO 9001
10 20 (0.70%) GMP
11 17 (0.60%) ISO 14000
12 15 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (0.49%) IEC 61131
13 14 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 12 (0.42%) NIST 800
15 11 (0.39%) IFRS
15 11 (0.39%) ISO 14001
16 10 (0.35%) COBIT
System Software
1 36 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 22 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (0.63%) Docker
4 13 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.35%) Firmware
5 10 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.35%) vSphere
6 3 (0.11%) DFS Replication
6 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.035%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.035%) IAG
7 1 (0.035%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.035%) NFS
7 1 (0.035%) Samba
7 1 (0.035%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.035%) XenApp
7 1 (0.035%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (0.81%) SCCM
2 17 (0.60%) Kubernetes
2 17 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (0.56%) Puppet
4 13 (0.46%) Progress Chef
5 11 (0.39%) FortiGate
6 8 (0.28%) Functional Safety
7 7 (0.25%) Ansible
8 6 (0.21%) EnCase
8 6 (0.21%) FTK
8 6 (0.21%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.070%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.070%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.070%) SCOM
10 2 (0.070%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.035%) Grafana
11 1 (0.035%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.035%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.035%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 578 (20.30%) Microsoft
2 177 (6.22%) SAP
3 119 (4.18%) Oracle
4 75 (2.63%) Google
5 71 (2.49%) Salesforce
5 71 (2.49%) ServiceNow
6 60 (2.11%) Adobe
7 51 (1.79%) HubSpot
8 43 (1.51%) Siemens
9 38 (1.33%) Sage
10 34 (1.19%) Cisco
11 31 (1.09%) VMware
12 30 (1.05%) Fortinet
13 27 (0.95%) Sitecore
14 21 (0.74%) NEC
15 20 (0.70%) Remedy
15 20 (0.70%) SonicWALL
16 14 (0.49%) HP
16 14 (0.49%) Intapp
17 13 (0.46%) Aderant