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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 30 23
Rank change year-on-year -34 -7 +4
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,788 3,205 5,328
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.40% 6.48% 6.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 7.31% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,682 2,618
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £70,709
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,865 £55,000 £52,343
% change year-on-year -5.70% +5.08% -4.83%

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 84,848 43,853 63,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.08% 88.72% 81.26%
Number of salaries quoted 58,707 24,746 35,929
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -28 2,500 £55,000 -8.33% 4,057
UK excluding London -34 1,841 £51,865 -5.70% 2,383
Work from Home -18 1,078 £50,000 -16.67% 1,523
London -33 816 £65,000 -7.14% 1,998
South East -24 509 £45,000 -22.75% 687
North of England -32 401 £55,000 +10.00% 513
Midlands -22 338 £52,500 - 361
North West +17 234 £52,250 +4.50% 276
South West -34 230 £55,000 - 273
West Midlands -35 191 £52,500 -1.41% 213
East of England -24 188 £55,000 - 245
East Midlands -5 146 £55,000 +9.41% 148
Yorkshire -47 114 £60,000 +20.00% 174
Scotland -45 70 £70,000 +16.67% 186
Northern Ireland -52 56 £70,000 +57.30% 79
North East -72 53 £58,000 +70.09% 66
Wales -58 50 £62,500 +2.88% 64

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
1 141 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 72 (2.58%) Confluence
3 70 (2.51%) CMS
4 27 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
5 20 (0.72%) WordPress
6 16 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 12 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.39%) Headless CMS
9 9 (0.32%) IIS
10 8 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 8 (0.29%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.18%) Apache Pig
11 5 (0.18%) Moodle
11 5 (0.18%) MS Project Server
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.072%) Totara
14 1 (0.036%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.036%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 287 (10.29%) Microsoft Project
2 282 (10.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 274 (9.83%) Microsoft Office
4 93 (3.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 25 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 22 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 19 (0.68%) Trello
8 16 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 15 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
10 14 (0.50%) EPLAN
11 8 (0.29%) Revit
12 3 (0.11%) Blender
12 3 (0.11%) Maya
12 3 (0.11%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.072%) Camtasia
13 2 (0.072%) OrCAD
13 2 (0.072%) PTC Creo
13 2 (0.072%) Siemens NX
13 2 (0.072%) Solid Edge
13 2 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 83 (2.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 38 (1.36%) Primavera
3 34 (1.22%) NetSuite
4 31 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
5 20 (0.72%) SAP EHS
6 10 (0.36%) Shopify
7 9 (0.32%) Fidessa
8 6 (0.22%) iTrent
8 6 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
8 6 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.18%) Infor M3
9 5 (0.18%) SAP Business One
9 5 (0.18%) SAP PM
9 5 (0.18%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.14%) Misys Midas
10 4 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
10 4 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
10 4 (0.14%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 242 (8.68%) Azure
2 231 (8.29%) Power Platform
3 164 (5.88%) AWS
4 152 (5.45%) SaaS
5 131 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
7 76 (2.73%) PowerApps
8 61 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 51 (1.83%) Smartsheet
11 50 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
12 35 (1.26%) GCP
13 27 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
14 26 (0.93%) Entra ID
14 26 (0.93%) LangSmith
15 25 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
16 23 (0.82%) Serverless
17 21 (0.75%) Canva
17 21 (0.75%) IaaS
18 19 (0.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.01%) Firewall
2 29 (1.04%) LAN
2 29 (1.04%) WAN
3 28 (1.00%) DNS
4 19 (0.68%) VPN
5 17 (0.61%) Network Security
6 16 (0.57%) DHCP
6 16 (0.57%) Profibus
7 15 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.50%) BGP
9 13 (0.47%) NGN
10 12 (0.43%) SD-WAN
10 12 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 11 (0.39%) Intranet
11 11 (0.39%) Wireless
12 9 (0.32%) Internet
12 9 (0.32%) Multicast
12 9 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
13 7 (0.25%) Broadband
13 7 (0.25%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 203 (7.28%) Power BI
2 60 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 23 (0.82%) Big Data
4 22 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.75%) Metadata
5 21 (0.75%) Tableau
6 20 (0.72%) Data Lake
6 20 (0.72%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.61%) MySQL
8 16 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.50%) Hadoop
9 14 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (0.39%) Apache Hive
10 11 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (0.36%) GIS
12 8 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.25%) Data Mining
13 7 (0.25%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 242 (8.68%) JIRA
2 25 (0.90%) Git
3 14 (0.50%) Rational DOORS
4 12 (0.43%) Visual Studio
5 11 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 9 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
6 9 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.25%) GitLab
8 6 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.18%) JUnit
10 4 (0.14%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.11%) Mercurial
11 3 (0.11%) PHPUnit
11 3 (0.11%) Selenium
11 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.11%) Taiga
11 3 (0.11%) TestNG
11 3 (0.11%) VersionOne
General
1 1,222 (43.83%) Social Skills
2 870 (31.21%) Finance
3 542 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 346 (12.41%) Organisational Skills
5 298 (10.69%) Marketing
6 195 (6.99%) Legal
7 174 (6.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 170 (6.10%) Influencing Skills
9 159 (5.70%) Retail
10 157 (5.63%) Manufacturing
11 153 (5.49%) Public Sector
12 119 (4.27%) Law
13 110 (3.95%) Aerospace
14 91 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
15 84 (3.01%) Banking
16 82 (2.94%) Telecoms
17 73 (2.62%) Electronics
18 53 (1.90%) Local Government
19 47 (1.69%) Military
20 46 (1.65%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 577 (20.70%) Project Manager
2 410 (14.71%) Senior
3 244 (8.75%) Lead
4 204 (7.32%) Senior Manager
5 200 (7.17%) Analyst
6 186 (6.67%) Consultant
7 183 (6.56%) IT Manager
8 142 (5.09%) Senior Project Manager
9 119 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 110 (3.95%) IT Project Manager
11 76 (2.73%) Development Manager
12 74 (2.65%) Technical Manager
13 73 (2.62%) Coordinator
14 71 (2.55%) Delivery Manager
15 64 (2.30%) Architect
16 63 (2.26%) Developer
16 63 (2.26%) Senior Consultant
17 58 (2.08%) Product Manager
18 55 (1.97%) Service Manager
19 54 (1.94%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (1.90%) HTML
2 51 (1.83%) .NET
3 50 (1.79%) CSS
4 33 (1.18%) TensorFlow
5 30 (1.08%) PyTorch
6 26 (0.93%) LangChain
6 26 (0.93%) Langfuse
6 26 (0.93%) LlamaIndex
6 26 (0.93%) Model Context Protocol
7 25 (0.90%) Hugging Face
8 21 (0.75%) Flash
9 20 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
9 20 (0.72%) JSON
10 18 (0.65%) ASP.NET
11 17 (0.61%) jQuery
12 15 (0.54%) .NET Core
12 15 (0.54%) Kafka
12 15 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
12 15 (0.54%) SPFx
12 15 (0.54%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 289 (10.37%) Onboarding
2 208 (7.46%) Management Information System
3 194 (6.96%) Data Centre
4 132 (4.73%) Driving Licence
4 132 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
5 92 (3.30%) Product Ownership
6 69 (2.47%) Virtual Team
7 67 (2.40%) Blog
7 67 (2.40%) PMI
8 66 (2.37%) Social Media
9 55 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
10 46 (1.65%) Marketing Technology
11 44 (1.58%) Cloud Native
12 42 (1.51%) Robotics
13 38 (1.36%) AI Agents
14 37 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 36 (1.29%) e-Learning
16 35 (1.26%) Cyber Defence
16 35 (1.26%) FMCG
17 33 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 120 (4.30%) Windows
2 49 (1.76%) Linux
3 17 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
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
7 3 (0.11%) VMS
8 2 (0.072%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.072%) Solaris
8 2 (0.072%) zOS
9 1 (0.036%) CentOS
9 1 (0.036%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.036%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 779 (27.94%) Agile
1 779 (27.94%) Stakeholder Management
2 761 (27.30%) Project Delivery
3 760 (27.26%) Problem-Solving
4 632 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 516 (18.51%) PRINCE2
6 368 (13.20%) Decision-Making
7 320 (11.48%) AI
8 319 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 311 (11.15%) Roadmaps
10 281 (10.08%) Analytics
11 261 (9.36%) Mentoring
12 260 (9.33%) Risk Management
13 244 (8.75%) ERP
14 243 (8.72%) Budget Management
15 241 (8.64%) CRM
16 234 (8.39%) Coaching
17 228 (8.18%) Change Management
18 219 (7.86%) Service Delivery
19 214 (7.68%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 188 (6.74%) SQL
2 159 (5.70%) Python
3 82 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 54 (1.94%) PowerShell
5 47 (1.69%) C#
6 36 (1.29%) Java
7 34 (1.22%) TypeScript
8 21 (0.75%) C
9 15 (0.54%) C++
9 15 (0.54%) Ladder Logic
10 14 (0.50%) PHP
11 10 (0.36%) Assembly Language
12 9 (0.32%) VB.NET
13 8 (0.29%) R
14 6 (0.22%) Embedded C
14 6 (0.22%) Ruby
14 6 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.22%) VBA
15 5 (0.18%) Bash
16 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 759 (27.22%) Degree
2 254 (9.11%) Security Cleared
3 249 (8.93%) PMI Certification
4 224 (8.03%) PMP
5 145 (5.20%) DBS Check
6 136 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 111 (3.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 78 (2.80%) DV Cleared
9 72 (2.58%) HNC
10 67 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 63 (2.26%) HND
12 54 (1.94%) CISSP
13 53 (1.90%) Master's Degree
14 52 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
15 49 (1.76%) Chartered Engineer
16 39 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
16 39 (1.40%) CISM
17 32 (1.15%) ACCA
18 28 (1.00%) CRISC
19 27 (0.97%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (6.99%) PMO
2 174 (6.24%) QA
3 101 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 94 (3.37%) Data Quality
5 82 (2.94%) Accessibility
6 78 (2.80%) GDPR
7 60 (2.15%) NIST
8 56 (2.01%) SLA
9 35 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 33 (1.18%) ISO 9001
11 31 (1.11%) GRC
12 22 (0.79%) GMP
13 20 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 17 (0.61%) ISO 14000
14 17 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 15 (0.54%) NIST 800
16 14 (0.50%) ISO 14001
17 11 (0.39%) IEC 61131
17 11 (0.39%) IFRS
18 10 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (0.65%) Docker
4 11 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.36%) vSphere
6 8 (0.29%) Firmware
7 7 (0.25%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.11%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.072%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.072%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.036%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.036%) IAG
10 1 (0.036%) NFS
10 1 (0.036%) Samba
10 1 (0.036%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.036%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.036%) XenApp
10 1 (0.036%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (0.93%) SCCM
2 18 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (0.61%) Puppet
4 16 (0.57%) Kubernetes
5 13 (0.47%) Progress Chef
6 10 (0.36%) FortiGate
7 9 (0.32%) Ansible
8 6 (0.22%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.18%) Functional Safety
10 4 (0.14%) EnCase
10 4 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.14%) FTK
11 2 (0.072%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.072%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.036%) Argo
12 1 (0.036%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.036%) Grafana
12 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.036%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 558 (20.01%) Microsoft
2 179 (6.42%) SAP
3 116 (4.16%) Oracle
4 75 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 68 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 66 (2.37%) Google
7 64 (2.30%) Adobe
8 45 (1.61%) HubSpot
9 37 (1.33%) Sage
10 33 (1.18%) Cisco
11 32 (1.15%) Fortinet
11 32 (1.15%) Siemens
12 28 (1.00%) Sitecore
13 27 (0.97%) VMware
14 21 (0.75%) SonicWALL
15 20 (0.72%) NEC
16 19 (0.68%) Remedy
17 15 (0.54%) Intapp
18 14 (0.50%) IBM
19 13 (0.47%) Bloomberg