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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -34 +8 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 2,701 5,106 5,279
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.23% 9.84% 7.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.28% 10.75% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,483 2,227 3,839
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,650 £33,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £42,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,000
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% -6.54%

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 51,122 47,498 63,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.11% 91.58% 88.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30,201 22,816 49,001
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £41,024
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,751
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.62% -10.80%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -34 2,294 £52,711 -8.33% 1,391
UK excluding London -35 1,797 £45,000 -18.18% 1,182
London -20 693 £70,000 +3.70% 452
Work from Home -31 692 £57,500 -4.17% 457
North of England -26 512 £40,000 -27.27% 222
South East -30 465 £57,500 - 366
Midlands -44 290 £45,000 -18.18% 228
North West -29 225 £42,625 -18.81% 105
West Midlands -35 195 £45,000 -21.05% 144
South West -24 184 £46,282 -11.00% 127
Yorkshire -23 181 £40,000 -27.27% 87
Scotland -15 155 £40,000 -27.27% 61
East of England -38 109 £55,000 +10.00% 144
North East -5 106 £40,000 -32.20% 35
East Midlands -53 95 £43,100 -17.51% 83
Northern Ireland +2 54 £55,000 +15.79% 26
Wales -37 33 £60,000 +15.38% 39

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
1 150 (5.55%) SharePoint
2 49 (1.81%) Confluence
3 40 (1.48%) CMS
4 30 (1.11%) WordPress
5 18 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.44%) Kinematics
7 7 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.19%) Apache
9 5 (0.19%) Drupal
9 5 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.11%) govService
10 3 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.074%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.037%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.037%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.037%) PowerFactory
12 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 419 (15.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 236 (8.74%) Microsoft Office
3 154 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 115 (4.26%) Microsoft Project
5 29 (1.07%) Maya
6 28 (1.04%) MS Visio
7 27 (1.00%) AutoCAD
8 22 (0.81%) Trello
9 18 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
10 17 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
11 7 (0.26%) Adobe XD
11 7 (0.26%) Photoshop
12 6 (0.22%) Revit
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.15%) CATIA
14 4 (0.15%) InDesign
15 3 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
15 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 97 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 65 (2.41%) SAP MDG
3 37 (1.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 19 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
5 18 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 18 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
6 17 (0.63%) SAP IBP
7 16 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
8 14 (0.52%) SAP CO
8 14 (0.52%) SAP FI
8 14 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
9 13 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
10 12 (0.44%) Shopify
11 11 (0.41%) NetSuite
11 11 (0.41%) Oracle General Ledger
11 11 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
12 9 (0.33%) SAP FS
12 9 (0.33%) SAP FSCM
12 9 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
13 8 (0.30%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 218 (8.07%) Power Platform
2 216 (8.00%) Azure
3 147 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
4 116 (4.29%) SaaS
5 97 (3.59%) AWS
6 39 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.37%) PowerApps
8 36 (1.33%) GCP
9 30 (1.11%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (0.89%) Asana
12 24 (0.89%) Smartsheet
13 23 (0.85%) Microsoft Copilot
14 21 (0.78%) Google Analytics
15 20 (0.74%) Google Workspace
15 20 (0.74%) Power Automate
16 19 (0.70%) PaaS
16 19 (0.70%) Snowflake
17 15 (0.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.55%) Firewall
2 33 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
3 29 (1.07%) WAN
4 25 (0.93%) VPN
4 25 (0.93%) Wireless
5 22 (0.81%) LAN
6 21 (0.78%) Internet
7 19 (0.70%) Broadband
7 19 (0.70%) Network Security
8 18 (0.67%) CHAP
8 18 (0.67%) VLAN
9 17 (0.63%) Structured Cabling
10 15 (0.56%) DNS
10 15 (0.56%) SD-WAN
11 13 (0.48%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.44%) DHCP
13 11 (0.41%) Intranet
13 11 (0.41%) Multicast
14 10 (0.37%) MPLS
15 9 (0.33%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (6.92%) Power BI
2 178 (6.59%) Tableau
3 141 (5.22%) Data Mining
4 52 (1.93%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.78%) SAP BW
7 20 (0.74%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.59%) Metadata
8 16 (0.59%) Power Query
9 14 (0.52%) Big Data
10 12 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
11 11 (0.41%) Looker
12 8 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 7 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
15 5 (0.19%) MongoDB
15 5 (0.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 117 (4.33%) JIRA
2 13 (0.48%) Git
2 13 (0.48%) GitLab
3 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
5 4 (0.15%) JIRA Agile
5 4 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.11%) ERwin
6 3 (0.11%) Maven
6 3 (0.11%) PowerDesigner
7 2 (0.074%) Checkstyle
7 2 (0.074%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.074%) ESLint
7 2 (0.074%) Gradle
7 2 (0.074%) JUnit
7 2 (0.074%) Mockito
7 2 (0.074%) Selenium
7 2 (0.074%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.074%) TestNG
8 1 (0.037%) Balsamiq
General
1 1,202 (44.50%) Social Skills
2 1,142 (42.28%) Finance
3 807 (29.88%) Analytical Skills
4 277 (10.26%) Marketing
5 195 (7.22%) Manufacturing
6 190 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
7 180 (6.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 172 (6.37%) Legal
9 164 (6.07%) Law
10 144 (5.33%) Public Sector
11 142 (5.26%) Retail
12 141 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
13 114 (4.22%) Banking
14 80 (2.96%) Games
15 69 (2.55%) Telecoms
16 65 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
17 57 (2.11%) Electronics
18 51 (1.89%) Advertising
19 49 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
20 46 (1.70%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 460 (17.03%) Analyst
2 407 (15.07%) Senior
3 363 (13.44%) Project Manager
4 266 (9.85%) Trainee
5 257 (9.51%) Trainee Analyst
6 234 (8.66%) Lead
7 225 (8.33%) Business Analyst
8 223 (8.26%) Senior Manager
9 156 (5.78%) IT Manager
10 154 (5.70%) Architect
11 149 (5.52%) Data Analyst
12 132 (4.89%) Trainee Data Analyst
13 126 (4.66%) Development Manager
14 125 (4.63%) Trainee Business Analyst
15 111 (4.11%) Business Manager
16 107 (3.96%) Product Manager
17 93 (3.44%) Consultant
18 91 (3.37%) Senior Project Manager
19 88 (3.26%) Systems Manager
20 83 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.26%) CSS
2 26 (0.96%) Middleware
3 24 (0.89%) HTML
4 21 (0.78%) EDI
5 12 (0.44%) .NET
6 10 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (0.33%) React
8 8 (0.30%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.26%) Node.js
10 6 (0.22%) FHIR
10 6 (0.22%) REST
10 6 (0.22%) Web Services
11 5 (0.19%) AngularJS
12 4 (0.15%) .NET Framework
12 4 (0.15%) FIDO
12 4 (0.15%) Flutter
12 4 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
12 4 (0.15%) SailPoint
13 3 (0.11%) Pandas
13 3 (0.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 207 (7.66%) Management Information System
2 126 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
3 124 (4.59%) Onboarding
4 95 (3.52%) FMCG
5 85 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 80 (2.96%) Product Ownership
7 70 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 70 (2.59%) Robotics
8 64 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
9 63 (2.33%) Driving Licence
10 48 (1.78%) Social Media
11 42 (1.55%) Virtual Team
12 31 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 28 (1.04%) IoT
13 28 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 27 (1.00%) Blog
15 24 (0.89%) Low-Code
15 24 (0.89%) PMI
16 23 (0.85%) Blockchain
17 21 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 60 (2.22%) Windows
2 27 (1.00%) Linux
3 21 (0.78%) Windows Server
4 15 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.44%) Android
6 8 (0.30%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.22%) Unix
8 4 (0.15%) VMS
9 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.074%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.037%) AIX
10 1 (0.037%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 690 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
2 651 (24.10%) Agile
3 618 (22.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 558 (20.66%) Project Delivery
5 472 (17.48%) Analytics
6 461 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 426 (15.77%) Decision-Making
8 400 (14.81%) Change Management
9 370 (13.70%) Business Analysis
10 346 (12.81%) Risk Management
11 335 (12.40%) PRINCE2
12 334 (12.37%) AI
13 280 (10.37%) Data Analysis
14 278 (10.29%) Process Improvement
15 254 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 248 (9.18%) Coaching
17 241 (8.92%) Business Intelligence
17 241 (8.92%) Roadmaps
18 232 (8.59%) Business Strategy
18 232 (8.59%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 281 (10.40%) SQL
2 257 (9.51%) Python
3 33 (1.22%) VBA
4 32 (1.18%) C#
5 31 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.07%) C
6 29 (1.07%) Java
7 22 (0.81%) C++
8 16 (0.59%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 11 (0.41%) Perl
11 10 (0.37%) PHP
12 7 (0.26%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.22%) Bash
13 6 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.19%) R
15 4 (0.15%) Ladder Logic
15 4 (0.15%) VB
16 3 (0.11%) Ruby
16 3 (0.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 835 (30.91%) Degree
2 197 (7.29%) PMP
3 192 (7.11%) PMI Certification
4 191 (7.07%) Security Cleared
5 152 (5.63%) SC Cleared
6 111 (4.11%) Master's Degree
7 64 (2.37%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
8 52 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 49 (1.81%) DBS Check
10 48 (1.78%) CISSP
11 44 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 33 (1.22%) CISM
13 27 (1.00%) MBA
14 26 (0.96%) HNC
15 25 (0.93%) HND
16 24 (0.89%) DV Cleared
17 22 (0.81%) ACCA
17 22 (0.81%) PhD
18 21 (0.78%) CFA
18 21 (0.78%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (7.59%) QA
2 165 (6.11%) PMO
3 95 (3.52%) GDPR
4 54 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 49 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 43 (1.59%) NIST
7 41 (1.52%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.85%) ISO 9001
9 18 (0.67%) COBIT
10 16 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 16 (0.59%) GRC
11 14 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.48%) SLA
13 11 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.37%) IEC 61131
14 10 (0.37%) IFRS
15 9 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.33%) IFRS 17
15 9 (0.33%) Solvency II
16 7 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 59 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.70%) Docker
3 16 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.37%) Firmware
6 6 (0.22%) vSphere
7 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (0.63%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.37%) Terraform
4 9 (0.33%) Ansible
5 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.15%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.15%) Grafana
6 4 (0.15%) SCCM
7 3 (0.11%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.037%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.037%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.037%) MOM
8 1 (0.037%) Nagios
8 1 (0.037%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 646 (23.92%) Microsoft
2 211 (7.81%) SAP
3 101 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 73 (2.70%) Oracle
5 67 (2.48%) Google
6 44 (1.63%) Cisco
7 43 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 41 (1.52%) Adobe
9 37 (1.37%) OpenText
10 36 (1.33%) Ariba
11 28 (1.04%) Anaplan
12 24 (0.89%) HubSpot
13 20 (0.74%) Genesys
13 20 (0.74%) Verint
14 17 (0.63%) Databricks
14 17 (0.63%) VMware
15 13 (0.48%) Sage
15 13 (0.48%) Workday
16 12 (0.44%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.44%) Guidewire